In Canada, a reckoning after remains of 215 Indigenous children are found
At age 6, Brenda Cyr was taken from her family and forced to live at a church-run residential school — part of a 120-year Canadian government…
The Church in Canada
Max Craddock, prominent minister and TV speaker in Canada, dies at 77
Max Craddock, a prominent preacher and television speaker in Canada, died Dec. 15. He was 77. Craddock ministered for the Strathmore Boulevard Church of Christ…
Church has ‘forgiving attitude’ for shooter who took elder’s life
Two days after a church elder was shot and killed during Sunday worship, members of the Salmon Arm Church of Christ surrounded his widow with…
‘The way to the heart’
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Before Shawn LeBlanc became a Christian, he drank. He did drugs. He partied. He played drums in a rock band. But LeBlanc’s lifestyle…
Running away from religion
MONTREAL — Montreal’s heart has grown cold to the Gospel. The largest French-speaking city in North America can be a lonely place to be a…
Before baby bird leaves the nest, a trip to remember
TORONTO — “A six-hour layover, eh?” I posted that wisecrack on Facebook as my 17-year-old daughter, Kendall, and I awaited a connecting flight. It was…
In Canada, seeking redemption for a long, dark chapter
DAUPHIN, Manitoba — The boy felt nauseous. A knot gripped him in the pit of his stomach. He couldn’t explain the feeling, but it overcame…
In Canada, refugees find love and hope
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario — Ten-year-old Mohammed and his sister Miriam, 6, shriek with excitement when they hear knocking at the front door. The pint-sized Syrian…
Canadian churches embrace Syrian refugees
BEAMSVILLE, Ontario — As war ravaged their homeland, a Syrian family of eight fled for their lives. The Muslim father, mother and six children —…
Western Christian forced to close
At age 16, Karen Cooper lost her mother to cancer. The death devastated Cooper, but she eventually came to view Ivy Kristianson’s passing in a…
