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What fasting is teaching me this Lent

What fasting is teaching me this Lent

I was born and raised in Senegal, where 90 percent of the population is Muslim. With Islam shaping much of daily life and Ramadan’s fast standing as...

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Samuel dansokho

How Ontario laws are ‘punishing the homeless’ amid growing crises

How Ontario laws are ‘punishing the homeless’ amid growing crises

In September 2024, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stood before the cameras at a new housing construction site in Cobourg, Ont., and said that the homeless...

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Sherwood Hines

Film project centres the lives of young people killed by fentanyl

Film project centres the lives of young people killed by fentanyl

Mary Fairhurst Breen’s daughter Sophie loved the theatre. “Our happy place was in a car on overnight theatre excursions,” Breen narrates over a...

19.03.2026 1

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Paniz Vedavarz

The everyday ceremony that grounds me during Lent

The everyday ceremony that grounds me during Lent

Each morning during Lent, before the world fully wakes, I step outside and place my feet on the cold ground. I light a braid of sweetgrass and let the...

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Shane goldie

How Albertans of faith are countering separatist, anti-immigrant sentiment

I’ve served in the United Church in Alberta since 1988 — in rural, urban and non-profit-agency capacities — and now in an inner-city...

13.03.2026 1

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John Pentland

Iraq’s child brides

Sarah Hussein remembers the weight of her classmate’s textbooks stacked awkwardly in her arms. She was just 11 years old and had come to collect...

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Robert bociaga

What if Lent began with a question?

In Spring 2023, my 20-something daughter, Olivia Mater, and I took a road trip from Tobermory to Thunder Bay, Ont. We were both at crossroads: I was...

11.03.2026 1

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Sheryl Spencer

Journalist Jessica Barrett on the keys to solving the housing crisis

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Christopher White

Canada’s children are breathing the climate crisis

06.03.2026 6

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Paniz Vedavarz

United Church has ‘grave concerns’ about Iran airstrikes, criticizes Carney’s stance

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Sarah Grishpul

This Lent, I’m choosing friendship over spiritual gold medals

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Alydia Smith

This Montreal church has baptized more than 140 Iranians since 2020

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Ghazal Azizi

Religious OCD took over my childhood. Years later, I learned how to manage it.

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Macenzie Rebelo

Why I chose to ‘do nothing’ this Lent

A few years ago, my husband and I began writing our values and practices on little pieces of paper and posting them on our fridge as a way to support...

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Robin mcgauley

A housing vision behind closed doors

About five years ago, accompanied by news-release fanfare and a $20-million line of credit from Canada’s federal housing agency, The United Church...

26.02.2026 20

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Mike Milne

Manitoba program helps incarcerated parents read to their kids

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Simon Rolston

‘Remember, it lies to you’: People of faith on using AI

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, many people have used artificial intelligence to develop new ways to work more efficiently or reduce heavy...

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Katie Munnik

Canadian Peace Museum takes root in rural Ontario

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Angus Maccaull

Finding God among trees, rabbits and foxes this Lent

During this year’s Lenten season, I’ll be taking a daily walk through my local cemetery, greeting the trees, birds, rabbits, deer and the...

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Shawn Sanford Beck

The shooting in nearby Tumbler Ridge shattered my small town’s sense of safety

“If we don’t talk about it, it’s not real.”  Hearing those words spoken at a prayer vigil on Thursday night in my small community of...

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Carmen Little

After Tumbler Ridge shooting, a minister asks: How do we respond?

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Bob Fillier

Meet the Buddhist nuns fighting stereotypes with kung fu

12.02.2026 4

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Magdalena Rojo

Forged Morrisseaus are hurting today’s Indigenous artists

10.02.2026 10

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Mike Alexander

Ontario church hit with nasty comments over ICE resistance singing event

09.02.2026 6

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Sarah Grishpul

Why a former evangelical author is challenging faith in firearms

07.02.2026 10

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Brett Potter

Christianity isn’t just in decline — it’s become obsolete, says sociologist

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Julie McGonegal

Canadian Grammy nominee Laila Biali has a steadfast faith

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Nancy Dutra

How congregants from a small-town church gave it an ‘extended life’

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Prarthana Pathak

This Minneapolis church is providing frontline help amid ICE operations

30.01.2026 9

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Emma Prestwich

Readers weigh in on Carney’s Davos speech

30.01.2026 30

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Broadview Staff

Canadian churches have unfinished business with Indian day schools

29.01.2026 20

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Julie McGonegal

Wab Kinew is just getting started

24.01.2026 30

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Josiah Neufeld

Charlie Angus sounds the alarm on fascism

23.01.2026 10

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Christopher White

How our fear of aging is speeding it up

21.01.2026 20

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Diana Ballon

Colour the Trails helps racialized Canadians enjoy the outdoors

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Ghazal Azizi

Broadview is looking for a summer intern

20.01.2026 20

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Broadview Staff

Why nuclear power is making a comeback

15.01.2026 20

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Mary Baxter

U.S. bishop goes viral with comments about ‘new era of martyrdom’ to resist state injustice

14.01.2026 10

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Christopher White

Who should inherit my estate?

13.01.2026 20

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Ashley Moyse

The last words of an ancient world

12.01.2026 20

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Nathan Abraha

The last words of an ancient world

12.01.2026 10

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Nathan Abraha

Lloyd Axworthy: Feds care more about a trade deal than preserving our independence

10.01.2026 10

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Christopher White

Global Anglicans push back as a woman prepares to lead

09.01.2026 10

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Ray Mwareya

Why fascism fuels misogyny and how we can fight it

08.01.2026 20

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Christopher White

David Giuliano on what writing fiction taught him after a life of sermons

08.01.2026 20

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Emma Prestwich

Broadview’s top 10 stories of 2025

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Emma Prestwich

Quebec’s struggling churches are finding new life as homeless shelters

24.12.2025 6

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Ruby Pratka

Natalie MacMaster on the music that shaped her faith and family

22.12.2025 10

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Julie McGonegal

Alex Neve on why Canada still falls short on human rights

22.12.2025 9

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Yvonne Lau

Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack came after big increase in online antisemitism: research

17.12.2025 7

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Matteo Vergani