Things just got better — and more complicated — for churches and charitable organizations seeking to protect the vulnerable. Due to changes in Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) procedures, many volunteers at churches and other charities will need to be fingerprinted – a process which could take months – before they will be allowed to […]
Religion in Quebec schools still a legal issue
The Quebec government’s Ethics & Religious Culture (ERC) course is a point of contention in two ongoing court cases – one involving a high school, and the other a family. Litigation about whether a Quebec private school can teach the ERC from a Catholic perspective recently entered a new stage. Late last month, the Quebec […]
Club Penguin worker wins trip to Kenya
Maasai warriorClub Penguin is about more than the snowy online world of adorable virtual creatures, which your children are probably mad about. A portion of the profits of this game site goes to support educational and humanitarian work in Kenya, partnering with Free the Children. Recently Disney Online Studios, which owns and operates Club Penguin, […]
Arrest of pro-life students raises questions
Police arrested and charged five students who attempted to put up a graphic anti-abortion display on the Carleton University campus October 4. Ottawa Police issued tickets for “failing to leave the premises when directed” and for “engaging in activity prohibited on the premises,” said Craig Stewart, a fourth-year Carleton student who was among those arrested. […]
The Great Canadian Food Fight
Competition can have its downside but there appears to be only silver linings and no clouds involved in the Great Canadian Food Fight, which pits Victoria’s Mustard Seed Food Bank against those of two other cities to see who can raise the most food over a two-day period in October. Mustard Seed director Brent Palmer […]
Faith-based TV taken over by marketing company
Faith-based television in Canada is facing a major shake-up, with the takeover of several channels this summer. ZoomerMedia made the offer to buy the channels, including VisionTV and JoyTV, in June 2009. However the purchase was only approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on March 30 of this year, and the sale […]
Former priest awaiting trial for molestation
When Phillip Jacobs arrived at Victoria International Airport August 4, there was a reception party waiting for him — but not the one he was expecting. Acting on an arrest warrant issued a month before, and a fresh tip, Saanich police investigators and airport security took Jacobs — a former priest of the Victoria, B.C. […]
Controversial Twelve Tribes sect opens restaurant
Countenay’s newest eatery is also its newest religious establishment. Across the street from the Anglican church, the Common Ground Café is the communal effort of five families whose members all belong to a sect called the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The group is a controversial outgrowth of the 1970s ‘Jesus movement’; it was formerly known […]
Rock the River rocks the rain
Despite the rain, mud and intimidating cloud cover, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) hosted some 7,970 people August 7 for their much anticipated Rock the River concert held at Millennium Park in Surrey, BC The line-up of artists included Tedashii, downhere, The Almost, Starfield and Skillet; interspersed between performances were several short messages from […]
The uncommon life of Shane Doan
National Hockey League player Shane Doan triumphed May 4 by scoring a hat trick in a game against Belarus. As captain of Team Canada, his three goals helped ensure that Canada will make it to the quarter-finals of the World Hockey Championship. Doan also recently made headlines over allegations that he had made a derogatory […]
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