Mennonite

• How Mennonite women are building bridges between public health and community amid measles outbreak

  Low German-speaking Mennonites face language, trust barriers amid Ontario’s largest measles outbreak in decades, as health workers push to bridge the gap.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2025
  
• N.S. health officials draw lessons from COVID-19 outbreak in Mennonite community

  'It's required us to be a lot more creative and trying to be more tailored to populations,' says Dr. Ryan Sommers, the regional medical officer of health for the northern zone.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2021
  
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• Surge of cases in Low German-speaking communities in southwestern Ontario: public health officials

  CKPH says health units across the region are working with those communities to manage cases and contacts and to limit the spread of the virus.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2020
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• Saskatoon Mennonite church takes renewable energy approach

  The transition to solar power makes a Saskatoon congregation the first Mennonite church in the province to adopt the renewable energy source.

  Environment

  Mar 7, 2019
• Lethbridge woman, 90, has been volunteering for nearly 50 years at local thrift store

  Elvira Dueck was one of the very first volunteers when the Lethbridge MCC Thrift Store opened its doors in the 1970s.

  Lifestyle

  Sep 1, 2016
• Family of southern Alberta boy killed on bike forgives driver

  A spokesperson for the family of a six-year-old Alberta boy killed while riding his bike over the weekend, says the family has met with the driver who hit their son and that they are on the road to forgiveness.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2016
• Mennonite art exhibit at U of S ‘unifies us all’

  Travelling art exhibit in Saskatoon depicts the story of Mennonite women and their families immigrating to Canada after fleeing WWII and the revolution.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2016
• Mennonite sentenced in widespread assault case in Manitoba

  A man from an old-order Mennonite community in Manitoba has been sentenced to one year in jail after court heard children were beaten with leather straps and cattle prods to "save" them from the "sin of lust."

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2015
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• Guilty plea in Manitoba orthodox community

  In court today, one man pleaded guilty to six counts, including assault and assault with a weapon, dating as far back as 2010. Court was told the weapons included a leather strap and an iron poker.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2015