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Aerial view of a church congregation. The floor has different coloured tiles, you can see the church pews are filled with people and the tops of their heads.

Misunderstandings, understaffed congregations bogged down votes in Indigenous United Church remit

by Leslie Sinclair

"There are insights and occasional hard truths that emerged during that process," said one regional staffer

An image of an open book, with a red ribbon running down the middle The book is on a flat surface outdoors, with blurred trees and leaves in the background.

New survey looks at what Canadian Christians actually believe

by Drew-Anne Glennie

The survey's author sees its findings as cause for concern, while others are unsurprised

Image of a church in British Columbia. In front of the church is a tree full of pink blossoms and a green lawn and picnic table.

Hate mail targets 2SLGBTQ+-Affirming churches across Canada

by Leslie Sinclair

The American-based harassment campaign is a sharp reminder that homophobic and transphobic attitudes are on the rise

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

A middle-aged white woman with short hair is wearing brown-framed glasses and talking to someone off frame. She is wearing a white striped button-up shirt. Her chin is resting on her left hand. She is wearing a nametag that says Ellen Woodsworth.

Canada’s first out lesbian city councillor on her decades-long fight for women’s rights

by Tobin Ng

Ellen Woodsworth dissects the past, present and future of feminism

A close up image of a piece of steak being plated. A Black hand is holding a spoon that is dipping into the sauce next to the steak.

Are You Uber Eats? The mental toll of fine dining as a Black person in Ottawa

by Ray Mwareya

Restaurant staff made it very clear that I wasn't welcome in these spaces

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

Editor Jocelyn Bell sits and poses with a smile. She is a white woman with short reddish hair above her shoulders. She is wearing a purple short-sleeved shirt and her left arm is propped up on the backrest of the chair she is sitting on.

AI is a powerful tool. What does it mean for journalism?

by Jocelyn Bell

Here's how we're approaching artificial intelligence at Broadview

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

Society - Page 9

Misunderstandings, understaffed congregations bogged down votes in Indigenous United Church remit

New survey looks at what Canadian Christians actually believe

Hate mail targets 2SLGBTQ+-Affirming churches across Canada

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

Canada’s first out lesbian city councillor on her decades-long fight for women’s rights

Are You Uber Eats? The mental toll of fine dining as a Black person in Ottawa

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

AI is a powerful tool. What does it mean for journalism?

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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