Awards honour top non-profit organizations
Lorna Dueck, executive director and host of Listen Up TV, accepts an R.L. Petersen Award from the Bridgeway Foundation, a Cambridge-based organization encourages creativity and innovation in the non-profit sector. Photo Courtesy Robert White		CAMBRIDGE, ON—Two Christian ministries, Listen Up TV and CAUSE Canada, walked away with $10,000 awards for innovation at the second annual R.L. Petersen Awards. “I’m speechless,” said Listen Up TV executive director Lorna Dueck at the April 19 ceremony, held at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge. Dueck received the award for moving the weekly newsmagazine program from the Crossroads Television System to Global. “Bridgeway gave us tremendous courage. We couldn’t have done it without them.” The Bridgeway Foundation, a Cambridge-based organization that partners with Canadian non-profits to help stimulate creativity and innovation in the non-profit sector, founded the R.L. Petersen Awards. read the full story>

David Brown

Alliance backs teacher in battle for religious freedom VANCOUVER, BC—Charter protections of freedom of religion will be rendered meaningless if a ruling that found a Christian teacher guilty of discrimination against homosexuals is allowed to stand, the B.C. Court of Appeal has been told. David Brown, lawyer for the Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance, says people of faith tend to speak out publicly on moral issues—and that right should not be abrogated just because others may be offended by their views. read more>

French faith-based radio planned for Montreal MONTREAL, QC—Official approval seems to be the last major hurdle for what could become Montreal’s first French Christian radio station. Communications Média Évangélique, a local consortium of business, broadcast and ministry professionals, has already resolved many of the technical issues, found an appropriate site and used temporary frequencies to run trial broadcasts. read more>

Multiple faith groups rally to defend traditional marriage
Tim Callaway

CALGARY, AB—Close to 1,500 people representing various faith groups assembled at the Stampede Corral on April 16 for Calgary’s first multi-faith rally in defence of traditional marriage.
The vocal participants cheered and applauded speeches by about a dozen religious leaders who articulated the perspectives of Protestant, Catholic, Sikh, Hindu, Muslim and Mormon traditions. get the full story>

MISSISSAUGA, ON—The community of Meadowvale is much like so many other bedroom communities that make up the Greater Toronto Area. For in spite of its name, the neighbourhood that forms a part of Canada’s sixth largest city, Mississauga, has paved over most of its meadows to accommodate the region’s incredible influx of immigrants.get the full story>