Canada Briefs

FREDRICTON – When a church is deconsecrated, along with the inevitable feeling of loss, there is a lot of work to do. One of those ...

OTTAWA – What do you do with your milk bags? Do they have a use before going to the landfill? In the parish hall of ...

KELOWNA – An attempted theft of copper cladding from the steeple of St. Andrew, Trail took place just before midnight last November. The church’s watchman ...

VICTORIA – Church of the Advent, Colwood hosted an environmental expo in January, but the idea for the event started in the brain of youth ...

HALIFAX – A north end Halifax church is crediting its partnership with a high-rise apartment building developer for preserving its history. St. Mark’s, located at ...

FREDERICTON – The Woodstock Coffee Girls got their start because their rector, the Rev. Maria Shepherdson, made a Facebook post about something that began more ...

HAMILTON – The 419 trees planted in the Diocese of Niagara last fall for the Communion Forest are experiencing their first spring. The deciduous and ...

ST. ANDREWS – For the last few winters, Paula Ross has been taking blankets to the homeless population in Saint John, New Brunswick. But the ...

OTTAWA – Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaimed November 2024 Belong Ottawa Month, honouring the Anglican ministry that has provided decades of care and service to ...

LONDON, ONT. – A new year is bringing a new look for London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral. Construction crews removed more than 250 wooden pews ...

BROCKVILLE – At a time of growing food insecurity, Brockville churches continue to work together to make the Lord’s Day one of food and fellowship. ...

MONCTON – At least 51 people died while homeless, vulnerably housed or struggling with addiction over the past year in Moncton, according to community members ...

HAMILTON – More than 5,000 hand-knitted and crocheted poppies cascaded over the fences, railings, gardens and limestone walls of St. John’s Anglican Church in Ancaster ...

TORONTO – Kristen Deede Johnson will be the next principal of Wycliffe College. She will start on July 1, succeeding the current principal, Bishop Stephan ...

KELOWNA – Archbishop Lynne McNaughton has stepped down as Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon to focus more fully on her responsibilities as Bishop of ...

HAMILTON & LONDON, ONT. – The Diocese of Niagara has partnered with Huron University College to create new opportunities for clergy education and leadership development. ...

OTTAWA – A church’s effort to invite University of Ottawa students to a meal served at the Friel Street student residence every two weeks is ...

WINNIPEG – Bishop Geoffrey Woodcroft of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land was admitted to hospital in late October and diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news ...

VANCOUVER – In late June, the parish of St. Christopher celebrated the baptism of five adult members. Their journey to baptism led to the translation ...

The Most Rev. Stephen Cotrell, Archbishop of York, visited several dioceses across Canada earlier in the fall. He was invited to teach and preach on ...

OTTAWA – Bishop Shane Parker brought parishioners from several parishes together in mid-June at St. Stephen, Ottawa to talk about ways that Anglicans across the ...

HAMILTON – The City of Hamilton has asked that the Cathedral Café, a collaborative partnership between St. Matthew’s House and Christ’s Church Cathedral, continue operating ...

FREDERICTON – A new pool for Camp Medley isn’t just a dream. It’s become a necessity. The pool at the Diocese of Fredericton’s camp was ...

OTTAWA – The Diocese of Ottawa is celebrating the success of its 125th anniversary campaign to create 125 new deeply affordable housing units. Three projects ...

TORONTO – The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, principal and Helliwell professor of biblical interpretation at Wycliffe College, will retire on June 30, 2025. In ...

LONDON, ONT. – The Diocese of Huron and St. Paul’s Cathedral are a part of an affordable housing initiative in downtown London that will see ...

HIGH PRAIRIE – A Holy Week tradition that started in a High Prairie, Alberta church about 20 years ago was celebrated online for the fourth ...