Bishop Terrence Buckle of the Yukon is withdrawing his offer of episcopal oversight to parishes in the diocese of New Westminster that do not agree with the blessing of same-sex unions.
10 November 2003
Canadian Anglican bishops have voted to strike a task force to study what the church should do to provide spiritual care for members who dissent from church policies.
07 November 2003
The controversy in the diocese of New Westminster over whether to bless gay relationships took a grave turn on October 8 as Archbishop David Crawley moved to discipline the diocesan bishop of the Yukon, Terrence Buckle, for asserting "episcopal authority" over disaffected parishes in Vancouver-based diocese.
09 October 2003
The diocese of Ottawa will mark 23 November as Settlement and Reconciliation Sunday.
08 September 2003
"The absence of a permanent Incumbent (rector), and the unwillingness of some members of the parish to search for one through the normal diocesan process, has brought the current crisis to a head," said Bishop Michael Ingham.
08 September 2003
Archbishop David Crawley has expressed gratitude for help and prayers for the people in his diocese who have been affected by forest fires during the last few weeks.
08 September 2003
Churches in the Okanagan region of British Columbia are trying to regroup and determine how to help community residents who are displaced from their homes by forest fires that have threatened the city of Kelowna and left scores of people in suburbs homeless.
27 August 2003
During the second day of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA , the Most Revd Michael Peers, Primate of Canada, delivered a presentation to the House of Bishops which focused on two elements: the national church's Aboriginal Healing Fund; and the restoration of funds for mission.
31 July 2003
Clergy in six parishes within the Diocese of New Westminster have been authorised to perform a rite of blessing of committed same sex unions. In so doing, all provisions of the motion passed by Diocesan Synod in June, 2002, are now fulfilled.
29 May 2003
Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 1986, has announced that he will resign on 1 February 2004.
13 May 2003