June 30, 2009 Sorrento director approved as APCI bishop

Rev. Barbara Andrews, executive director of the Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre in B.C. for seven years, has been elected suffragan bishop for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI).

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June 29, 2009 Dead Sea Scrolls come to Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto has unveiled a controversial exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which will run until Jan. 3.

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June 29, 2009 New North American Anglican grouping won't last says gay bishop

A new North American group claiming to embrace "traditional Anglican values" will not last long, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop has predicted.

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June 27, 2009 Anglican Church in North America wraps up inaugural assembly

The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) elected its first archbishop and ratified a constitution and canons at its first Provincial Assembly in Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex. from June 22 to 25.

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June 26, 2009 Lutheran National Convention begins in Vancouver

Canadian Lutherans are gathering for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's (ELCIC) biennial National Convention, which will take place in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia campus from June 25 to 28.

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June 22, 2009 West Bank village sues developers in Montreal court

The Israeli-Palestinian dispute over land in the occupied territories has come to a Montreal courtroom this week. Lawyers for the West Bank village of Bil’in are suing developers Green Park International and Green Mount International, which are registered in Quebec, for building settlements on land that was confiscated from the village by Israel.

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June 15, 2009 Bishop Ashdown elected as metropolitan of Rupert's Land

Bishop David Ashdown of the diocese of Keewatin was elected as the metropolitan (archbishop) of the Province of Rupert’s Land at the provincial synod at Holy Cross Church in Calgary on June 11. He replaces Bishop John Clarke, who retired from the position as metropolitan last July.

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June 13, 2009 New Westminster diocese court case hearings end

Supreme Court of British Columbia hearings have concluded in a case that will decide whether the Anglican diocese of New Westminister or parishes that have split away from the Anglican Church of Canada own disputed church buildings and resources. Judge Stephen Kelleher reserved his judgment and did not say when he might announce a decision.

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June 11, 2009 Anglicans mark first anniversary of government apology for residential schools abuse

The first anniversary of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology on behalf of the nation to native people who suffered abuse as children in church-run Indian Residential Schools was marked at events across the country today.

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June 5, 2009 New Truth and Reconciliation commissioners revealed

As Canadians prepare to mark the first anniversary of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s June 11 official apology to native people who suffered abuse as children in Indian Residential Schools, unofficial reports of the names of those chosen as a new chair and commissioners for the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) appeared in the medi

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