Hutterites
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GwenRocky View Hutterite Colony in Alberta to Relocate Amid Calgary Development Pressures
Photographer George Webber has documented Hutterites in Alberta for the last decade. The article describes visiting the Rocky View Hutterite Colony, about 45 minutes northeast of downtown Calgary,...
Lightning Sparks Fire at Manitoba Hutterite Colony Shop, Destroying Trucks and Equipment
A Hutterite community in western Manitoba woke on a Monday morning to a large fire in the building where it stores its fire truck. Lightning struck the Decker...
Saskatchewan Reports Record 60 New COVID-19 Cases as Officials Seek Travel Limits Between Hutterite Colonies
Saskatchewan announced 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, a provincial record for the number of cases reported in one day. Fifty of the new cases are in...
Hutterite minister asks Manitoba to stop naming colonies with COVID-19 cases, citing stigmatization
A Manitoba Hutterite minister has asked the province to stop publicly identifying colonies where members have tested positive for COVID-19, saying the practice is leading to stigmatization. Paul...
Author Condemns National Geographic Series on Montana Hutterite Colony
A Saskatchewan author, Mary-Ann Kirkby, is condemning the National Geographic Channel over a TV documentary series it broadcast depicting Hutterite culture from a sect in Montana. Kirkby said...
Hutterite bishops criticize National Geographic reality series on Montana colony as distorted and exploitative
Hutterite bishops have criticized a new National Geographic Channel reality series, saying it gives a “distorted and exploitative version” of life in a little-known Christian sect. In a...
Hutterite Bishops Issue First-Ever Press Release Criticizing National Geographic Show
Kelly Hofer, 19, ran away from his Manitoba Hutterite colony of 108 people the previous weekend. He was in Calgary for the first time, and a BBC documentary...
Researchers Plan COVID-19 Herd Immunity Study in Hutterite Colonies
Western Canada’s Hutterite colonies have had a difficult time during COVID-19. A series of outbreaks made public by health authorities prompted harsh discrimination from neighbouring businesses, as well...
Pondera Hutterite Colony near Valier, Montana, Marks Three Decades of Farming and Communal Life
The Hutterites trace their name to Jakob Hutter, an Austrian hatmaker who, in 1536, was bound to a stake for beliefs including the separation of church and state,...
