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MISSISSAUGA, ON—After a strong beginning, a near death experience and a resurrection, Promise Keepers Canada celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. “We were the first international expansion of Promise Keepers based out of the States,” recalls Promise Keepers Canada president…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Jude Hodgson is out as executive director and Sharon Ganesh is in as MissionFest Toronto changes leadership. “I [took] the summer off to re-evaluate,” says Hodgson, who headed up the annual missions conference since July 2004. She says she…Read More→
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MISSISSAUGA, ON—Mags Storey spent the 60 minutes or so it took to drive from her Newmarket home to The Word Guild awards gala in Mississauga telling her husband why she wouldn’t win anything. Instead, Storey won three awards for her…Read More→
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KITCHENER, ON—Governor General Michaëlle Jean lunched on cold cuts, homemade bread and potato salad during a visit to the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario’s office on June 14. Jean dropped by the Kent Street office during a tour of Kitchener-Waterloo, which…Read More→
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WINGHAM, ON—Constable Vu Pham died as he had lived: as a man of faith and integrity. “Vu had an unwavering faith in God and his church,” recalled fellow constable, Dell Mercey, in the eulogy for his partner. “Sometimes the police…Read More→
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NANTICOKE, ON—One of the least expensive camps in the Haldimand County area may have to raise fees to cover an unexpected property tax reclassification. Camp Oneida, a Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec camp located on Lake Erie, about 10…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Toronto’s downtown wouldn’t be what it is today without the “religious and, specifically, Christian influence” of some of its founding fathers, suggests government aide Russ Kuykendall. Writing in Think Different, Kuykendall takes an imaginary stroll along an eight-block stretch…Read More→
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HAMILTON, ON—Allan McGuirl’s portable missionaries, about the size of two decks of playing cards, will continue to air God’s message even though McGuirl no longer runs Galcom International’s day-to-day affairs. Years ago, when McGuirl served with Gospel Recording, missionaries would…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—People dealing with unanswered questions after a tragedy like the David Dewees’ arrest and suicide need a place of comfort and safety, says grief counsellor Roslyn Chrichton. A popular teacher at Toronto’s Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Dewees was charged with…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—Chaplain Shawn Kennedy describes Woodbine, located in northwest Toronto, as a “lost city.” The country’s premier racetrack employees 1,800 people and stables 2,500 horses—many treated better than the human employees. “This industry is geared to the horse,” says Kennedy….Read More→