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Topics: Justice | LGBTQ2S+
Canadian Blood Services’ policy change still stigmatizes queer community, says HIV/AIDS advocate
By Emma Prestwich |Gary Lacasse says there are questions that could be included in the new screening criteria that would still ensure safe blood supply
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Topics: Ethical Living | Environment
Why compostable and biobased plastics won’t save the planet
By Emma Prestwich |Karen Wirsig of Environmental Defence says the adoption of this sort of packaging is greenwashing
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Topics: Spirituality | Church News
Sexual misconduct survivor decries ‘another breach’ of trust by Anglican church leadership
By Emma Prestwich |Cydney Proctor's recent statement is just the latest development in a controversy over an unpublished story that has compelled the church to apologize
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Topics: Ethical Living, July/August 2022 | Environment
Fix it, don’t toss it! A B.C. group is practicing the lost art of repair
By Emma Prestwich |Repair Café North Saanich is one of many repair cafés around the world
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Topics: June 2022, UCC in Focus | In Memoriam
Former United Church moderator, longtime advocate Bill Phipps dies at 79
By Emma Prestwich |He apologized to residential school survivors on behalf of the denomination in 1998
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Topics: Justice | Human Rights
‘Violence doesn’t actually build a lasting peace’: Mennonite Central Committee on Canada’s response in Ukraine
By Emma Prestwich |The MCC, which has a Canadian wing, also has partners and staff in the embattled country
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Topics: Spirituality | Theology
Mennonite minister tweets perfect response to freedom convoy
By Emma Prestwich |When organizers of the Winnipeg effort reached out for support, he declined, but had more to add
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Topics: Ethical Living | Society
Former United Church Observer managing editor Kenneth Bagnell has died
By Emma Prestwich |His journalism career took him to many publications, and around the world, but his connection to The Observer and Broadview remained strong
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Topics: July/August 2022, UCC in Focus | Interview
Meet the first nominee for moderator of the United Church
By Emma Prestwich |If elected, Rev. Carmen Lansdowne would be only the second Indigenous person in the role
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Topics: April/May 2022, UCC in Focus | Society
These rural Ontario churches are stepping up to keep their community connected
By Emma Prestwich |While some have turned inward, Barrie Hill and Speedside United reached out beyond their congregations