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Being the ChurchBeloved care
for those who took care of us ***** Even today, the Dutch immigrant work ethic and zeal for kingdom-building remains alive in southern Alberta, three…
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NewsNearly 60% of violent crime cases now being stayed or withdrawn
“Justice delayed has become justice denied,” concluded a recent report from The Hub about the amount of time it is taking for criminal justice cases…
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NewsMore homeowners facing insolvency
Canadians have long been struggling with personal debt, but Scott Terrio, a manager at Hoyes, Michalos Licensed Insolvency Trustees told The Hub that the bigger…
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NewsAre you still able?
A nation-wide challenge to experience life without screens ***** It used to be different, not all that long ago. Carrie is a teen who always…
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News9 in 10 Canadian women in their 20s who “practice a religion” are now childless
Canada is now among South Korea, Japan, Italy, and a small number of other “ultra-low fertility” countries, with a total fertility rate below 1.30 children…
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NewsHealth-adjusted life expectancy plummets
Canadians can expect 3.5 fewer years of good health compared to a decade ago, according to recent data published by Statistics Canada. Life expectancy has…
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AssortedBlessed are the caregivers
For they will be given care ***** Although we don’t get a diploma and cap, many of us graduate from the role of caregiver when…
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NewsNo jail for man who admits to killing his partner
“An Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his ailing husband has been sentenced to two years less a day of…
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NewsCourt rules that Emergencies Act against “Freedom Convoy” was unlawful
Four years ago, in February 2022, Canada’s federal government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time since it was enacted back in 1988, granting…
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AssortedIn Christ
The antidote to works righteousness and the anxiety, exhaustion, and resentment that comes with it. ***** I used to enjoy rock climbing. At least, I…
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NewsCourt case seeks to force religious groups to provide euthanasia
Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic organization, is being challenged in a BC court for not providing euthanasia in their facilities. The same activist group…
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NewsTwo Covid convictions against Pastor Koopman vacated
Four years after the fact, two of more than 20 Covid-era convictions against Rev. John Koopman, pastor of the Chilliwack Free Reformed Church, have now…
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NewsExplicit books being pulled from government school libraries in Alberta
In the wake of a government order that made waves around the world in 2025, the two largest school divisions in Alberta reported in early…
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News4 out of 5 Canadians give like Scrooge
The Fraser Institute’s “Generosity Index” for 2025 revealed that a scant 0.52% of all income is being donated to charities. To add to this, the…
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NewsArctic sea ice remains steady for past two decades
If you’ve ever fallen for the “Heads I win, tails you lose” trick, the mainstream media’s climate change reporting might strike you as familiar. Whatever…
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NewsFewer young people identifying as “queer” or “trans”
A recent research report based on polling tens of thousands of American college students each year shows a significant decline among those who identify as…
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NewsPeanut allergies plunge … and they could plunge even more
Not that long ago it was thought that young children shouldn’t be exposed to peanuts, to prevent a dangerous reaction. But, as Prov. 18:17 notes,…
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News90,000 legal homicides in Canada since 2016
According to calculations from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), as of September this year approximately 90,000 Canadians have been euthanized since this form of homicide…
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AssortedVeya’s story
The fight for her life in a broken and biased healthcare system – one that sees doctors perpetrating euthanasia and abortion and calling them both…
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Culture ClashesWhat will Canada look like in 2040?
Where some see gloom, God’s people can proceed in hope, knowing that God remains in control ***** “Canada to Become a Dystopian Nightmare, Households Will…
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NewsA renewed hunger for the Bible
Data from the Association of American Publishers reveals that the biggest sales increase among all categories of books being published last year in the United…
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NewsQuebec to ban public prayer and advance secularism
The government of Quebec announced in August that it intends to introduce a law this fall to outlaw public prayer in the province. As Jean‑François…
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NewsWere the 215 soil abnormalities actually graves? 37% of Canadians think we should just presume so.
Allegations of mass graves outside of Canadian residential schools was one of the top news stories in the world in 2021. Ground-penetrating radar was said…
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NewsSupreme Court of Canada upholds prostitution law
In an important decision that didn’t get covered by the mainstream media this July, Canada’s highest court made a unanimous decision to uphold key parts…
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NewsCanada’s population almost shrinking
The latest population estimation from Statistics Canada is revealing a startling change: Ontario, Quebec, and BC all saw population declines in the first quarter of…
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NewsYou now live on šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street
“911, I need an ambulance at 232 šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street, and quickly please!” “Sorry, I didn’t get that. Can you repeat the address?” “The first letter…
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NewsGovernment quietly disbands inquiry into residential school graves
Allegations of “mass graves” of indigenous children at residential schools in Canada was one of the top news stories of 2021, making ripples around the…
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Are you still able?
A nation-wide challenge to experience life without screens ***** It used to be different, not all that long ago. Carrie is a teen who always…
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Recent ArticlesCreation stewards in a logging town
My little blue Kia Soul didn’t quite fit in, as I drove through the industrial section of the small forestry town of Houston, BC. Not…
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NewsFaded road lines symbolize faded Christian values
Having a hard time seeing the lines on the road? You aren’t alone. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is lobbying for changes to a rule…
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NewsT-Rex leather coming to a store near you?
According to the Interesting Engineering news site, three companies have joined forces to develop “the world’s first T-Rex leather made using the extinct creature’s DNA.”…
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News1 in 10 women who take abortion drug experience serious complications
The largest study ever done on the abortion drug mifepristone has found that 10.93 percent of women who were given the drug experienced a “serious…
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NewsPapua New Guinea affirms God’s authority over their land
This spring, Papua New Guinea (PNG) amended the preamble to its constitution to make it very clear Who has authority over their nation. The preamble…
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News642 Canadian babies were born alive and left to die
A Canadian pro-life researcher has found that, in the past five years in Canada, 642 babies were born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The…
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NewsAbortion deaths reach 10-year high
According to the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI), the number of abortions reported in Canada increased to a staggering 101,553 in 2023, the highest…
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NewsMillions distributed to Canada’s legacy media during election campaign
While the media was covering the federal election, the newly formed Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) started its first handouts of cash from the enormous pot…
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Being the ChurchBeing thrifty and finding hope
In his “science of happiness” class at Harvard Business School, Arthur Brooks teaches that of the five things you can do with money, four could…
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Adult non-fictionNecessary Endings
Finding the courage to let go in business, church, and family ***** Why did my dad’s tomatoes and cucumbers always flourish? I used to think…
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NewsUS Bible sales booming
Although most people are aware that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time, data from printed book sales in the USA in 2023…
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NewsYoung Canadian defends Scripture to the world
Things can change quickly when you have the courage to seize an opportunity, and are blessed by God. 33-year-old Wesley Huff is serving as the…
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NewsTaxpayer-funded drug trafficking exposed in BC
BC’s NDP government and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry have long denied or downplayed the concern that the free drugs they are giving to…
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NewsSpiritual warfare becoming more visible at Canadian universities
While big companies like Google and Walmart are quickly abandoning their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, a new study reveals just how committed Canada’s…
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ParentingHave a child – change the world
In his best-selling book Atomic Habits, James Clear makes the case for committing to tiny changes in your life, for drastic change. “Here’s how the…
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NewsPoilievre answers a fool according to his folly
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has once again demonstrated how to expose foolishness with a simple question. When asked by a news anchor about President Trump’s…
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NewsFree video series to protect families from porn
Parents who want to keep pornography away from their family received a gift early this year. John-Michael Bout and Jacob Valk have produced two new…
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NewsCharitable status of churches and religious charities threatened
While the country’s attention was focused on the conflict within the Liberal Party and the threat of new tariffs from south of the border, the…
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Education10 lessons learned at 8 post-secondary institutions
Like most high school students, I didn’t really know how to answer the “what are you going to do after school?” question. The world was…
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NewsWalmart rolls back the woke
Walmart is rolling back more than prices. In late November, Walmart’s CEO John Furner shared that the company is pulling back from some of its…
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NewsKnitting needles clacking again for the preborn
Eight years ago, the We Need a Law campaign challenged the pro-life community to come together to knit 1,000 pairs of baby booties. Knitters would…
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AssortedLost and found: God’s guiding hand in seeking and finding a missing girl
Just before going to bed on a Thursday evening in mid-September, Michelle Dykstra read a Facebook post by a mother whose six-year-old daughter had gone…
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NewsIs it job creation if government is doing most of the hiring?
COVID brought with it huge government expenditures, and the end of the crisis didn’t end the growth of government. Over the four years of 2019-2023,…
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Indigenous peoples112 Canadian churches vandalized and burned
Since the allegations of “mass graves” on Canadian residential school grounds began in 2021, more than a hundred of the country’s churches have been burned…
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Pro-life – AbortionAn amazing, horrible, inspiring, heart-breaking, simply massive display!
This blast from the past appeared in the magazine 10 years ago in the October 2014 issue. ***** Some injustices are on such a sheer…
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NewsAlberta to help pay for independent school construction
A massive growth in population had Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce $8.6 billion in funding, over three years, towards building new schools in the province….
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PoliticsWhat is going on with Canada’s conservative leaders?
Pierre Poilievre, Danielle Smith, and John Rustad have discovered success in a “blue ocean” ***** When the leaves rustle and the winds blow in the…
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NewsAlberta planning to enshrine right to refuse vaccinations
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced in late September that her government is planning to amend and strengthen the Alberta Bill of Rights when the Alberta…
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Dying WellWill you die well?
We spend a lot of time preparing for things. Every day we prepare for school, work, or whatever else may be on our plate. We…
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NewsLiberal MP reminds journalist who holds the purse strings
Ongoing funding of Canada’s media by the federal Liberal government appears to be emboldening some government officials to demand favorable reporting. On Sept. 7, Liberal…
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NewsSt. Catharines drops censorship bylaw
Just three weeks before having to appear in court to defend their bylaw that censored pictures of pre-born children, the city of St. Catharines blinked…
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NewsState-sanctioned murder now the 5th leading cause of death in Canada
State-sanctioned murder, euphemistically called “medical assistance in dying,” has quickly become one of the leading causes of death in Canada, according to a new study…
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NewsProstitution laws challenged at Supreme Court of Canada
In 2014 Parliament passed a new prostitution law that ARPA Canada called “the most significant piece of legislation on a social issue passed during the…
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NewsReformed book publisher changes hands
Reformed book publisher Paideia Press, which has published over 400 titles since it started in the late 1970’s, has been gifted to the Cántaro Institute….
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NewsBC finally declares Covid emergency is over
Fired healthcare workers can now apply for work ***** Over four years after declaring a public health emergency over Covid-19, BC’s provincial health officer has…
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NewsFormer cop, coroner and mayor does a 180 on drug policy
It isn’t often that public officials who once championed “progressive” policies admit they were wrong. But it is becoming more common when it comes to…
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NewsYoung men building a home for the Reformed confessions
Some ambitious young men can fix their own vehicles, and others can help frame a home or build an impressive app. But two young men…
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NewsMortgage delinquencies up more than 20%
Increased spending and costs are catching up with Canadian households, according to the latest figures from the credit agency Equifax Canada. Mortgage debt makes up…
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NewsWe aren’t alone! 1,000+ converge in Texas for courageous faith
In 1 Kings 19 we find Elijah lamenting to God that the Israelites had rejected God’s covenant and that he alone was left, and Queen…
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ParentingRaising a family to hunt
What hunting can teach a family about life, death, and keeping things in their proper place ***** I put my vehicle into four-wheel drive before…
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NewsOh deer! Government paying non-Canadians to hunt
Like many Canadian regions, Sidney Island has a deer problem. The small island, not far from Victoria, BC, is home to European Fallow deer, whose…
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NewsMillions spent and still no graves
According to a report from the Western Standard, the federal government has confirmed that it had given $7.9 million dollars to uncover the “heartbreaking truth”…
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AssortedThe Colson Center: a sibling we look up to
Growing up as the second youngest in a family of ten, I learned a lot about life from my older siblings. Once grown, most of…
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NewsAlbertos Polizogopoulos: lawyer for the Lord
On May 9, 2024, the LORD called Albertos Polizogopoulos to Himself, completing his task on earth at the age of 41. Not long after starting…
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NewsOregon abandons decriminalizing hard drugs
“America’s most radical experiment with drug decriminalization has ended, after more than three years of painful results,” The Atlantic reported in early April. Increased overdose…
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Indigenous peoplesPrivate property rights finally planned for Indigenous British Columbians
Few Canadians realize that the majority of Indigenous peoples in BC aren’t allowed to own land like everyone else can. They are shackled by the…
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Adult non-fictionHelp for the anxious and those who struggle with measuring up
Last summer, in an issue of this magazine devoted to the topic of anxiety, I shared my own struggle with burnout and anxiety. I don’t…
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NewsSt Catharines challenged for censoring pro-life messages
ARPA Canada is taking the city of St. Catharines to court. In September 2023, the city passed a bylaw that forbids delivering any image of…
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NewsMore Canadians are “Alberta bound”
“It’s good to be Alberta bound” sang Canadian folk legend Gordon Lightfoot. Looking at Statistics Canada’s Quarterly Demographic Estimates, many Canadians are taking this to…
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Economics – Home FinancesTiny home contentment
As dusk was settling in on a foggy November day in BC’s Bulkley Valley, I parked my car on the driveway next to the home…
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InternetThe challenge of keeping technology in its proper place
I grew up in a home without a TV. But we did have a Commodore 64, a primitive computer (pre-Windows) that we used almost exclusively…
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NewsAll votes are not equal
Come the next election, the House of Commons is set to add five more seats and see the ridings redistributed. These changes flow from a…
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Articles – BooksScout makes a comeback with new audio streaming service
Entrepreneurial spirit meets Christian family values with tech startup Whillo.com ***** Reformed Perspective’s last issue featured a back cover ad that caught my eye. It…
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NewsAlberta taking steps towards nuclear power
In the same week that Alberta was facing power shortages, the government announced they were going nuclear. Last week the province was sending emergency alerts…
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NewsPrint & pod – the real “social” media?
I’m typing these words on my laptop, in a not-so-comfortable seat of an airplane, somewhere between Vancouver and my hometown in northern BC. But I’m…
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NewsHalloween decorations overtaking Christmas decorations in BC
A survey of BC residents concluded that, for the first time, more people in the province are going “all out” with their decorating for Halloween…
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NewsTrudeau’s ban on single-use plastic overturned
A Federal Court has ruled that the Liberals’ decision to designate plastic as “toxic,” so they could ban single-use plastics, overstepped the federal government’s authority….
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NewsThe most popular girlfriends are AI
Satan’s efforts to corrupt God’s design for marriage and sex has evolved yet again, spurred on by the advance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI technology…
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NewsPro-life flag proposal gets town talking about worldviews
A proposal by the Smithers Pro-Life Society for their community to fly a pro-life flag was unanimously rejected by their town council, but not without…
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News5 years of legal marijuana is wreaking havoc on children and adults
In 2018, Canada’s federal government legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Two of the three goals that they used to justify this abrupt change were…
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NewsPopulation up; birthrate way down
Canada’s population passed 40 million in June, and has grown by more than 1.1 million in the past year, according to a Sept 27 Statistics…
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NewsSK Premier to use “notwithstanding clause” to uphold parental authority
If a public school student under 16 wants to be referred to by his own “preferred pronouns,” does the school need to go to his…
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Indigenous peoplesThe Truth matters: analyzing the facts beneath “mass burials” at residential schools
This article was first published in the March/April 2023 issue. ***** “Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school…
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AssortedLearning to be anxious for nothing
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of…
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NewsCourt case to challenge Quebec’s ban on “overt prayer” in school
The Quebec Superior Court is set to hear a case that challenges the province’s ban on “overt prayers.” The province’s Education Minister Bernard Drainville explained…
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NewsCanada’s highest court declines churches’ appeal over Covid restrictions
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of how the BC government dealt with churches during Covid. Although each provincial government dealt…
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AssortedAnxiety and the triumph of hope: 3 biblical counsellors explain anxiety
As God’s people wandered in the wilderness, they were sustained by bread from heaven – Manna. Not only was it nutritional, it also came with…
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AssortedA pastor on anxiety
Rev. Dirk Poppe is serving as the pastor of the Southern River Free Reformed Church, in Western Australia. Prior to this he served as pastor…
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NewsAlberta and BC champion very different responses to drug use
Earlier this year, BC became the first province to decriminalize small amounts of illegal drugs. The policy was the latest “harm reduction” effort from the…
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News2023 wildfires an exception to three decades of declining fires
As millions of Canadians and Americans have been exposed to the smoke from Canadian forest fires already this year, along with a steady stream of…
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News113 MPs supported preborn victims of crime bill
Member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall’s private member’s Bill C-311 was defeated in the House of Commons on June 14, but not without 113 MPs voting…
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NewsJustice delayed is justice denied: Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown resigns
In the midst of a misconduct investigation, Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown has chosen to resign his post on Canada’s top court. The investigation was…