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Which religious group is most trusted?
What religious group has the most trusted members? Roman Catholics, Methodists, Baptists or Mormons? It turns out it’s United Methodists. For Americans at least. The large, moderate-to-liberal...
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Five trends in Canadian immigration
The common wisdom, from Italy to the United States, is that resistance to immigration magnifies in direct correlation to how much a country’s citizens struggle economically. There are increasing signs...
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Solid facts about Mitt Romney and Mormons
The vast majority of Mormons see themselves as Christians, although many Christians are not so sure. Three out of four U.S. Mormons identify with the Republican Party. Half of Mormons believe it is...
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Should all signs in Richmond include English? Poll UPDATE
The contentious issue of Chinese-only signs continues to expand in Richmond, which is almost 50 per cent ethnic Chinese. Ever since The Vancouver Sun ran a January point-counterpoint on the issue of...
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Immigrants remaking Canada’s religious face: Global survey
Canada is welcoming more than the global average of immigrants who are Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and non-religious. The country, however, is taking in less than the global average of immigrants who are...
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Evangelicals lean to right, but some are ‘crunchy conservatives’
Westside Church in Vancouver is a lively high-tech evangelical congregation that appeals to young people by assertively marketing itself as “casual,” “forward-looking” and overflowing with fresh coffee...
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Capitalism ‘at odds with Christian values’: Poll
The media is full of news stories about the power of the Religious Right, the American and Canadian Christians who equate support for capitalism with their belief in the salvation power of Jesus, the...
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UPDATE: Which Canadian Christians most liberal on assisted suicide, abortion?
UPDATE July 13: Conservative government appeals B.C. Supreme Court decision allowing assisted suicide to United Church woman (see below) Despite stereotypes that Christians are ‘conservative,’ members...
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Vancouverites far more welcoming of ‘Asians’ than ‘Middle Easterners’
Question: “If immigrants or refugees from the following place moved into your neighbourhood, which group do you think would be the most welcomed?” South Asians? Europeans? Middle Easterners? Africans?...
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World’s Muslims disagree on reading Koran literally
It’s often said that all Muslims read their holy book, The Koran, literally. If this were true, that would put all Muslims in a theological camp similar to Christian fundamentalists, who read the Bible...
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Canadians would vote 8 to 1 for Obama: Poll
Canadians would vote eight to one in favor of Barack Obama if they were able. In an international poll that showed just how much out of step U.S. Republicans were with the vast majority of people...
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Vancouverites’ distrust hurts our cohesion
A survey reported on today in The Sun — which shows that Vancouverites are more distrusting than other Canadians of politicians, police, products and financial institutions — is disturbing. Societies...
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Almost half U.S. Christians think Jesus about to return
U.S. Christians as a whole tend to stand out from other Christians around the world — in part because there are so many evangelicals among them. And evangelicals are the Christians most likely — by a...
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NDP at 57 seats, Liberals at 20 in Sauder School’s BC Election Prediction...
The BC leaders debate Monday failed to sway sentiment in Sauder School’s Election Prediction Markets, where traders are predicting the NDP will win 57 seats in the May 14 provincial election and the...
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Vancouver archbishop highlights rally to stop sex-selection “gendercide”
Vancouver’s Catholic archbishop is hoping a pre-election rally in front of the B.C. legislature will lead to the end of sex-selective abortions, a practice he calls “gendercide.” “We will put a public...
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Where in Canada are the Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, non-religious?
We now know which provinces and cities in Canada have the highest proportion of Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and non-religious. B.C. and Ontario top some of these lists. And so...
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After 22 years, can the B.C. Liberals hold on to North Vancouver-Seymour?
Opposition candidates will have to break a two-decade-long streak if they hope to knock the B.C. Liberals from power in the North Vancouver-Seymour riding. Though the NDP is ahead in polls currently,...
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‘Sharia’ sets off alarms in Canada. Here are the facts (graphic)
The North Shore News recently ran a pleasant multicultural story about a new mosque, called Ar-Rahman, opening in the Norgate neighbourhood. But phone lines heated up when readers noticed a line buried...
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About War: Men and women hold similar views
A strong contingent of the U.S. public is in favour of going to war against Syria — and much of that support for a military assault comes from women. A new poll by the Pew Research Center, published in...
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Metro Vancouver: See which immigrant groups shrinking, growing (interactive)
Scroll through Chad Skelton’s interactive graphic to see which ethnic groups are growing and declining the fastest in Metro Vancouver. Surprises in store. This graphic is a sidebar to: Metro Vancouver:...
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