News roundup December 19, 2009

Is it Boom times for PMO’s God Squad?
Two of Canada’s religious TV channels have new CEO’s. Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. appointed Don Simmonds as CEO and chairman of the board in October. The press release released to ChristianWeek this week claims Simmonds was the founder of Clearnet. The charity founders two sons were finders [...]

Alberta - Court of Queen’s Bench rules anti gay letter not hate speech

In a 39 page ruling this week Justice E.C. Wilson of the court of Queen’s Bench gave the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission a sound legal thrashing in overturning a 2008 ruling that a 2002 letter to The Red Deer Advocate by Steven Boissoin misapplied provincial law.  The acerbic Colby Cosh in Macleans:
The Charter of Rights [...]

4MyCanada meets with MP’s

On November 16th, 2009 4MyCanada and NHOP  (see comments) held an appreciation reception for MP’s on Parliament Hill.
According to Richard Long of NHOP - National House of Prayer Ottawa:
Faytene Kryskow and her team did a wonderful job of sharing their hearts and creating an event of impact.  The highlight of the night was their special [...]

Canadian evangelical voting trends

By Dennis Gruending 2009. Used by permission. All rights reserved
There is much speculation about when we will have a federal election in Canada. Columnist Sheila Copps, a former MP, predicts that it will be before the snow flies. For who will people identifying themselves as belonging to a religion cast their votes? This is a [...]

News roundup June 2, 2009

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, has had his resignation from the Order of Canada officially approved. Turcotte objected to Dr. Henry Morgentaler receiving the Order last summer saying he was a questionable person who cheapened the order.
His resignation was published in the Canada Gazette on Sunday. It was accepted by Governor [...]

News roundup May 25, 2009

The long awaited court case between The Anglican Church of Canada and four breakaway churches with ACiN is underway. The trial in BC is expected to last 3 weeks. The court ruling is not expected for awhile. Religious Intelligence has a summary.
90th Parallel Productions is airing a documentary on Global tonight at 10 [...]

News roundup May 22, 2009

Former Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert has accepted a five-year term as principal of the United Church’s St. Andrew’s Theological College in Saskatoon, effective July 1. He graduated from St. Andrew’s in the mid-1970s and pastored United churches in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, and Moose Jaw before entering politics in 1986. He served as premier for six years until [...]

News Roundup: Education Edition

Two religious battles over education now appear to be shaping up in this country: one over religious education in Québec, and the other over new parental rights legislation in Alberta.
The Albertan controversy, which has been discussed previously on this site as well as at other blogs, is being covered regularly by Big City Lib, who [...]

Daily Roundup for May 8, 2009

The Canada Family Action Coalition and Equipping Christians for the Public Square are endorsing Alberta’s Bill 44, which the government initially suggested would allow parents to pull their kids from “evolution classes” on religious grounds.

Ezra Levant raised a few eyebrows last week with his deliberately provocative op-ed arguing that the Canadian Jewish Congress was responsible [...]

Daily Roundup for May 7, 2009

American Grace - A new study in the US says the rate of none church goers has jumped from 5 to 10% to 30 to 40%.
That’s disturbing. What is more disturbing is why. Street Prophets:
“Many of them are people who would otherwise be in church,” Putnam said. “They have the same attitudes and values as [...]