Robert Barron

Nanaimo

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Articles

Something happened: A sermon for Easter

3 days ago | angelusnews.com | Robert Barron |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden

I've spent much of my life reading and studying religious and philosophical texts. I’ve perused the works of Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, etc. I love such texts and the ideas that these great thinkers share. What all of these figures have in common is a certain calm, a measured manner of sharing what they have learned. And consequently, one reads their texts in a sort of abstracted way.
Vice President Vance will meet with Vatican secretary of state on Easter trip to Rome

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Tyler Arnold |Robert Barron

Washington D.C., Jan 21, 2021 / 08:45 am (CNA).- After President Joe Biden on his first day in office revoked a travel ban from certain Muslim-majority and African countries, leading U.S. bishops praised the move.
Cowichan senior warning of phone scam

1 week ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Robert Barron

A Cowichan senior is encouraging people to be wary of calls they receive that claim to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. The woman, who asked not to be identified, said she had a message on her voicemail recently that purported to be from an employee of the CRA asking her to call back. The senior said she was immediately suspicious because the first digits in the phone number were 1-905, while the CRA typically uses numbers that begin with 1-800 or 1-888.
Robert Barron column: I wasn't always afraid of heights

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

I wasn’t afraid of heights when I was a kid; it’s a condition that I seemed to have developed as I aged. I remember a friend and I would paint houses to make some extra money when we were in our early 20s, and we would set up scaffolding towers that were sometimes as high as three storeys like we were monkeys.
Federal Conservative candidate Jeff Kibble answers five key questions

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

Editor's note: A number of our readers have contacted us with concerns that they have not yet seen the answers to our five key questions from Conservative candidate Jeff Kibble. Kibble was sent our five key questions at the same time as the other candidates in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding. He provided his responses on Friday afternoon, April 11. Here they are. 1) Where do you stand on U.S tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations?
Federal Conservative candidate Jeff Kibble answers five key questions

1 week ago | lakecowichangazette.com | Robert Barron

Editor's note: A number of our readers have contacted us with concerns that they have not yet seen the answers to our five key questions from Conservative candidate Jeff Kibble. Kibble was sent our five key questions at the same time as the other candidates in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding. He provided his responses on Friday afternoon, April 11. Here they are. 1) Where do you stand on U.S tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations?
North Cowichan begins dealing with huge infrastructure demand

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

North Cowichan council began taking steps at its meeting on March 19 to meet the challenges related to the fact that the municipality is having trouble keeping up with infrastructure requirements as development applications skyrocket.
Alistair MacGregor, NDP candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, answers 5 key questions

2 weeks ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

Alistair MacGregor, the MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford who is running for re-election, answers five key questions: 1. Where do you stand on U.S tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations? Like many in our communities, I have felt betrayed by a country that was supposed to be one of our closest friends and allies.
B.C. Bike Race moving to Cowichan Exhibition Grounds this year

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robert Barron

The BC Bike Race is returning to the Cowichan Valley again this year, but the centre of operations will move from Crofton to the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds. The BC Bike Race is regarded as the ‘Ultimate Singletrack Experience’ and continues to draw both recreational and world-class athletes from all corners of the globe to experience the thrill of competition set up on some amazing courses on Vancouver Island.
CVRD delivering new totes for three-stream curbside collection

2 weeks ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

The Cowichan Valley Regional District has begun delivering new totes and bins to households for its three-stream curbside collection program that will begin in June. The CVRD’s new service will, for the first time, provide eligible households in all the district’s nine electoral areas and the Malahat Nation, per the First Nation's request, with alternating, bi-weekly recycling and garbage collection; weekly organics collection (combined yard and food waste); and monthly glass collection.