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On Jan 15, OIM launches a NEW Innercity Veterans Outreach & Support Service (DETAILS BELOW). Over the coming weeks and months, we will be...

Have you ever met someone who is just amazing at remembering names? That person who you met once 3 years ago, who remembers your name as...

You see her every day on your way to work. Usually she is sitting at Tim Horton’s or resting on a bench. She is hard to miss – a small...

“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,” Psalm 30: 11...

This is George Frederic Watts 1886 painting, “Hope.” Hope is sitting on a globe, blindfolded, clutching a wooden lyre with only one...

Hi my name is Danielle. I just want to say thanks for letting me tell my story here on family radio CHRI.  Telling my story and having...

You and I don’t know each other – but I felt a connection with you.

A few weeks ago, I was looking through an old box of memories from my childhood when I found this: It was a valentine I received when I...

“Eric’s Journey” is a 7 part series running throughout December. To listen to the audio backgrounder from Family Radio CHRI, click the...

In July 2014, the Passion 4 Youth Fine Arts Program had reached full capacity. We had  20 youth in a tiny room – with no space for any...

Last year, this video was put out by a shelter in New York City. You’ve probably seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6jSKLtmYdM In...

We had to close our drop-in for a few weeks this summer due to a scheduling conflict with the church we use. I missed seeing our regular...

There is a new youth who has been coming to art group recently. I met him on outreach a few years ago and I discovered that from a young...

Meet Nicky: homeless,  alcoholic, mentally ill. Nicky joined the art group last year. She told me that most of her childhood had been...

“I figured out where all the Food Banks are, so I go there first. Then I can figure out what I need and go get it at the Dollar Store....

The Ottawa Police have had a heavy presence this summer. I see them patrolling the streets, walking down Bank or Elgin in pairs, or...

Many individuals in the church like to say that they are “Pro-Life”, which is an interesting phrase to use. The term “Pro-Life”, to me,...