From Ottawa to Slave Lake

The Nation’s Capital is the sight of many interesting events.  If you have lived in Ottawa you’ll be aware of the huge celebration on July 1st with fireworks that compare to the “shock and awe” attacks on Iraq!  Then there’s the lights and decorations of the Christmas season on Parliament Hill.  This time of year it’s…

Camp Petawawa during WW2

World War II brought The Salvation Army into the eye of many Canadians in a remarkable way.  Whether overseas or within the Canadian landscape, TSA was present providing care to soldiers and their families. My grandfather, behind the pulpit in this photo was part of our Red Shield Services throughout the War.  In the early…

An Army without guns

There are few things that warm my heart more than seeing some of our great people at work – making life changing differences in their neighbourhoods.  This week we had Lieut-Colonel Junior Hynes with us for a couple of days.  We toured four different ministry units.  At the end of our visit to Crossroads, we…