Margaret Dinsdale, Author at Anglican Journal

In the midst of plenty, despair

Margaret Dinsdale — Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000

In summer, the trees conceal them. But now it’s a grey, chilly day at the end of November and the leaves have fallen. If you look carefully through the barren branches, you can see the tents and lean-tos of people roughing it in the bush. But this isn’t the bush, it’s downtown Toronto. Overhead, a […]

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Church attacks governments’ gambling plans

Margaret Dinsdale — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00 +0000

The debate over gambling is far from over at least in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. While many Albertans will be voting in municipal plebiscites this fall regarding whether to keep video lottery terminals, the provincial government has not committed to recognizing the plebiscites. In an effort to appease critics, Premier Ralph Klein announced that […]

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Vision celebrates 10th year on airwaves

Margaret Dinsdale — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00 +0000

Tucked away on a quiet side street across from a Roman Catholic choir school and not far from the bustling Eaton Centre, is a modest low-rise building that houses a multi-faith, multi-ethnic, not-for-profit network which celebrates its 10th anniversary on air this year. Vision TV provides Mosaic programming, a forum for about 65 different faith […]

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Anglicans help pressure politicians

Margaret Dinsdale — Fri, 01 May 1998 04:00:00 +0000

Anglicans are taking a vigorous part in multi-faith efforts to influence governments across Canada, from discussions with Premier Glen Clark in British Columbia to joining the Inter-faith Social Assistance Reform Coalition in Ontario to opposing legalized gambling in Nova Scotia. Social Assistance Reform Coalition members have been telling the Ontario legislature of their concerns over […]

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Gay rights case hot topic

Margaret Dinsdale — Fri, 01 May 1998 04:00:00 +0000

Sexual orientation and human rights – two of the most emotive phrases of the late 20th century – made the Internet in a big way when an Edmonton college teacher appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada to force Alberta to include homosexuality as a protected right in the province’s human rights legislation. Delwyn Vriend […]

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Legalized gambling ‘unacceptable’

Margaret Dinsdale — Fri, 01 May 1998 04:00:00 +0000

The spectre of widespread legalized gambling facilities operated by provincial governments has outraged faith groups across Canada and several Anglican bishops have called news conferences and confronted politicians to voice their opposition. Nova Scotia’s Archbishop Arthur Peters and Bishop Fred Hiltz are two of 10 faith leaders who signed a statement that “gambling is an […]

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Ottawa’s budget disappoints many

Margaret Dinsdale — Wed, 01 Apr 1998 05:00:00 +0000

The president of the Canadian Council of Churches wasn’t impressed with the latest federal budget – but then neither was an analyst from the C.D. Howe Institute. “I don’t see that the problem of poverty has been addressed with much conviction or energy,” said Anglican Archbishop Barry Curtis, president of the Canadian Council of Churches. […]

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