Sean Frankling

Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a specialist in frailty and geriatric care and a lifelong Anglican, was appointed to the Order of Canada in June for his work in advancing the field of elder care.

Bishop of the diocese of Rupert’s Land Geoffrey Woodcroft has been admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of cancer shortly after announcing his intention to retire in June 2025. The diocese’s executive archdeacon Simon Blaikie told the Anglican Journal Woodcroft made the announcement on the final day of the diocesan synod, Oct. 19, then felt unwell and was in the hospital within 12 hours. He was diagnosed with cancer, said Blaikie, and has gone on sick leave, expecting to transition directly into long-term disability leave. Blaikie confirmed a Facebook post that the cancer had been diagnosed as terminal. The diocese is asking for prayers and held a mass for his healing and comfort Oct. 23.

All across the bustling show floor at Collision 2024, startup companies display laptops, flyers and signs promising to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to security, data analytics, online shopping, code optimization—on and on it goes. Between quirky intro and outro music, panels of experts at the North American tech expo give prognostications ranging from the optimistic (AI will drastically increase productivity) to the very optimistic (AI will boost longevity to the point of making everyone immortal) to the catastrophic (AI will interfere with democracy or become a threat to human life)

The national office has a balanced budget ready for 2025, Amal Attia, treasurer of General Synod, told members of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nov. 8.

Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, addresses CoGS Nov. 8. Photo: Matthew Puddister

The Jubilee Commission launched its archival research project at Sacred Circle in 2021, which met at Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont. Here, then-National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald gives opening remarks to elders and members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples. Photo: Anglican Video

It might be time for the church to hold weekend-only meetings and provide onsite child care even if it costs more, suggests the chair of a primatial commission.

Two provincial synods have passed a resolution to call on General Synod to review the impacts of cuts to Council of the North funding. The resolution, passed this September by the ecclesiastical provinces of Ontario and British Columbia and Yukon, follow a 2023 decision which would see the council’s funding reduced by $100,000 yearly, beginning in 2024, until its annual apportionment is equal to 25 per cent of the donations the national church receives through diocesan proportional giving.

Canon David Garrett, rector of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Charlottetown has served a three-day prison sentence and paid a $1,500 fine plus a $450 victim surcharge following an Oct. 15 conviction for impaired driving, according to the Rev. Ann Turner, executive director of the diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The conviction concerned an incident on Aug. 6 in which Garrett got into a collision that severely damaged the front of his vehicle at 1:37 pm and subsequently tested at 150 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood on two police breathalyzer tests, according to a PNI Atlantic News article. Drivers can be charged in Canada if found to have 80 mg of alcohol or more in 100 ml of blood.

Church of Redeemer Common Table outreach carts are taken out near the corner of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road on church property by volunteers Bill Ryan, Peter Burgess and David Burt to bring food to members of the community in Toronto on Thursday morning, April 20, 2023. Photo: Michael Hudson