September 2008 National Updates

September 5, 2008

Christian group blamed for mumps outbreak
CONSERVATIVE Christians who refuse vaccinations have been linked to an outbreak of mumps in British Columbia.
Veteran Canadian missionary still going strong in India
ORIGINALLY from Canada, Huldah Buntain has spent much of the past five decades working in India with Buntains' Calcutta Mission -- and she's still going strong.
OttawaWatch: Attention to life and to Canada
SARAH Palin has our attention this week, along with word that the leaders of Canada's political parties ignored last week's OttawaWatch tongue-in-cheek hint that it would be quite in order for Parliament to run until October, 2009.
News briefs
• Religious diversity on campus
• Polygamist cult at Bountiful
• "Human rights" commissions and tribunals
• more
News round up
• Announcement ends Durance record
• A capital alliance for both ministries
• Diocesan actions get cold reception in the Arctic
• more

September 11, 2008

Canadian and U.S. elections engage faith differently
AS THE Canadian election campaign gets underway, and the U.S. presidential race steams toward its conclusion, observers have noted key differences in the ways faith is presented publicly in the two countries.
Violence against Christians increasing in India
AS rampant violence by Hindu extremists was escalating against Christians in India, the head of a major Indian ministry gave CC.com his assessment of the situation.
OttawaWatch: Steven Fletcher's story
A BIT of housekeeping, before talking about The Steven Fletcher Story: What Do You Do If You Don't Die.
News briefs
• From city hall to the ANiC
• From the Edmonton Oilers to the CUCA
• From the classroom to the stage
• more
News links
• The mumps outbreak and religious objections to vaccination
• Bolingo Etibako, arson survivor
• Abortion clinic "bubble zones"
• more

September 18, 2008

Abortion debate remains heated despite attempts to keep it out of election
OTTAWA -- Abortion remains a heated subject, despite the attempts of the Conservative Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to keep it out of the federal election.
B.C. runners complete mammoth African trek
THEY RAN 100 marathons across Africa. In the process, Reuben Jentink and Erin Van Wiltenburg travelled through Namibia, Zambia and Tanzania.
News briefs
• Largest Christian book distributor closes
• Largest Christian music distributor taken over
• How evangelicals, Roman Catholics and real women should vote
• more
News round up
• Ontario doctors and religious freedom
• Stories about Catholic school boards
• more

September 25, 2008

Vancouver Anglicans take dispute over buildings, assets to court
THE WARDENS at two Anglican churches have taken the Diocese of New Westminster to court, after Bishop Michael Ingham moved to take control of the buildings...
Comment: Guidelines for Christian citizenship at election time
DURING this fall, given the confluence of Canadian and American election campaigns, citizenship advice abounds. Christian counsel saturates the media.
OttawaWatch: What's in a name?
For the past few days, I have been able to venture from the Parliament Hill cloister into the real world of Burlington, Ontario, where, for three days, at least, I could find out if the questions people of faith might be asking about federal politics.
News briefs
• Guild teaches creativity
• Two songitudes
• From one farm community to another
• more
News round up
• Pro-gay curriculum in B.C. schools
• Standoff at a Christian high school in Regina
• Upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Toronto
• more

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