For the past 50 years the annual MCC Festival for World Relief in Abbotsford has raised funds for uprooted and vulnerable people around the world. This year, thanks to the pandemic, the September 19 – 20 event will be a… Read more →
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Around Town: Fringe Festival, Leaving Sanctuary, TWU Law School . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
A number of Pacific Theatre artists will be producing and acting in Vancouver Fringe Festival shows, from September 10 – 20. Andrea Loewen, director of marketing and publicity at Pacific Theatre, says on Soul Food Vancouver: We have a ton… Read more →
Mennonite maids pioneered in the city
by Ruth Derksen Siemens • • 0 Comments
Daughters in the City tells the remarkable story of ‘Mennonite Maids in Vancouver, 1931 – 1961.’ Sitting elbow to elbow in every available space and stitching patterns onto small individual squares of pre-used cotton flour sacks, a group of young… Read more →
Sochi Games less open than Vancouver to outside faith involvement
by Frank Stirk • • 0 Comments
Dave Wells, the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, has attended every Olympic Games since 2002 as a chaplain and a leader of chaplains. But he doubts he will be going to the Winter Olympics February 7 – 23… Read more →