Dubbed North America’s emerging ‘Martha Stewart of Manners,’ a former Paris fashion model — now an etiquette mentor — is hitting the road. B.C.-based Judi Johnston Vankevich — better known as Judi the Manners Lady — is taking the old-fashioned message of honour, respect and obedience, with a hip twist, to public schools, community concerts and churches […]
Bill Vander Zalm leaves provincial politics again
Former BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm is taking a break from provincial politics again so he can open a “spiritual theme park” in Hawaii, reports Province columnist Michael Smyth. Just a few months ago, Vander Zalm led the way in creating the Unity Party, a proposed merger of the B.C. Reform and Family Coalition parties […]
Orthodox bishop can seize church assets, says Ontario Court
“The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled on a rancorous church dispute in Ottawa, saying a Russian Orthodox bishop in Canada has every right to seize the assets of a dissident parish to prevent it from defecting,” reports The National Post. “The court’s ruling means the renegade parishioners — about 100 Ottawa residents — have […]
Children watch as parents are butchered in northeastern Congo
Rwebisengo Village, Western Uganda — Fifteen-year-old Gideon watches as his father, a poor 60-year-old man who cannot even defend himself, is cut in pieces. Heads from those of the Hema tribe are cut off and placed on sticks as Lendus dances for their “victory.” A pregnant lady is cut across the stomach and left to […]
Offshore bank charged with fleecing evangelical investors
An offshore bank founded four years ago by an ex-preacher may have bilked North American evangelicals of over $200 million in a scandal that, according to Saturday Night magazine, is “shaping up to be one of the biggest and most bizarre scams ever to hit the secretive world of offshore investing.” The FBI is investigating […]
Having a heart 4 children
The people of eastern Europe have withstood many of life’s harshest elements, including war, famine and man-made disaster. In particular, children from that part of the world are suffering from the effects of these hardships. Heart 4 Children is a humanitarian organization based in Vernon, that was begun in 1999 to help ease the suffering […]