November 1, 2007 Northern dioceses want closer relations with native Anglicans

The Council of the North has identified the mending of its strained relationship with the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) as one of its top priorities for the next triennium.

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October 1, 2007 Yukon's Archbishop Buckle announces retirement

Archbishop Terrence O. Buckle, bishop of the diocese of Yukon and metropolitan (provincial archbishop) of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and the Yukon, has announced his retirement effective December 2008.

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July 3, 2007 Council of the North funding affirmed

Following a lively presentation by the Council of the North, General Synod voted unanimously to affirm that support grants to the church in Canada’s North will continue at no less than the current level for the next five years.

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November 1, 2006 Northern dioceses still face funding challenges

There was a “sense of relief” among Council of the North member dioceses that the Prioritized Operational Plan working group has proposed that the Council’s annual grant be maintained at the 2006 level of $2.37 million for the...

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November 1, 2006 Group calls for closure of bookstore

A committee analyzing the work and budget of the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office has recommended closing the Anglican Book Centre’s retail store in Toronto in July 2007 and moving to an Internet and telephone-based operation.

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November 1, 2005 Can ministry in the North survive?

The Council of the North, anticipating a further erosion of support grants from the national church in the future and a worst case scenario of no funding at all, are working on a plan to be presented to General Synod in...

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November 1, 2005 Observer

Rev. Martha Spence, a member of Manitoba's Tataskweyak Cree First Nation who is incumbent at St. John's parish, Kawawachikamach, Que., visited the Council of the North meeting in Split Lake, Man. Council members...

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November 1, 2005 Churches join First Nation in push for water policy

The Council of the North voted to join the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, a native community in Manitoba, in "advocating for the establishment of a national public policy, which clearly recognizes the inherent and inalienable...

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April 1, 2005 Council backs stipend for northern clergy

The church's poorest dioceses have agreed to provide remuneration to non-stipendiary (unpaid) priests in their dioceses working in excess of 10 hours each week, bucking a demand by the Anglican Council for Indigenous Peoples...

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November 1, 2004 Northerners urge action on salaries

Edmonton The Council of the North will ask the Council of General Synod (CoGS) to address the issue of the "continuing erosion" of the salaries and benefits of its clergy brought about by the failure to adjust rates for...

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