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…
The Interview: Nett Knox, Olympic sports chaplain
Sydneysider Nett Knox is a sports chaplain who will be working at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. She spoke with DAVID ADAMS…