Syrian refugee extends hope to Fort McMurray evacuees

Peter Stockland

Syrian refugee, Basel Abou Hamrah, volunteers at Edmonton's Evacuee Reception Centre to help residents of Fort McMurray who were forced to flee in the wake of forest fire catastrophe.

Opening The Gate for Baha’i

Geoffrey Cameron

Geoffrey Cameron reviews the film The Gate: The Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith, the first cinematic attempt to portray the life, history, and teachings of The Báb. There are challenges in interpreting the lives and teachings of Prophets and Messengers of God, he writes.

The Little-known Roots of Brampton

Lynne Golding

How many people think of Brampton–the 500,000 person city northwest of Toronto—as being the centre of any religious movement?  In the mid-1800’s, Brampton, a community of less than 600 people, was the heart of the Canadian Primitive Methodist movement. Read here.