By Josiah Neufeld on
REGINA, SK—On November 17 Trevor Herriot will let out his breath. He’ll learn whether or not he is the winner of one of Canada’s top literary prizes for his book about vanishing grassland birds. The nailbiting will end, but Herriot’s…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
WINNIPEG, MB—When Sharon Cornelsen first heard news of a case of mass rape among a community of Old Colony Mennonites in Bolivia, she felt immediately that she should go. In June, horrific accounts emerged from an isolated community of Old…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
STE GENEVIEVE, MB—Robert Freynet receives questions eagerly, like gifts. As I inquire about the luminous saints he paints onto the walls and ceilings of Manitoba chapels or about the icons which inspire his art, the creases sharpen at the corners…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
WINNIPEG, MB—On October 16 more than a billion people will wake up hungry and try live their daily lives through the haze and disorientation caused by chronic hunger. Another billion or so people will spend the day consuming more food…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
BURLINGTON, ON—Fans who miss the popular co-hosts of Christian television show 100 Huntley Street shouldn’t expect to see Ron and Reynold Mainse back on air this fall, although their names have been essentially cleared of wrongdoing in an ongoing Ponzi…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
WINNIPEG, MB—Elizabeth May would rather be a priest than a politician. The energetic 55-year-old environmental activist, writer, lawyer and leader of the Green Party expects a vocation in the Church would be more fulfilling than one in Canada’s highly acerbic…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
WINNIPEG, MB—Darryle Caribou, a 26-year-old Cree artist profiled in ChristianWeek in December, 2007, drowned July 3 after jumping into the swollen Red River to save a friend. Caribou’s friend had jumped into the river to cool off and was caught…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
ChristianWeek speaks with Manitoba’s first aboriginal judge, Justice Murray Sinclair, a week before he takes the reigns as new chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sinclair, together with commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild replace…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
OTTAWA, ON—Church leaders have returned from a visit to the tar sands in northern Alberta stricken by what they saw and determined to appeal to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for more regulation of the industry. “They want to take it…Read More→
By Josiah Neufeld on
OTTAWA, ON—Ending poverty in Canada is not some kind of pie-in-the-sky dream, says Karri Munn-Venn, a policy analyst for Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ). “I think it can be done. I think it’s an issue of political will,” she says….Read More→