The bishop of the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador says he’s looking to an independent investigation to respond to a range of questions raised after the deaths this spring of two young women at a Newfoundland prison.
Andrew Asbil, who has served as dean of Toronto and rector of the Cathedral Church of St. James since 2016, has been elected as the diocese’s coadjutor bishop.
In other news, the spring 2018 meeting of Council of General Synod (CoGS):
A set of guidelines on divestment and other responsible investing practices has been recommended by Council of General Synod (CoGS) for use by Anglican and
“I have called you by name” has been chosen as the theme for General Synod 2019. Peter Wall, dean of the diocese of Niagara and
The officer of General Synod who advises the Anglican Church of Canada on canon law and legal matters says he’s “absolutely confident” that human rights
Mississauga, Ont. A commission is to be formed that will find ways of funding the self-determining Indigenous Anglican Church—including, possibly, a tithe on sales of
The Anglican Journal’s print edition may be discontinued after a “lengthy transition period” and its mandate as an editorially independent news source may be changed under possible scenarios now being
Mississauga, Ont. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, is inviting Anglicans across the country to open up about what their faith
With an election approaching in the political province of Ontario June 7, the Anglican Church of Canada’s ecclesiastical province of the same name has released materials it says are intended to help its members engage in the process.
Algoma parishes offer worship services for developmentally challenged Three parishes in the diocese of Algoma are partnering with a local special needs charity to offer
Linda Nicholls, bishop of the diocese of Huron, has written a letter to the city council of London, Ont. in support of two proposed sites allowing for the supervised consumption of opioids and other drugs.
Indigenous Anglicans in northwestern Ontario and northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan can expect soon to have their own suffragan (assistant) bishops after decisions taken at the synod of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert’s Land earlier this month.
When St. Timothy’s Anglican Church, in Edmonton, had a hearing loop installed in its nave and chancel, Maurice Snelgrove noticed the difference right away—and he wasn’t even on the same floor.
Melissa Skelton, bishop of the diocese of New Westminster, has been elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, becoming the first woman in the Anglican Church of Canada to have the title “archbishop.”
An estimated 200 people gathered Monday, April 30 at the site of the April 23 Toronto van attack for an Anglican-organized prayer walk and vigil in memory of the victims.
At least one diocese has begun raising funds to support a northern Manitoba parish whose church burned to the ground earlier this month.
A resolution to amend the marriage canon to allow for same-sex marriages may itself be amended to include protections for Anglicans who hold to the traditional view of marriage, said Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
With the approach of Earth Day this Sunday, April 22, Canadian Anglican and Lutheran leaders are asking for prayers and Earth-friendly action.
The town of Humboldt, Sask., small enough so that almost everyone was connected in some way with one of the victims of the April 6 collision, seems to have moved from a state of shock and confusion to grief, a local Anglican priest says.