November 2008 National Updates

November 6, 2008

US election has religious implications
Preston Manning, Brian Stiller and John Stackhouse comment on Barack Obama's victory.

The American election may have constituted a victory...

Calgary imam walks for peace between faiths
Syed Soharwardy, a Muslim imam from Calgary, has completed a six-month walk across Canada, in which he enlisted a fair number of Muslims and Christians to wage a "jihad" against violence.
OttawaWatch: Bernice
FOR THE second week in a row, we are shifting attention from Ottawa to British Columbia.
News briefs
• Students find A's easier to give than receive
• Home is where the help is
• It was a controlled study
• more
News round up
• Residential schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Peter McKnight's series on science and religion
• Canadian and American elections
• more

November 13, 2008

Campus for Christ worker victim of bomb
POLICE are still looking for leads in the case of a bomb that seriously injured a Campus for Christ worker after it was left on his doorstep in Langley, BC.
Billy Graham turns 90 as U.S. undergoes historic change
WIDELY-REVERED preacher and author Billy Graham celebrated his 90th birthday November 7, marking the milestone with a private family dinner...
OttawaWatch: Then and now
WHEN I first moved to Ottawa, ten years ago, mainstream journalists were curious about the politicians who, one way or another, identified with a robust Christian faith...
News briefs
• Prayer for persecuted -- with a twist
• Congo crisis in spotlight
• 'Just Us' for justice
• more
News round up
• Same-sex marriage and anti-gay protests
• The allegations against Rev. Tysick
• The American and Canadian elections
• more

November 20, 2008

Responding to Congo
CANADIAN Christian agencies and churches are sending aid to deal with the current humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are urging Western governments to intervene in the situation.
'Canadian hero' faces lawsuits
"WE OFFER a downtown home to Victoria's homeless and poor. We don't judge them and we are not judging Al (Tysick) either. The matter is before the courts."
OttawaWatch: A mayoralty and some civility
IT WAS like a blast from the past.
Part of my work, this week, has been to check out some of the civic elections in British Columbia, which took place last Saturday, November 15.
News briefs
• A new initiative, same title
• Writing two deadline
• You're only as old as you feel
• more
News round up
• The Toronto Catholic school board
• The residential schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• The American election
• more

November 28, 2008

Canadians divided over euthanasia and assisted suicide
OTTAWA (CCN) -- Days before a controversial assisted-suicide trial begins in Quebec, a new poll reveals Canadians are evenly divided over euthanasia vs. palliative care.
The church in automobile country
THE CHURCH in Ontario's automobile manufacturing heartland is responding to the economic crisis by doing what it was already doing -- only more of it.
OttawaWatch: Civility - Perrault style
FORMER Liberal senator Ray Perrault died Monday morning, November 24, at age 82, after suffering for some years with Parkinson's disease.
News briefs
• Evangelicals comment on financial crisis
• Tyndale ranked highly by students
• Christian Blind Mission gifts
• more
News round up
• Charles Darwin's upcoming bicentenary
• The same-sex debate
• American presidential politics
• more

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