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  • Calgary prayer breakfast hears anti-LGBTQ2 rhetoric, residential school denialism
    Wednesday morning at the Westin Calgary, Nigel Hannaford took the lectern at the Calgary Leadership Prayer Breakfast to decry an apparent move away from Christian values.
    Canada
    Oct 20, 2023
  • Feel-good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the week
    From new bridges being built along the Coquihalla Highway to a group of volunteers coming together to fix a Pride display targeted by vandals, these are some good news stories.
    Trending
    Jul 14, 2023
  • ‘A love that can’t be beat’: Volunteers restore pride display at Vancouver church targeted by vandals
    Volunteers gathered at the Shaughnessy United Church to restore a pride display that has been vandalized by homophobic and anti-semetic graffiti three times in three years.
    Canada
    Jul 8, 2023
  • Ark Aid heads back to Dundas Street after nearly a year on London’s Richmond Row
    Sarah Campbell, executive director, said that as Ark Aid packed up on Friday, it was 'a day full of emotion.'
    Canada
    Mar 31, 2023
  • A major Canada-U.S. border rule change is now in effect
    Canada has also agreed to welcome an additional 15,000 migrants from the Western Hemisphere over the next year as part of the agreement.
    Politics
    Mar 24, 2023
  • Ambassador Bridge blockade could happen again, mayor of Windsor, Ont. says one year later
    Tuesday marked the anniversary of the launch of a near week-long disruption on the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., North America’s busiest land border crossing.
    Canada
    Feb 9, 2023
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  • Memphis pastor prays for peace after Tyre Nichols footage released
    "We've had calm so far, which is what we have been praying for," Pastor Kenneth Thomas said before the service. "And, of course, we hope that continues."
    U.S. News
    Jan 29, 2023
  • U.S. marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day as his family decries slow progress of civil rights
    The Rev. Bernice King said many people too often cheapen her father's legacy into a "comfortable and convenient King" instead of fully embracing his message of change.
    U.S. News
    Jan 16, 2023
  • Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at age 95
    Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday.
    World
    Dec 31, 2022
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  • Some Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 to part ways with Russia. Here’s why
    The idea of commemorating the birth of Jesus in December was considered radical in Ukraine until recently, but Russia's invasion changed many hearts and minds.
    World
    Dec 25, 2022
  • Ottawa churches close doors as anti-mandate protests spread anew
    The protesters rolled into the nation's capital last weekend, and while some people went home over the course of the week, participation surged anew over the weekend.
    Canada
    Feb 6, 2022
  • Wisconsin pastor suspended for 20 days after admitting she officiated at a lesbian wedding
    <p> US pastor suspended for 20 days after admitting she officiated at a lesbian wedding <p>KAUKAUNA, Wis. - A gay Methodist pastor from Wisconsin has been suspended for 20 days for officiating at a lesbian wedding.</p> <p>The Rev. Amy DeLong freely admitted the action, which prompted a church t</p>
    World
    Jun 23, 2011
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  • Cold weather and an approaching deepen gloom among Sandy’s victims; some seek solace in faith
    NEW YORK, N.Y. - Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region — and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week — added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom.
    Nov 4, 2012
  • Father who circumcised his son on the kitchen floor loses high court appeal
    OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has abruptly dismissed the appeal of a British Columbia man who tried to circumcise his four-year-old son on his kitchen floor with a carpet-cutting blade.
    Canada
    Nov 16, 2012
  • Father who circumcised his son on the kitchen floor loses high court appeal
    OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has abruptly dismissed the appeal of a British Columbia man who tried to circumcise his four-year-old son on his kitchen floor with a carpet-cutting blade.
    Nov 16, 2012
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  • Violence ebbs in Britain; Cameron vows ‘fightback’ on riots
    LONDON - Britain's cities were largely quiet Thursday after days of rioting and looting that drew thousands of extra police officers onto the streets and a stern warning from Prime Minister David Cameron that order would be restored by whatever means necessary.
    World
    Aug 10, 2011
  • Pussy Riot: Handful of songs and videos that shook and polarized Russia
    MOSCOW - Given how world famous Pussy Riot has become, people are sometimes surprised to learn that the entire oeuvre of the women's punk band is made up of six songs and five videos.
    World
    Aug 18, 2012
  • Pope’s Christmas message calls for peace in Mideast, more religious freedoms in China
    VATICAN CITY - In his Christmas message to the world Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the slaughter in Syria and for more meaningful negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, while encouraging more religious freedom under China's new leaders.
    Dec 25, 2012
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  • Romney and Santorum battle for Michigan, look over horizon to delegate-rich Super Tuesday
    WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, battling furiously for the most conservative perch before the critical Michigan primary vote on Tuesday, also are looking just over the horizon a bonanza of delegates in the 10-state nominating contests that fall on one day just a week later.
    World
    Feb 27, 2012
  • Profile: Pope Benedict XVI
    Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty of Vatican pageantry. And on Monday, the Vatican <a href="http://www.globalnews.ca/pope+benedict+xvi+to+resign+from+post/6442806625/story.html" title="announced that the leader of the world's billion Roman Catholics was stepping down">announced that the leader of the world's billion Roman Catholics was stepping down</a> - the first pontiff to do so since 1415.
    Feb 11, 2013
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