Ottawa—Bill C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking), was debated Tuesday at Second Reading during Private Members’ Business hour. Bill C-310 was introduced by MP Joy Smith to amend the Criminal Code to add human trafficking as an extraterritorial offence. This will ensure Canadians involved in human trafficking in other countries can be prosecuted in Canada. […]
Canadian singer goes viral with Freddy Mercury cover
Canadian singer Marc Martel also known as one of the lead singers of the Christian band downhere has posted a video on YouTube that has gone viral. The video of Martel doing a cover of Queen’s Somebody to love has gotten almost 4 million hits since going up. The video was made in response to […]
Courageous in theatres today
Courageous, a movie from the makers of Fireproof, opens in theatres today. The movie follows four law enforcement officers who struggle with work, life, families, and fatherhood. The following is a synopsis from the movie’s website: “Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and […]
Who wins the Hell debate?
This summer, the Christian world erupted with the release of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. Many were unhappy with Bell’s treatment of hell and dubbed him a universalist. Countless response blogs, books, and articles were created to address some of Bell’s ideas. Most of the feedback he got was negative which led HarperOne editor Mickey Maudlin to […]
Historic Anglican congregation moves over differences in belief
VANCOUVER, BC – St. John’s Vancouver Anglican Church, the largest Anglican congregation in Canada, will move from its present historic location on Granville Street and Nanton Avenue, as a result of an on-going world-wide upheaval in the Anglican Communion, the 80 million member Christian Protestant denomination formed 500 years ago under King Henry VIII of […]
End-times movie gets left behind at the box office
Left Behind, the film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, was supposed to open big at the box office in the United States two weeks ago. Co-producer Peter Lalonde even said he wanted the film to be #1 at the box office. But instead, it opened at #17, grossing […]
Does Christian intellectual life exist below the radar in Canada?
In an excellent review of The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought for The National Post, Books & Culture contributing editor Preston Jones wonders why it has so few contributions from Canadian authors. “Canadians may be chagrined that the Companion has little to say of their country. Douglas Farrow (McGill University) and Stanley Grenz (Regent College) […]
Chretien chastises China for criminalizing spiritual beliefs
As reported in The Globe and Mail and The National Post, Prime Minister Jean Chretien scolded the Chinese government for suppressing religious freedom and warned that the country could lose foreign investment over its human-rights record, during his trip there this week. “True friends are never shy about exchanging views on important issues, and so […]
High praise for Praise 106.5
Crista Ministry’s Lynden WA based Praise 106.5 (KWPZ) has been awarded the National Religious Broadcasters Association’s prestigious Large Market Radio Station of the Year Award for their service in the Pacific North West.
Final thoughts on BC Christian News
BC Christian News has been a unique gift to the province of B.C. in many ways. The paper has been instrumental in connecting the wide body of Christ, in its rich diversity of activity and opinion. No other media has come close to such an accomplishment. Tom Cooper President of City in Focus BC Christian […]
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