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Illustration of several people from different religious backgrounds. There is a Black man holding a cross, a brown-skinned Hindu woman praying, a brown-skinned Muslim woman wearing a hijab reading a book, an east Asian woman holding a child, a brown-skinned man holding a plant, a woman with glasses holding a book that says Poetry on it, a Black woman with short hair holding a ladybug in her hand.

The rise of the non-religious in Canada

by Julie McGonegal

There’s more to the "nones" than a lack of belief

On top of a green background, there are three black and white pictures, layered on top of one another like a collage. The picture in the centre depicts two hands, pushing some soil together around a tiny plant. The image on the left contains grass and a park bench. The image on the right contains a wheelbarrow in a field.

Want to decolonize your church? Here’s one place to start.

by Mike Milne

Decolonization goes beyond reconciliation — it's an effort to repair relationships and make reparations

An artist's concept comparing Earth to another planet about 1,400 light years away. Earth is on the left side, there is a sun in the middle and another larger planet on the right side. Both are against a black background.

Finding alien life no longer seems far-fetched. What would that mean for us Earthlings?

by David Wilson

As scientists locate thousands of planets beyond our solar system and probe their potential for life, the real mystery is how this

A woman, Janis Hughes, sits on a couch in front of a window, holding a mug.

Magic mushrooms are helping terminally ill patients go out on a high

by Anne Bokma

Despite its potential to help with end-of-life care, psilocybin is still largely illegal in Canada

Image depicts a crowd of people. At the front, a woman holds a sign reading "Queer Liberation" and carries rainbow objects. To her left is a person wearing a rainbow scarf and holding a drum. To their left is a masked woman holding up another sign.

United Church ad airs to figure skating fans across Canada during Stars on Ice tour

by Mike Milne

The 30-second video highlighted the denomination's inclusivity and diversity in an attempt to reach non-members

A white-skinned man stands in front of a city line and a body of water. He has brown hair and is wearing a navy jacket with a white shirt underneath. He has a scruffy beard.

‘Dayspring’ reimagines the Christ story through a queer, pop-culture lens

by Sherlyn Assam

Anthony Oliveira's stunning debut novel offers a bold and intimate take on Jesus

United Church moderator, other church leaders march on Parliament Hill to call for Gaza ceasefire

by Drew-Anne Glennie

The ecumenical march came two weeks after the church condemned the Israel Defense Forces’ ongoing assault on Rafah

Illustration of a computer monitor. There are circles in the monitor and out of one of them is a purple hand reaching out to another hand on the bottom right of the screen.

The AI revolution is here. Can we harness it for good?

by Lindsay Borthwick

Some are embracing its immense potential, but one of the 'godfathers of AI' is worried about the 'existential risk' it poses

A Finnish teacher teaches a group of students. The teacher is wearing black-framed glasses and has a bowl cut with short brown hair and bangs. She is wearing a paisley button-up shirt and pointing at a book. Next to her is a blond boy with black-framed glasses, wearing a grey sweatshirt. Next to him is a brown-skinned girl with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a purple headband. She has on a white t-shirt and is holding up a mobile phone with an image of an acorn. Beside her is a brown-skinned girl with long brown hair. She is wearing a white shirt and looking at the book.

Why Finland is leading the way in fighting fake news

by Steve Moore

Finnish youths are taught from a young age how to discern fact from fiction. What would it take for Canada to do

Colourful illustration of various people. From left to right, there is a Black woman in a colourful dress and necklace holding a megaphone. Next to her is a white man in a brown suit, vest and brown bowtie holding a thermometer. He has grey hair and a grey mustache. Next to him is a brown woman with brown hair tied back, glasses, in a green button-up shirt and white lab coat. She is holding a book that says 1.5 degree celcius report. Next to her is a young girl with brown hair and glasses holding up a sign that says There is No Planet B on top of an image of the earth on fire. Behind the girl is a white man in safety goggles, white hard hat and orange safety vest. Beside him is a white woman hiker in a striped white and pink shirt with a yellow backpack and blue jeans. She is pointing at something and talking to a brown man with a beard. He has an orange and green trucker hat on and in a grey shirt and orange shorts. In the background are money bills floating around, an airplane flying in the sky, a white bird, green leaves, an ant, flowers.On the bottom of the image is an oil refinery, an orange dump truck, a polar bear floating on an small ice glacier, a cow on top of a floating house in a flood, and several cars parked on a street. There are also wind turbines and chimneys emitting grey smoke.

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

by Lesley Evans Ogden

The groundbreaking 1.5 report warned that a failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would result in disastrous consequences. We're way

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The rise of the non-religious in Canada

Want to decolonize your church? Here’s one place to start.

Finding alien life no longer seems far-fetched. What would that mean for us Earthlings?

Magic mushrooms are helping terminally ill patients go out on a high

United Church ad airs to figure skating fans across Canada during Stars on Ice tour

‘Dayspring’ reimagines the Christ story through a queer, pop-culture lens

United Church moderator, other church leaders march on Parliament Hill to call for Gaza ceasefire

The AI revolution is here. Can we harness it for good?

Why Finland is leading the way in fighting fake news

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

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