Implantable identification tags given green light for U.S. market
TORONTO, ON-Amidst breech of privacy concerns, an American company has been granted U.S. government approval to market implantable microchips for human identification purposes south of the border...More

Plea to halt gay blessings ignored
VANCOUVER, BC-Anglicans appear to be as divided as ever over the issue of homosexuality, despite the recent recommendations of a commission named by the Archbishop of Canterbury to address a crisis that is tearing apart the worldwide Anglican Communion...More

Christians called to relieve plight of poor
OTTAWA, ON-Geoff Tunnicliffe and Wayne deJong are Canadian church workers heading a high profile drive to bring Christians in Canada and around the world alongside the secular efforts of the United Nations in a concerted campaign against poverty...More

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Province rejects Sunday shopping
HALIFAX, NS-Surprising even those in vigorous opposition, Nova Scotians have decided to ban Sunday shopping. This vote makes Nova Scotia the only place in North America not to have some form of shopping on Sundays...More

Teens learn to share Christ's hope at school
RICHMOND, BC-Compared to the usual teen-oriented event, a weekend conference hosted last month by a rapidly growing Christian youth ministry called Canadafire had little to offer, at least on the surface...More

Christian group recalls bank boycott
OTTAWA, ON-The Canadian Family Action Coalition (CFAC) has called off a boycott of RBC Financial Services (formerly the Royal Bank of Canada) after RBC dropped a controversial program to designate "safe spaces" for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered employees...More

 

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