On May 23, the Canada Bermuda Youth team hosted the largest online youth meeting in the territory’s history. Dubbed VOIT/SEE CONNECT, the Facebook Live/YouTube event marked the weekend that the territorial youth congress, VOIT/SEE, was to be held in Montreal until COVID-19 forced a postponement to spring 2021. More than 500 young people and youth leaders gathered online for teaching, games, music and fun.

The Salvation Army will participate in an online ecumenical Pentecost prayer service, hosted by the Canadian Council of Churches, on May 30 at 3 p.m. (EDT).

The Salvation Army is active in more than 130 countries worldwide. With such a wide scope of ministry, there are many service opportunities for both officers and lay personnel interested in serving overseas. Below is a list of available positions in other Salvation Army territories, prepared by the IHQ personnel department.

Dr. Donald Burke has been appointed as the interim president of The Salvation Army’s Booth University College in Winnipeg, effective June 10, 2020

Commissioner Floyd Tidd offers condolences on behalf of the Canada and Bermuda Territory, and The Salvation Army around the world, after mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

 

"Today, as a province, we grieve together, we find strength in each other, and we will overcome this together." Read the full letter from The Salvation Army's Maritime Division to Nova Scotians. 

In their Easter message to Salvationists, Commissioners Floyd and Tracey Tidd, territorial leaders, remind us that Christ is with us in these difficult times: "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" (Isaiah 53:4). And thankfully, that is not the end of the story. "The empty tomb is a testimony to the power of God. It reminds us

The Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is thanking The Salvation Army for "the outpouring of support" to the province during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes an operation serving hot meals to truckers in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.

The Salvation Army is grateful to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Government of Canada for $5 million in funding as part of a $100 million investment to help organizations improve access to food for Canadians facing social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.