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. […]
Quick news – September 30, 2010
Remember to pray The Military Christian Fellowship of Canada and the National House of Prayer are encouraging a special week of prayer in Ottawa during Remembrance Day week November 8-11. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and pray with leaders of the Military Christian Fellowship and also with chaplains that serve in the Canadian […]
Quick news – September 23, 2010
Sex Ed in Ontario The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has sent an open letter to Ontario’s Minister of Education, Leona Dombrowsky regarding the controversial sexual education component of the Health and Physical Education curriculum. It was both introduced and withdrawn this past spring due in part to many parents’ negative reaction to its content. […]
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 […]
U Vic prof offers insights on Ugandan anti-gay law
University of Victoria German professor Michael Hadley has been to Uganda four times since 2004 to teach ethics at a medical school there, but the latest visit at the start of the year came while the East African country was in a turmoil over a bill before parliament to make some homosexual practices a capital […]
Quick News – September 16, 2010
Evangelicals and Pentecostals get together Geoff Tunnicliffe, head of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), spoke at the Pentecostal World Conference (PWC) meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, August 24-27. Tunnicliffe thanked Pentecostal leaders for their “tremendous contribution to the life and growth of the church around the world” and praised them for being active participants and leaders […]
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 […]
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