Category: Churche

The battle between Ark Aid Street Mission and the City of London over zoning by-laws entered a new phase on Tuesday, and local advocates are optimistic following a meeting with the city. On Tuesday, faith leaders met with the deputy city manager to discuss the fate of Ark Aid Street Mission — currently operating in […]

Faith-based groups have more questions than answers as they continue to fight the City of London’s recent zoning by-law infraction handed to First Baptist Church and the Ark Aid Street Mission. As parishioners gather for service at First Baptist Church, outside the homeless sleep in tents on a rainy Sunday morning. They use the Ark […]

Ark Aid Street Mission has been given a deadline to comply with municipal zoning rules by Oct. 4, or its homeless drop-in space will be forced to cease services inside a church. “A zoning bylaw could shut down the only drop-in space that currently opens to 20 or more people in our community,” explained Sarah […]

Ark Aid Street Mission says it has been given a deadline to comply with municipal zoning rules by Oct. 4, or the homeless drop-in space will be forced to cease services. The organization relocated to First Baptist Church on Clarence Street, behind the Victoria Park bandshell, during the renovation of its building in the Old […]

Toronto – Sabina Abilova and Andrii Koziura sit at the dinner table in their basement apartment, laptops open, searching for jobs that might help them pay for next month’s rent. The Ukrainian newcomers arrived in Toronto just a few weeks ago, looking to escape the conflict in their country, and have been burning through their […]

This weekend, Patrick Armstrong and Lincoln Dinning will be amongst the families and friends of 27 fallen heroes, walking between Grand Bend and Corunna.  “It’s nice for the families that the fallen soldiers, police officers, paramedics and firefighters aren’t being forgotten. When the families are included, they know they’re remembering their loved ones,” said Dinning. […]

They were intended to be everlasting memorials — and now, they will be. Three memorial plaques listing dozens of Londoners who served in World War I and World War ll have found a permanent home in the entrance to the Hamilton Road Seniors Centre. The plaques were originally displayed at the Hyatt Avenue United Church […]

This weekend many Londoners have come together to celebrate their religious holidays, including Easter, Ramadan, and Passover. Many people attended services in person for the first time in two years, as COVID-19 restrictions have lifted in the province. People in the Muslim community are marking the month of Ramadan, which began on April 2 and […]

Pope Francis has apologized to and asked for the forgiveness of Indigenous delegates gathered at the Vatican, in his long-awaited remarks about the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. After private meetings between Pope Francis and First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegates this week, all parties met the Pope at the Vatican on […]

Tim Gibb has a long history with Ukraine. The Sarnia, Ont. pastor has two grandparents born in the eastern European country, and he’s led multiple church missions there. “From 2011 to 2019, I’ve been to Ukraine about a dozen times,” says Gibb. “We’ve been working with churches, orphanages, just wherever we can be a support […]

Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Between listening for air-raid sirens and frantically messaging family for updates, he trades messages with a flurry of Airbnb guests booking his one-bedroom rental in the heart of Ukraine’s capital. Sometimes, he sends a crying emoji. Other […]

A pair of southwestern Ontario churches have lost their court challenge against the province over COVID-19 religious gathering restrictions. Lawyers for The Church of God in Aylmer, Ont. and the Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo, Ont. argued that measures to curb the spread of the virus violated the right to freedom of religion and assembly […]