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Every September, students at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, take a field trip to a large second hand store and pick out outlandish costumes to get soaked, whipped-creamed and muddy in at the Launch Olympics. The ridiculous, school-wide event…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—For seven years, North Victory Baptist Church has met in the gymnasium and classrooms of William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. Church properties are hard to come by in Toronto, says pastor Henry Manansala, and the school provides a wonderful,…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—In Noam Chomsky’s famous criticism of mainstream media—Manufacturing Consent—he singles out the faith-based media as a light in the darkness of the broader media landscape. The church, he says, cares about people. The mainstream world does not. That comment…Read More→
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NEERLANDIA, AB—Portion size, calories, when and how to eat—food used to feel like something in Emily Wierenga’s constantly changing life that she actually had control over. But when an eating disorder first threatened her health as a pre-teen, followed by…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—From Brazil to Kenya to Thailand, DRIME has circled the globe. Now, the Vancouver-based ministry is planting a team in Toronto. DRIME stands for “Disciples Ready in Mobile Evangelism.” It was founded in 1994 and is associated with Power…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—In a pivotal scene of Don Miller’s semi-autobiographical New York Times best-seller, Blue Like Jazz, a group of young Christians set up a confession booth on campus—to confess to the ways the church has failed. “We will apologize for…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—John McKay, MP for Scarborough-Guildwood, says a lot of hard questions are being asked in his riding after a purported community barbecue turned into the worst incident of gun violence in Toronto’s history. On July 16, an outbreak of…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—You would be amazed at what people leave in charity donation bins, says Bill May of The Salvation Army. Some of the stranger items found have been weapons, cremated human remains, and bloody evidence from a crime scene. “Sometimes…Read More→
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Perspective is a wonderful thing. Recently I was standing in a corridor when His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, walked past. I bowed slightly and said, “Your Majesty.” He smiled, and joked that he was rather afraid of a certain yellow…Read More→
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HALIFAX, NS—Kairos is bringing together peace advocates from Colombia, Palestine and Canada’s First Nations communities to highlight the global role of woman as defenders of human rights. The Living Courage tour runs from June 7 to 24, with stops in…Read More→