Quebec churches respond to Haitian crisis
MONTREAL, QC-Moise Isidore gets news regularly from his homeland of Haiti. The news is not good. Isidore, who moved to Montreal with his family less than a year ago, is the former director of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Haiti. He has many friends and relatives who are still in the midst of the chaos...More
"Contemporary without compromise"
OAKVILLE, ON-The Christian fellowship associated with James MacDonald's "Walk In The Word" radio ministry is about to launch its second Canadian congregation; a church plant in the Greater Toronto Area...More
Hospital chaplaincy program threatened
KAMLOOPS, BC-Residents of this southern interior city are scrambling to raise enough money to keep funding a full-time hospital chaplain. The Interior Health Authority (IHA), which oversees hospitals and care facilities in the region, says it will terminate the position once and for all as of April 11, if the funds are not forthcoming...More
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Salvation Army's residential addiction program to be axed
CALGARY, AB-A $3 million shortfall over the past two years has the Salvation Army's local Centre of Hope facing the closure of its residential addiction treatment program. Unless funds are raised immediately, the "one-stop" community service centre will close its 44-bed treatment program by the end of May...More
Controversial church expansion gets green light
CALGARY, AB-A Calgary church's controversial plans for expansion have been given the green light by city council despite persistent opposition from a group of residents in the upscale southwest community...More
Soup truck finds new home
HALIFAX, NS-A local soup kitchen truck has a new home, following complaints that its presence on a busy downtown street was attracting undesirable people...More
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