Author: Stephen Rathjen

In 2008 I stood on the sidewalk in front of Carnegie Centre surveying the activity around me. The dealers were busy with their customers. A few people passed out on the benches. Cars were braking for erratic pedestrians. It was unlike anything I had experienced before. I was down there as a University student eager…

A unique and special part of our reconciliation story is our relationship with Jack Gates, a Haida man who was part of our church community for over eight years. Though Jack lived most of his life in the Downtown Eastside, he carried a deep longing to visit Haida Gwaii, his ancestral homeland. He often shared…