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John Gnatiuk shares a plate of fries with his son, Landon, in Sydney River, N.S. Gnatiuk was laid off last December from his job as a heavy equipment operator and truck driver in Fort McMurray, Alta. The downturn in oil prices has affected workers like him, who commute for work in the oil sands. Photo: Steve Wadden/Reuters

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Oil downturn hurts the most vulnerable, say Alberta clergy

André Forget March 19, 2015

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Bishop Bob Townshend mourned

Anglican Journal Staff March 18, 2015

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Anglican church transformed into homeless teen shelter

Martin Wightman March 18, 2015

A Christian woman is comforted as she grieves for a family member killed in suicide bombings of two churches in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

International News

Welby offers prayers for church bombing victims

Anglican Journal Staff March 17, 2015

Brenna (right) and Blake (centre) MacDonald invited their dad National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald (left) out for lunch on March 16, but he didn't have any food because he was fasting for the climate that day. Photo: Leigh Anne Williams

International News

Fasting for the earth

Leigh Anne Williams March 17, 2015

Archdeacon Paul Feheley, national director of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer Canada. Photo: Ben Graves

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Anglican Fellowship of Prayer to ‘reboot’

Ben Graves March 16, 2015

National News

An indigenous teaching that may surprise

Mark MacDonald March 12, 2015

“We realized that actually if we pooled our experience, we could start to develop what looked like the framework for quite a comprehensive strategy to respond as a Communion,” says Rachel Carnegie, co-director of the Anglican Alliance. Photo: André Forget

National News

Relief & development work promotes inter-religious harmony’

André Forget March 10, 2015

“I feel like a little kid at Christmas.” Drew Brown’s Analog Love in Digital Times has been nominated for a Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. Photo: Seth Partridge

Arts and Culture

Anglican music director nominated for a Juno

André Forget March 6, 2015

David Oyelowo plays Martin Luther King, with Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King in the film Selma. Photo: Paramount Pictures

Arts and Culture

Selma and the struggle for civil rights

John Arkelian March 6, 2015

National News

Rocking religion with my mega-contemporary mom

Michelle Hauser March 3, 2015

Members of Annie Ittoshat’s first Montreal congregation gather for a group photo. Ittoshat is fifth from the left in a clerical collar; her husband, Noah, is next to her. Photo: Harvey Shepherd

National News

Montreal diocese launches Inuit ministry

Harvey Shepherd March 3, 2015

Irene Fraser, recently appointed a member of the Order of Canada, has spent many years advocating on behalf of Indigenous people. Photo: Supplied

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Metis social justice advocate receives Order of Canada

André Forget March 2, 2015

Photo: Munk School of Global Affairs/University of Toronto

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Church can help open up space for dialogue

Leigh Anne Williams March 2, 2015

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‘O Dearest Lord’

Fred Hiltz February 27, 2015

Kenton Lobe and Caroline Chartrand harvest their hand-pollinated squashes. Photo: Contributed

National News

Gearing down in an age of speed

André Forget February 27, 2015

Shakir Rahim, a graduate of the University of Toronto, asks the panellists to further explain a point about the reconciliation process. Photo: André Forget

National News

Reconciliation goes beyond residential schools, says forum

André Forget February 26, 2015

On why Centre 454 mounted the photo exhibit: “There are many smiles, many tears and most of all, so much hope and determination [among the homeless] to triumph over circumstance,” said Jennifer Crawford, executive director. Photo: Al Robinson

National News

Photo exhibit focuses on Ottawa’s homeless

Beatrice Paez February 25, 2015

As he celebrates his 20th year as Country Guide columnist, Bishop Rodney Andrews remembers that he only ever wanted to be an Anglican priest. And a pilot. Photo: Dave Stobbe

National News

The flying bishop

Shirley Byers February 25, 2015

The Gusdal-Kiyooka family (l to r): Siri, Jeff, Hanae and Emi. Photo: Contributed

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Living a richer life with less

Leigh Anne Williams February 25, 2015

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