Articles written by Marg Buchanan

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   Glorifying God in life and death

   By Marg Buchanan and ChristianWeek on Feb 23, 2015

   If you ask Deborah Kennard what she thinks about the right to die debate, you might just gain some interesting insight into the right to live. Having made the choice in extremis more than once, Kennard backs up her reflections…Read More→

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   Haiti earthquake survivors thrive in new Canadian home

   By Marg Buchanan and ChristianWeek on Feb 13, 2015

   MONTREAL, QC—On the morning of January 12, 2010, Molina St-Louis asked her husband the same question she had asked many times before: “Don’t you think we should leave Haiti and move to Canada?” Parnel, who would drive a friend to…Read More→

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   Former NHL enforcer uses hockey connections to help Haiti

   By Marg Buchanan on Jun 1, 2010

   MONTREAL, QC—”Making it into the NHL was the best thing that ever happened to me. The second best thing was being laid off,” says Georges Laraque, former tough guy for the Montreal Canadiens. Laraque, it seems, has other things on…Read More→

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   New study helps churches receive immigrants

   By Marg Buchanan on Apr 20, 2010

   If the Church’s mandate includes the “strangers” and “aliens” among us, then the changing cultural landscape in Canada offers plenty of opportunity for Christian churches to live out their mission. That’s the driving motivation behind a research project recently launched…Read More→

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   Family fled Haiti for new life in Montreal

   By Marg Buchanan on Mar 16, 2010

   MONTREAL, QC—At 4:53 p.m. on January 12, Molina St. Louis was at the hairdresser’s after work. Her husband Parnel was coming back from the airport where he had dropped off a couple of friends who were taking the weekly flight…Read More→

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   Joy and suffering links Haitian diaspora in Montreal

   By Marg Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010

   MONTREAL, QC—The room is packed, the music is loud and heartfelt, the prayers are sighs of sorrow and joy. More than 400 people have come to Smyrne Baptist Church in Montreal this Sunday morning, dressed in their Sunday best, ready…Read More→

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   Canadians care for Haitian orphans

   By Marg Buchanan on Feb 16, 2010

   Homeless, parent-less children have been wandering the streets in Haiti for a very long time. That’s nothing new. What’s new is that the world has taken notice. And for Canadians David and Sonya Lock who run two orphanages in Haiti,…Read More→

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   Current of hope close to the surface in suffering Haiti

   By Marg Buchanan on Feb 16, 2010

   Reports coming out of Haiti are wrought with the themes of chaos, misery and espwa. What? Espwa. It’s Creole for hope, and it’s a current that is close to the surface in the sea of suffering that has washed over…Read More→

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   Montreal’s Brother André to be declared a saint

   By Marg Buchanan on Jan 29, 2010

   MONTREAL, QC—If all goes as expected, Montreal’s Brother André will become the Catholic Church’s 11th Canadian saint early in 2010. Brother André, founder of St. Joseph’s Oratory—Montreal’s famous mountain landmark—moved one step closer to canonization in December 2009 when Pope…Read More→

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    Haitians in Montreal wait and pray

    By Marg Buchanan on Jan 14, 2010

    MONTREAL, QC—From talk-show hosts to hockey players to pastors, Montrealers aren’t talking about much else. The devastation of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti is on everybody’s mind, especially in this city where some 86,000 Haitians live and, at least for now,…Read More→