Living History is an ongoing series showcasing just a small assortment of the more than 350,000 items housed at The Salvation Army Heritage Centre in Toronto. This month, we spotlight a sash prepared for a tragic memorial. Early in the morning of May 29, 1914, the Canadian Pacific ocean liner Empress of Ireland was struck by a Norwegian coal
When Linda Leigh looks back, she never wanted to be stuck in the dark valley of cancer. It is part of her story but not the whole story. “I’m still me—a wife, a daughter,a sibling, a child of God.”
As a fisherman for most of his life, Major Edward Canning remembers coming in, in the evenings, when he would be up at the bow of the boat and he would look into the sky. “I felt that deep-down feeling,” he says. “I could identify with the disciples, when Jesus called them from their boats. I thought that God was calling me. I also felt that
It was a Saturday evening, and October playoff baseball had inched its way into November. The Toronto Blue Jays had made their way to game seven of the 2025 World Series, and my family and I sat huddled around our TV, mirroring hundreds of thousands of households across Canada. After a charged and turbulent playoff run, including an 18-inning
Called. Equipped. Gifted for sacred service. On June 20, the Canada and Bermuda Territory will commission five officers in the Keepers of the Covenant Session. As these Salvationists look forward to the next stage in their ministry, they reflect on their journey to officership, God’s faithfulness and the invaluable lessons they’ve learned during
This past Friday, May 15, The Salvation Army’s territorial magazines and digital/other media won 20 awards from the Canadian Christian Communicators Association (CCCA) during a conference held in Toronto, with 10 awards being first-place wins. Overall, Salvationist took home seven awards, Faith & Friends received five and digital/other
Jesus spoke about clean, purged hearts in His Sermon on the Mount. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8) is the sixth Beatitude, one of eight blessings in Jesus’ first sermon.
