Filipino “caring culture” hit hard by Canada truck-ramming that killed 11
Vancouver, Canada Reuters The election eve truck-ramming that killed 11 people and injured dozens more in Vancouver sent waves of grief across Canada’s Filipino community, integral to Canada in part through many members’ roles as caregivers. A man drove through a crowded pedestrian zone during a Filipino cultural festival on Saturday. Officials have arrested a […]
Canadians vote in election dominated by concerns about Trump
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canadians are going to the polls on Monday after an election campaign in which US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and musings about annexing Canada became the central issue. Trump’s threats ignited a wave of patriotism that swelled support for Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, a political newcomer who previously led two G7 […]
Candidates in Canada election make final pitches under shadow of Vancouver tragedy
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre wrapped up their campaigns on a somber note on Sunday after at least 11 people died when a man drove through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver. Sunday was the final day of a five-week campaign for Carney […]
Car rams into Filipino festival in Vancouver, killing at least 11
Updated: 4:45pm (AEDT) Vancouver, Canada Reuters Canadian prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old Vancouver resident with murder for killing at least 11 people aged between five and 65 and injuring dozens after he rammed an SUV through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in the western Canadian city, police said on Sunday. The man, Kai-Ji […]
StrangeSights: A tiny prayer book; Christmas in Venice – Santas on gondolas and a floating Nativity; and, Vancouverites enjoy a beach joke…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Canada struggles to reach 18,000 stranded by flood waters
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Reuters Canada was still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the downpour blocked off entire towns in the province of […]
Postcards: With tobacco and candy, North America counts its homeless
GREGORY SCRUGGS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Vancouver in Canada…
CANADA: HOW CHRISTIAN RECOVERY PROGRAMS ARE RESPONDING TO VANCOUVER’S OPIOID CRISIS
ALICIA AMBROSIO, in an article published by Religion News Service, reports from Canada…
Winter Games: Australian chaplain finds inspiration in unlikely places
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Olympic chaplain, Rev Matthew McBurney…
Winter Olympics: Gold and silver, salt and light
In an article first published on Canadian Christianity.com, JIM COGGINS looks at how Christians are reaching out to others at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver…