Addicts can turn in their used needles for new ones at the Needle Exchange, a government-run program. The idea is to protect them from catching hepatitis and AIDS from each other when they share the same needle – a policy known as ‘harm reduction.’ The Needle Exchange used to be located at a fixed place, […]
Victoria surgeon receives Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is the highest honour our country can bestow on its civilian citizens. Norgrove Penny, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon from Victoria, BC, received it October 26 for what he has done for disabled children in Uganda. Penny had a thriving practice in Victoria, when he heard Christian Blind Mission (CBM) was looking for a specialist to […]
Navajo couple find purpose in Port Alberni
A First Nations reserve in Alberta had closed its doors to the gospel because of a pedophile priest. But now it was allowing members of a Chinese church in Edmonton to conduct a Vacation Bible School. “That was because of their black hair and brown skin,” says Herman Nells. Nells and his wife Cynthia are […]