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View Article  Praying for Parliament

Last fall, I met Rob and Fran Parker, the founders and chief organizers of the National House of Prayer. The Parkers, a pleasant couple who don’t look much older than I am, are evangelical Christians from Vernon, B.C. who set up shop in an old convent near Ottawa’s Market area a ...   more »

View Article  Here come the young Libs ...

The Conservative Party of Canada has no youth — the party grassroots rejected the idea of a youth wing at their last policy convention in the spring of 2005 — but the Liberal Party of Canada, on the other hand, has an occasionally active youth wing which plans to ...   more »

View Article  Chretien, Manning top lists of Canada Day Honorees

Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Reform Party founder Preston Manning will receive Canada’s highest civilian honour — The Companion of the Order of Canada — at a special Canada Day ceremony to be presided over by Governor General MichaĆ«lle Jean.

Also of some note, Canadian golfer Mike Weir ...   more »

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