In November 1984, Wilma and Cliff Derksen’s 13-year-old daughter Candace went missing on her way home from school in Winnipeg. Seven weeks later her body was found. Twenty-two years after that, charges were laid and a man was found guilty. The case is now in an appeal process....
Turning complex questions into action requires hope and a good process.
In November 2022, Leon Fontaine died. Fontaine, pastor of Springs Church—the largest church in Canada, with locations in Winnipeg and Calgary—was a well-known prosperity gospel preacher, telling people they could live healthy and successful lives through faith in Jesus. His de...
Lorna Dueck, a leader in Christian journalism in Canada, has announced her retirement from a groundbreaking and hugely successful career. In this interview, she shares some career highlights, advice to younger storytellers, and her thoughts as she moves into this new chapter o...
Kingdom witness in turbulent times
Faith Today ran a contest to send a student to Urbana 2015. Jeanie Qiu, a University of Alberta student, was chosen to attend North America’s largest student missions conference. She shared her learnings and thoughts during the conference, and now wraps things up for us. Thank...
And giving trends in the Canadian Church
First person, by Jimmy Thunder
I just listened to a CBC radio editorial, in acknowledgement of the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, about the difficulty of teaching gratitude to children who have so much.