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Eric Partridge retires

This summer Eric Partridge retired from his role as the diocesan executive archdeacon, a role he stepped into at the beginning of 2023. The executive ...
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Diocese launches online learning series for parishes

The Parish Learning Hub is a new, annual, online learning series provided by the synod office. The topics for this year’s series were based primarily ...
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Shane Parker elected 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

The election of a new primate took centre stage at General Synod 2025, held in London, Ontario on June 23-29.   Back in April, the order ...
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Dioceses in BC join Alongside Hope’s Wild Ride to light the way to safe births

Alongside Hope’s 2025 Wild Ride aims to raise funds to equip eight off-the-grid rural health clinics with life-saving renewable energy. Thanks to a generous donor, ...
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Revitalizing Indigenous arts and music

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #61 calls on churches to provide funding for Indigenous community-controlled culture and language revitalization projects. From 2015 ...
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The Episcopal Church ends its refugee resettlement ministry

On May 12, 2025, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Sean Rowe published a letter announcing that The Episcopal Church will be terminating its ...
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Photo gallery: Easter Sunday 2025 at Christ Church Cathedral

Below is a gallery of images from the Easter Day service at Christ Church Cathedral, held on April 20, 2025.
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Nominations for the office of primate announced

On April 2, 2025, the Order of Bishops met to discern the nominees for the election of the next primate of the Anglican Church of ...
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Archbishop John Stephens installed as metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of BC & Yukon

On April 15, 2025 at a Chrism Mass at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, Archbishop John Stephens was installed as the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical ...
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Wardens and treasurers from across the diocese gather

On March 22, 2025, wardens, treasurers and Synod staff gathered at St Paul’s, Nanaimo for the diocese’s annual Wardens and Treasurers Day. The day is ...
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Intergenerational Kwak’wala bingo

On Maundy Thursday about a dozen of us gathered at Maya’anl Elders Centre, ‘Namg̱is Nation. We were a few metres from the site of the ...
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Ruth Dantzer takes up chaplaincy at Shawnigan Lake School

Ruth Dantzer took up the role of chaplain at Shawnigan Lake School in August 2024. During a period of transition, Ruth continued her work at ...
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2025 primatial election to be more transparent and inclusive

We Anglicans have funny names for a lot of things. For instance, we call our presiding bishop “the primate,” and we call the primate’s elected ...
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Christ Church, Alert Bay awarded AFC grant

Christ Church, Alert Bay (‘Yalis) on Cormorant Island has been awarded a category C grant of $50,000 by the Anglican Foundation of Canada.   The ...
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AFC grants to strengthen collaboration between Anglican churches and community partners

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is calling on Canadian Anglicans to strengthen community connections and expand ministry partnerships through its 2025 request for proposals ...
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