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22 Working Quotes For Labour Day ’22

Labour Day is Canadian, eh? It all began in Canada on April 15, 1872 and is now celebrated around the globe. Today we enjoy paid holidays, safe work places, medical care, unemployment insurance, fair hours, union wages and "the weekend" as a result. (more…)

Bob JonesSeptember 3, 2022

Life Stories

Commemorating Courage: Vimy Ridge

The winter of 1917 was the coldest France had seen in forty years. In April there was still snow on Vimy Ridge. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 9, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

Patricia’s Story: A Second Chance In Canada

Growing up in Zimbabwe, in a struggling family of nine, she never dreamed she would find herself living in the land of snow and the red maple leaf. (more…)

Bob JonesMarch 3, 2022

Life Stories

Canadians On Guard For Ukraine

We are witnesses to a level of global unity against an aggressor that is unprecedented in our lifetimes and Canada is at the forefront. (more…)

Bob JonesMarch 3, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

Convoys, Convulsions and the Future of Canada

What says Canada more than someone wearing a snowmobile jacket in a snowstorm holding a maple leaf flag tied to the end of a hockey stick, eh? Except when the Canadian holding the stick is facing off against a line of police in riot gear brandishing batons and weapons. (more…)

Bob JonesFebruary 20, 2022

Life Stories

Be Olympic

Are you an Olympic junkie? The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are promising to be a 16-day adrenaline rush. (more…)

Bob JonesFebruary 6, 2022

Life Stories

The Michaels Are Home

Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig will forever be known as “the Michaels” in Canadian culture. For almost three years they longed for home. (more…)

Bob JonesSeptember 25, 2021

Health Matters Life Formation

CALLING CANADA TO TALK HOPE IN 2021

We are calling Canada to rally together for mental health, especially after all that Covid has brought. Don't miss this year's Let's Talk Hope conference NATION WIDE online on Bell Let's Talk Day, January 28, 2021 (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 17, 2020

Life Formation

12 QUALITIES OF LEADERS WHO LAST

Spending five days with the leaders of some of the largest churches in Canada surfaces a lot of success secrets. Fifteen of the leaders have over 35 years of ministry and marriage experience. They've soared when so many others have flamed out. Here are 12 qualities I observed in them. (more…)

Bob JonesAugust 2, 2020

Health Matters Life Formation

2020 MARCH MADNESS: COVID-19

March has always been about madness. Watching college basketball teams from Kentucky, Georgetown or North Carolina play in the annual “March Madness” tournament is a rite of spring. I don’t follow basketball, except in March. Not in 2020. The madness this March is a pandemic named COVID-19. (more…)

Bob JonesMarch 12, 2020

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