4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (412+ words) The lights go up, and the stage is set. The audience begins to fill the assembly, and an anticipatory buzz fills the room. Backstage, you adjust your outfit, warm up your voice and rehearse the cues one last time before…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (814+ words) Water is a living being." That message echoed through St. Matthew's United Church in Toronto earlier this month as Indigenous Elders, activists and community members gathered for We Are All Water Protectors, an event calling for a fundamental shift in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1242+ words) And that's before you ask the women dating them, many of whom have been texted a polemic grievance for the mortal crime of declining a second date. More than any media, dating apps have given women unprecedented insight into the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (307+ words) In May, the selection committee was struck, and at that time Blair told Broadview the goal was to have his replacement installed before February 28, 2027. In early June, the general secretary job ad was posted, with the United Church then saying…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (844+ words) On Saturday morning, the day of Winkler's first Pride celebration, Erika Enns Rodine, a Mennonite pastor wearing a white T-shirt with a rainbow-coloured dove on it, prayed." She prayed "for all the queer, trans and intersex children and youth across…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1031+ words) Sebastian Saunders is both excited and nervous about returning to Winkler to tell his story at his hometown's first Pride event. To get through his anxiety, he imagines a younger version of himself in the audience. "I'm just imagining that…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1396+ words) But critics, including The United Church of Canada, Canadian Labour Congress, Independent Jewish Voices, the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council, and others argue the bill could criminalize peaceful protest, chill free speech and hinder religious expression. "It is Canada's most…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (926+ words) Reporting on FIFA's hijab ban " a rule that was eventually overturned " is how Shireen Ahmed got her start in sports reporting. "I'm someone who came in fighting and really standing on the point saying sports are political, which is something…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (750+ words) In 2012, Adam Campbell was out at an Ottawa nightclub when a very intoxicated Justin Williams approached his younger sister (names and some details have been changed to protect their identities). Campbell was taking a break from the dance floor and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (711+ words) And I prayed. For others, of course: that their souls might be saved. But most of all, I prayed for myself: that God would do away with my desire for other boys; more secretly, that God would do away with…...