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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Carol Sanders |John Longhurst
By: Carol Sanders and John Longhurst Posted: 3:00 AM CST Wednesday, Feb.
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2 months ago | 
canadianaffairs.news | John Longhurst
Read: 3 minLeaders of Canadian aid groups are expressing concern over a pledge by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre to cut foreign aid if he becomes prime minister. Poilievre made the pledge in a December interview with media personality Jordan Peterson. “We’re going to cut bureaucracy, cut the consultants, cut foreign aid, cut back on corporate welfare to large corporations.
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2 months ago | 
broadview.org | John Longhurst
In 2004, when Statistics Canada asked people about their religious affiliations, 16.5 percent of respondents said they were “nones”—people who had no religion at all. Just 17 years later, that figure more than doubled to 34.6 percent. The increase has prompted many researchers to ask what, exactly, is causing people to leave religion. Here are some of the main driving factors.
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2 months ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | John Longhurst
By: John Longhurst Posted: 11:42 AM CST Sunday, Jan.
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2 months ago | 
independentaustralia.net | John Longhurst
Bazza and his mates put their heads together to come up with some big ideas to promote New South Wales tourism, writes John Longhurst. Bazza counted the New Year’s resolutions as they jogged past the front bar window, took out his diary, ran a line through Mick’s name and grinned. He looked up as Mick wended his way through the crowded front bar to deliver a tray of schooners to beaming faces around the table.
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2 months ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | John Longhurst
Why should you get a charitable tax receipt for donating to the salary of your minister, priest or rabbi? That’s the question asked by the B.C. Humanist Association — and now it’s also on a list of proposed recommendations for the federal government from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | John Longhurst
By: John Longhurst Posted: 3:45 PM CST Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 Hate on steroids — that’s how many Jews in Canada today feel about the rise of online antisemitism.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | John Longhurst
By: John Longhurst Posted: 2:00 AM CST Monday, Jan.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
independentaustralia.net | John Longhurst
Bazza shoots through for a bit of R&R away from the January crowds heading for the coast and sends a postcard from Broken Hill to his mates at the pub. Problem is, it's been a long time since anyone at the pub has seen a postcard, if ever, it's a good thing Mick has a long memory, writes John Longhurst.
Mick entered the pub and blinked to adjust to the dim light. He scanned the clientele and bit his bottom lip... No Bazza.
Mick heaved himself onto a stool at the front bar.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | John Longhurst
Under cover of darkness, a dozen or so men quietly walked through the falling snow in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 1525. The winter wind seemed to match the chill in their hearts as they made their way through the narrow streets of the city to the home of Felix Manz. The city’s council had ordered them to stop meeting for Bible study. What should they do? Once inside, they prayed for guidance. When the prayers ended, George Blaurock, a former priest, asked Conrad Grebel to baptize him.
