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TORONTO, ON – Voter fatigue and the lack of a hot-button issues aren’t excuses to stay away from the ballot box this fall. Ontario residents face their third election in less than a year: in 2010 they voted in a…Read More→
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HAMILTON, ON – A $35,000 grant will help Redeemer University College further its mission to be a change-agent in downtown Hamilton. The idea for “Redeemer Downtown” started when development director Judith Drost-Storey attended a poverty roundtable. Discussions took place after…Read More→
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GUELPH, ON – A family connection to Grace Irwin makes winning the award named in her honour even more special for Tim Huff. Huff, a tireless advocate for the misunderstood and marginalized, won the second annual Grace Irwin Award for…Read More→
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BARRIE, ON – A pastor’s love of sailing and solitude led to the idea of a spiritual sailing retreat. Les Galicinski, executive director of Deposits of Faith, had been the pastor of spiritual formation at Barrie’s Harvest Bible Chapel when…Read More→
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WATERLOO, ON – Conservative MP Harold Albrecht won his third election only to lose his wife. Albrecht, who first won the Kitchener-Conestoga riding in 2006, watched the Conservative Party of Canada win a 166-seat majority from his home on Monday,…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON – Most Canadians care about the poor – they just don’t know a whole lot about them reveals a new Salvation Army study. Released in March, The Dignity Project reveals four myths Canadians believe about poverty. The survey,…Read More→
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LONDON, ENGLAND – For the fourth time in its nearly 150-year history The Salvation Army International will be headed by a Canadian. And, it is only the third time it will be headed by a woman. The Salvation Army elected…Read More→
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GUELPH, ON – The Gideons continue to make changes – albeit small ones – as they look at moving toward a more culturally relevant model of ministry. At a special general meeting in mid-January, members voted on bylaw amendments which…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON – The fourth Urban Forum and the first one being held in Canada asks: do social ministries provide dignity or dependence through their services? “We’ll either start or continue the conversation about service provision versus community development,” says…Read More→
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A favourite activity as a teen was meeting friends and family at the local pizza parlour. As the only place in town I could go to that had a juke box, I used to spend quarter after quarter listening to…Read More→