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iN PHOTOS: Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic
February 12, 2021 - 9:00 PM

LAS VEGAS - Six weeks ago, thousands of New Year’s revellers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip — even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
January 01, 2021 - 5:30 AM

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.
Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere
December 24, 2020 - 9:00 PM

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory - Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people were there to greet them as the coronavirus pandemic and a strict lockdown dampened celebrations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
Civil liberties groups side with Vernon councillor's push to lift ban on religious gatherings
December 18, 2020 - 3:41 PM

A Vernon city councillor's motion put forward in an effort to overturn the provincial health order banning religious gatherings likely has the support of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association that says the restrictions may be an infringement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations
December 13, 2020 - 12:49 PM

NEW YORK - The Episcopal Diocese of Texas acknowledges that its first bishop in 1859 was a slaveholder. An Episcopal church in New York City erects a plaque noting the building's creation in 1810 was made possible by wealth resulting from slavery.
'So much loss:' Blue Christmas services go virtual during COVID-19 pandemic
December 13, 2020 - 10:40 AM

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people would trickle into a dim and quiet Winnipeg church on one of the longest nights of the year to lament their losses by lighting candles, praying together and sometimes writing out their feelings and shredding the paper.
No prayer? Some Okanagan councils chastised for violating 'duty of religious neutrality'
November 27, 2020 - 6:30 AM

Several municipalities in the Okanagan have broken religious neutrality laws by holding prayers during their inaugural council meetings.
Christian churches mirror country's political division
November 08, 2020 - 8:00 PM

NEW YORK - The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend since the election were as divided as the country's electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace and unification even as some bemoaned the result and others celebrated.
B.C. Jehovah’s Witnesses launch 'unprecedented campaign' to distribute magazines amid pandemic
October 30, 2020 - 7:00 AM

From masks to social distancing to toilet paper stockpiles, we’ve all suffered hardships and had to adapt to COVID-19 — but has anyone stopped to consider the Jehovah’s Witnesses?
B.C. Christian counsellor faces more allegations of historical sexual assault
September 30, 2020 - 10:44 AM

More charges have been approved against a B.C. Christian counsellor in connection to a series of historical sexual assaults of young men and teenage boys.
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Kamloops and Okanagan companies named top employers in B.C.
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