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Miracle Maggie
Tony Colbourne looked through the glass into the neonatal intensive-care unit where his newborn daughter, Maggie, lay. It should have been one of the happiest moments of his life, but the doctors’...
View ArticlePushing the Reset Button
“I weighed 116 pounds when I came to The Salvation Army,” says Nikki. “I had no morals, no self-respect and no self-worth. “It’s the harsh truth of what addiction can do.” No Place to Call Home Nikki’s...
View ArticleLosing It
At the age of 30, Terrie Banks thought her life was over. Morbidly obese, she was bedridden and could only manage to get to the bathroom with her husband Kyle’s assistance. “On January 13, 2012, I...
View ArticleA Different World
Ten-year-old Faith’s birthday came early this past year, when she arrived at the Salvation Army Jackson’s Point Blaze camp for kids and spent a week with her friends on the shores of Lake Simcoe in...
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A Place of Wonder
For as long as I can remember, summer camp has been a part of my life. As a boy growing up in Regina, I fondly recall my mother taking my brother and me, armed with rubber boots, bug repellant and...
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The Great Racer
On race day, the scene is exhilarating: hundreds of fans mill around, the smell of diesel exhaust fills the air and the whine of dozens of turbo-charged race cars can be heard for kilometres. But...
View ArticleMore Than a Cooking Lesson
A year ago, Angela and her parents lived under hazardous clouds of smog in Shanghai, China’s largest city. Bouts of dangerous pollution had become more frequent and, due to serious health risks, the...
View ArticleThirty-Three Summers of Service
Whether it’s preparing a late-night snack for staff, answering phones or affixing luggage tags, Isobel Watkinson has been a fixture at The Salvation Army’s Jackson’s Point Camp in Ontario for more than...
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After the Applause
Retirement from the stage was not a decision taken lightly by world-renowned dramatic tenor Ben Heppner. Although he made the announcement in April, he had alluded to the possibility the previous fall....
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The Salvation Army’s Transitional House in Ottawa: Committed to Change
“If you had told me four years ago that I’d be sitting here talking about God, I probably would have hit you,” declares Shawn. After 20 years of being involved in organized crime, dealing with drug...
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Angels in Blue
In 2011, I travelled from Gander, N.L., to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to visit my daughter and her family.What an adventure! I was quite nervous taking off from Gander but the...
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Patricia Hyland’s New Path
Looking back at my life not so long ago, I find it hard to believe that I used to drink myself to sleep every night. I had stumbled onto a very bad path that I needed to get off of. I had to do...
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Keeping His Grip on Life
On the Saturday night of the St. Jude Classic PGA tournament in June, Ben Crane was at the top of the leaderboard. Victory was by no means guaranteed, since the end was still a long way off. Rain had...
View ArticleA Lesson in Hope
“There isn’t a lot of food in my house,” says one Grade 5 student who receives a healthy lunch from The Salvation Army in Regina. “Sometimes there is nothing in our refrigerator, so if I didn’t get...
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
It was just another day in class for law student Alsha Wilson. “I’d just settled in as the instructor started his lecture,” she recalls, “and I’d started to take notes when I realized that I couldn’t...
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Prodigal Daughter
“You will never be able to bear children,” the doctors told 23-year-old Cathy Harris and her husband, Paul. Married just three years, the couple was devastated to learn that Cathy suffered from severe...
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Putting a Face on Human Trafficking
Keisha was seven when she arrived at The Salvation Army’s Child Trafficking Centre (CTC) in Mchinji, Malawi, 18 months ago. She’d been trafficked by her family. Her own mother had sold her to a...
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Review: Left Behind
Rayford “Ray” Steele (Nicolas Cage) is piloting a jet from New York City to London, England, when the unthinkable happens. In the blink of an eye, half the passengers on his plane disappear. And it’s...
View ArticleDishing It Out
Manny Tockz comes to The Salvation Army not only for the football players but for the sense of community he finds sitting at the table. Having spent years running with what he calls “the wrong crowd”...
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In God’s Hands
“Ava has leukemia,” the doctor told Jude Caron about his four-year-old daughter. As the doctor launched into a description of treatment options and side effects, Jude raised his hand to stop him. “I...
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