Taking
stock: What’s ahead for Day?
Stockwell Day may be
heading for an assured seat in the House of Commons by fall, but fellow
and former Christian MPs say Day is in for a rough ride...More
Photojournalist
awaits September trial
Freelance photographer Andrew Dobrowolskyj
was arrested, along with at least 10 other journalists, at an "anarchist"
May Day demonstration and charged with participating in an illegal gathering...Full
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Spanking
allowed, says judge
Ontario
court judge David McCombs dismissed a constitutional challenge to Section
43 of the Criminal Code of Canada when he ruled July 5 that it is reasonable
for parents to spank their children...More
Bold
vision propels new C&MA president
Canada’s new Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA) leader
has a vision for what no Canadian denomination has ever done– establish
world-scale megachurches...Full
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Faith
TV channel approved for lower mainland
It’s a wonder
that Willard Thiessen has time to even take a phone call these days. The
president of Winnipeg-based Trinity Television has been busy building
a small network of Christian broadcast stations ...More
Bishop
broke canon law, says church report
A Roman Catholic church commission has ruled that
retired Victoria bishop Remi De Roo broke canon law when he invested large
sums of money without Vatican approval...Full
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Film
library faces technology crush
What do you do with
a warehouse full of 16 mm Christian films when most churches don’t
even own a projector any more?...More
Peaceful
vigils protest cutbacks
In stark contrast to the riot that erupted at the
provincial legislature two weeks previously, more than 1,200 people attended
a silent vigil at Queen's Park in Toronto that passed without incident
on June 28...Full
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All is not peaceful in the environmental Garden of Eden. Indeed, polite but tough words between the Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship (ICES) and the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) betray a no-holds-barred battle...More
Mayoral
candidate keeps the faith
Dianne Haskett, the unabashedly Christian mayor
of this city of 340,000, is not seeking re-election in this fall's Ontario
municipal elections. But her heir-apparent, deputy mayor Anne Marie DeCicco,
has so much in common with Haskett that pundits recently dubbed her "Anne
Marie De Sequel."...Full
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Rural
Alberta youth deliver signs from God
What would God say if he used billboards to grab
people's attention? Anyone driving through Fox Creek can't help but sit
up and take notice of a billboard-style sign displaying the message: "Have
you read my #1 best seller? There will be a test.-GOD." ...Full
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