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Lorna Dueck honoured
 Christian print and broadcast journalist Lorna Dueck has received the national Media and Communications Award from Leading Women for 2008. Founder and president of Media Voice Generation, Dueck is the executive producer and host of Listen Up, a national, weekly, half-hour television program that examines spiritual realities behind current events. The award, sponsored by World Vision Canada, recognizes distinctive achievement in the development and production of public media to tell a God-honouring message; it was presented at a banquet in Mississauga, Ontario March 1.
Christian Info partners with canadafire
Christian Info Society, which publishes CanadianChristianity.com, is partnering with canadafire to work on its youth higher education Christian national magazine Options. Options will now include resource content for canadafire's youth workers, as well as the official handbook for the Canadian Youth Workers' Conference. canadafire will augment the editorial content for Options magazine, thereby increasing the relevance of the magazine and speaking more fluently the language of its intended audience.
Edmonton's CRY!
MY Canada is sponsoring TheCRY Edmonton, an all day event at Fort Edmonton Park March 15. MY Canada describes this unique event as: "A full day of intense, fervent, worship and prayer for revival in Canada, for reformation in Canada and for the Dominion of God to fill our nation from sea to sea. This is not a concert. This is not a conference. This is a CRY. We will lift a CRY to God for LIFE to prevail in Canada, for the ending of abortion, drug addiction, perversion and suicide that has been taking the youth of our nation out. We will lift a CRY to God for a mass outbreak of His glory and the love of God to hit the high places of influence in our nation."
Kairos joins housing protest
Kairos is joining with anti-poverty advocates of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee and the Canadian Peace Alliance to launch a national 'Housing Not War' campaign. In a recent news release, they stated: "Canada once had a world-renowned National Housing Program -- but it was scrapped in the 1990s. Soon after, municipalities across Canada declared homelessness a national disaster. Today 300,000 people in Canada experience homelessness with its violence, illness and death."
Canadians in Louisiana
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers from Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and the US have completed 3,500 work hours spent on a new house for George and Ruby Reno, a Mennonite pastor who has been serving in Louisiana virtually his whole life. MDS is a volunteer network through which various constituencies of the Anabaptist church can respond to those affected by disasters in Canada and the United States.
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MissionFest Toronto
MissionFest Toronto, the largest missions conference in central Canada, celebrates its 13th year at the Toronto Congress Centre March 6 - 8. Over 200 Christian organizations participate each year in the three-day event.
EFC applauds age of consent law
Royal Assent was granted February 28 to Bill C-2, which includes provision to raise the age of consent to 16 years from the previous 14. The new age of consent is now the law in Canada. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada repeatedly lobbied the government to raise the age of consent and applauded the increased protection for vulnerable youth from sexual predators.
Rosebud Theatre sets records
After record-breaking seasons in 2006 and 2007, Rosebud Theatre -- Western Canada's largest rural theatre, now celebrating its 25th year of operation -- has reported continuing record numbers of attendance. Rosebud Theatre is approximately an hour's drive northeast of Calgary, in country hamlet of Rosebud, Alberta. Contact: 1-800-267-7553.
G8 commitments highlighted
'For Just Such a Time as This...' is a five-city cross-country tour of public engagement events educating and inspiring Canadians about the G8 and the commitments they have made. The tour was launched in Winnipeg by the Canadian Council of Churches, in collaboration with the G8 Research Group, based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Hosted by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Winnipeg, Professor John Kirton of the G8 Research Group discussed the nature and commitments of the G8 and addressing how Canadians can act to urge the government to take a stronger role in following through with G8 commitments.
CPJ responds to Federal Budget 2008
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) have criticized the federal budget, billed by the government as 'Responsible Leadership' when it was released in February. CPJ stated: "the values and priorities evident in the budget do not include measures to reduce poverty, address homelessness or protect the environment. Public justice calls governments to take responsibility on these issues -- and Budget 2008 drastically failed to answer this call." CPJ is a national organization that promotes public justice in Canada by shaping key policy debates through research and analysis, publishing and public dialogue. CPJ encourages citizens, leaders in society and governments to support policies and practices that reflect God's call for love, justice and stewardship.
March 5/2008
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