Native Christians have high hopes
for Coon Come leadership

While pundits are predicting a new, more aggressive era in aboriginal politics with the election of Matthew Coon Come as chief of the Assembly of First Nations, fellow Christians look forward to a strong-but-thoughtful approach...More

 

Montreal summer great for street preaching

"The church generally goes into idle during the summer months," says Tony Schaapman, director of Open Air Campaigners in Montreal. And that bothers him. "Summer is peak season for open-air evangelism." It's a perfect time for Christians "to bridge the gap between church and street." ...Full story only in CW

 

Stabbing, RU-486 trials put abortion
back in national spotlight

The July 11 stabbing of Vancouver abortion provider Garson Romalis, the subsequent media fury, and the disclosure that tests for the abortion pill known as RU-486 are being done in a number of Canadian cities, have put abortion back in the national spotlight...More

 

Largest ever Alpha gathering
joins Catholics and Protestants

Whenever Catholics and Protestants come together to support an evangelism effort, it's news. More than 1,500 people ignored denominational "walls" and attended the North American Catholic Alpha Conference...Full story only in CW


Careless charges dropped

After nine and a half months and 13 court dates, Crown counsel has dropped the charges against freelance journalist Sue Careless and agreed to return the film confiscated at her arrest...More

 

Toronto gets Christian radio

Toronto Christians may soon be able to hear Christian music over the airwaves, but the way it came about wasn't the way many observers predicted...Full story only in CW

 

Labour Board rules against diocese

Does a Catholic school teacher need to hold Catholic values? Only when that teacher is in the classroom, according to a recent ruling by the British Columbia Labour Relations Board...More

 

Coalition set to rescue marriage

Children raised outside of intact marriages are more likely to suffer a wide variety of problems, such as poverty and behaviour disorders. They also commit more crime, have less job success and get less education than children who have the benefit of a stable family environment...Full story only in CW

 

The torch is passed-but no Billy

The largest-ever gathering of its kind, with about 10,000 Christians-mostly itinerant evangelists-from 190 counties, gathered in Amsterdam July 29 to August 6 for a conference organized and paid for by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association...More

 

Small churches team up for a big mission

A group of small churches in the Ottawa Valley are banding together to reach young people on their own turf...Full story only in CW

 

Sudanese archbishop brings message of hope

For some Sudanese refugees, the joy of Christ has enabled them to transcend the suffering they have fled...Full story only in CW