Anti-porn activist calls for legislation on cell-phones
Telus customer loses suit, continues battle
Frank Stirk
BC Correspondent
bc@christianweek.org
SURREY, BC—Five months ago, Christian businessman Gordon Keast would never have predicted that his outrage over Telus offering online “adult content” to cellphone subscribers like himself would turn him into an anti-pornography activist.
“It was all about me: ‘How could they do that to my phone?’” he says. “To be honest, I had absolutely no idea that there was this side to their business—or Bell’s business, or any of them. I didn’t know....But now that I know, it’s hard to just ignore it.”
Keast was especially disturbed that children with a web-enhanced cellphone could be viewing and sharing porn.
Alliance/Nazarene college renamed
Two denominational schools, Alliance and Nazarene University Colleges (AUC-NUC) in Calgary have joined efforts under a new name.
Ambrose University College will open its doors in September and will serve as the official Canadian school of both the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Church of the Nazarene.
The school will be named after Ambrose of Milan, a fourth-century Roman governor turned bishop who left his mark as a hymn writer, preacher, pastor and an educator and is best known for leading Augustine to faith and his strong defense of orthodox Christology.
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Addictions recovery program grows, gains recognition
The only addictions program in Canada where fathers can maintain custody of their children is growing rapidly and has been lauded by government officials for its effectiveness.
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission merged with Regina Rescue Mission near the end of 2006. Both charities house, clothe and feed the poor. In the past year, they have served 107,000 meals, given 27,000 nights of shelter, and taught 30,000 man-hours of class time in recovery programs.
Each year the rescue mission hosts a graduation ceremony for those who have finished the one year program, which emphasizes a relationship with Christ as a key component to recovery.
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KAIROS attempts to clear muddy waters
Canada—a nation known for its abundance of water—is now taking flak from faith-based groups for polluting water overseas.
With companies blasting mines into communities worldwide, environmental damage and a lack of human rights sometimes go unchecked, says KAIROS, an ecumenical social justice organization.
On May 29, church leaders across Canada joined KAIROS and petitioned the federal government to pass legislation that would hold Canadian corporations accountable for their actions overseas.
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First permanent creation museum opens in Alberta
Creationists believe the world is only 6,000 years old and the evidence to prove it is now neatly housed in what is touted as Canada’s first permanent creation museum.
Founded by Harry Nibourg, who built the professional-looking museum in the small town east of Innisfail, $300,000 was spent to transform a 900-square-foot bungalow into a museum that offers evidence disputing evolutionary theory and offering rational explanations as to how fossils and geological formations were made and how dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time as man.
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New mothers program gives birth to hope
Every year, half a million mothers die while giving birth.
“That’s like three jumbo jets full of mothers crashing daily,” explains Save the Mothers founder Jean Chamberlain. “Most of those deaths are preventable.”
A Toronto native and a member of McMaster University’s faculty of medicine, Chamberlain has written a book on the subject—Where Have All the Mothers Gone?—and developed a program to spare those who carry and give life.
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