
As Rayyan Hamoudi on the Canadian television series Little Mosque on the Prairie, actor Sitara Hewitt plays the devout Muslim daughter of a Muslim father and a mother who converted to Islam from Anglicanism. In real life, Ms....
Category: May 2008, Television

Perhaps the most telling line in the first episode of the CBC’s new situation comedy, Little Mosque on the Prairie, is “Muslims around the world are known for their sense of humour … That’s a joke.”It’s spoken by a young man who...
Category: February 2007, Television
Anglican Video’s Topahdewin: The Gladys Cook Story, a film about an aboriginal Anglican woman who survived a damaged childhood to become a prominent drug and alcohol abuse counselor, won a Bronze Award in the documentary category...
Category: June 2006, Film, Television
NBC in late January cancelled – after just four episodes – its new prime-time U.S. television series, The Book of Daniel, a show that that featured an Episcopal (Anglican) priest with family problems who had...
Category: March 2006, Television
London It has featured transsexuals, couples having sex and contestants engaged in fisticuffs, but now Big Brother wants Christians to appear on the show. For the first time in the reality show's history, the makers...
Category: March 2006, Television

Despite controversy over characters including a pill-popping Episcopal (Anglican) church priest, his martini-imbibing wife, his gay son, his dope-dealer daughter, The Book of Daniel – a mid-season NBC television...
Category: February 2006, Television
The hugely successful reality show The Apprentice has begun its second season. A dispute has arisen over what lessons about business can be drawn from the first series, but what lessons can Christians learn from this show? The...
Category: September 2004, Television
Vision TV, the national multi-faith cable channel, announced that its Credo show, which challenges prominent people to speak about their spiritual convictions, will host Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey on Feb. 17 and...
Category: February 2004, Television
Some people think if Jesus were alive today, he would want to be on television. A new program on CBC News-world and Vision TV would definitely want Him as a guest, should he be available for an appearance. On Jan. 17,...
Category: February 1999, Canada, Television
Vision TV celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall with 10 public presentations across Canada related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is 50 years old this year. "Human rights is one of Vision TV's...
Category: October 1998, Television