December 1, 2005 Hobson headed church pensions

Archdeacon George Ernest “Ernie” Hobson, former director of pensions of the Anglican Church of Canada, died in a Toronto hospital on Oct. 30 at the age of 86.

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December 1, 2005 Norma Brown co-founded Toronto day-care centre

Norma Brown, wife of Bishop Arthur Brown (retired suffragan bishop of Toronto), died Sept. 15 in hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Brown was active in the Student Christian Movement and in athletics at the University of...

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December 1, 2005 Church Army training centre named for Capt. Ray Taylor

Capt. Raymond (Ray) Taylor, who served as director of the Church Army in Canada for 37 years, died Oct. 31 at the age of 91. “For many of us, ‘Captain T’ was larger than life,” wrote the current national director of the...

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December 1, 2005 Larry Perks edited Niagara Anglican

Lawrance (Larry) Perks, who edited the diocese of Niagara’s newspaper for 29 years, died Oct. 14 at the age of 74 after a lengthy illness. His funeral service took place at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ont. Born in...

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December 1, 2005 Not all tsunami victims treated equally in India

A year after the killer waves hit the Indian shore killing 10,749 and leaving 5,640 missing, another wave is devastating the poorest Christians in these parts: the tidal wave of religious discrimination. In the aftermath of the...

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December 1, 2005 Scores still homeless a year after South Asian tsunami

A new life and hope for some, frustration and uncertainty for others mark the lives of survivors a year after the deadly tsunami that struck parts of South Asia last Dec. 26, leaving over 250,000 people dead and millions homeless.

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December 1, 2005 Inaction 'exacerbates' church crisis

A meeting of Anglican provinces from the southern hemisphere concluded their gathering by releasing a communiqué stating that they “see no evidence” that the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the United...

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December 1, 2005 AIDS still a fact of life and death

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. Seventeen years after the United Nations declared it as a day for remembering the victims, increasing awareness, and fighting prejudice against HIV-AIDS, the disease has not gone away. As Canadian...

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December 1, 2005 Relief agencies in 'race against time'

Funds are still urgently needed to assist hundreds of thousands of survivors of the massive earthquake that hit villages in the border area between India and Pakistan, with relief agencies warning that a “second humanitarian disaster” looms unless help arrives before winter.

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December 1, 2005 Hindus protest Yule stamp

Britain’s Royal Mail postal service has apologized after the country’s Hindu Forum called for the withdrawal of a Christmas postage stamp depicting what it described as a man and woman with Hindu markings worshipping the baby Jesus.

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