On May 17, 30 pro-lifers picketed Attorney General Ian Scott as he entered St. Thomas Parish Hall in Belleville for a seminar. Ironically, the seminar at which Mr. Scott spoke was entitled “ The Rights of the Victims of Crime.” Peter Wheatley, picket organizer, questioned Mr. Scott on bail conditions; closing the Toronto Morgentaler abortuary; the refusal to charge the new abortionists; [...]
At 7 a.m. on April 28, a healthy 8 lb. boy was born in one of Toronto’s hospitals. What makes this birth so remarkable is that he is one of the small number of babies snatched from death by the sidewalk counsellors at the Harbord Street abortuary. A very important aspect of saving this baby’s life ( and also the life of [...]
On the weekend of May 2, a very positive pro-life event took place—the second meeting within six months of the newly-formed Campaign Life Ontario, a provincial branch of the national political pro-life organization. Held in Niagara Falls, the meeting brought together pro-life activists from across the province to discuss such important items as election strategy; building support; the role of The Interim; [...]
At a press conference on May 6, Reverend Ken Campbell of Choose Life Canada announced his intention to lay charges against the Attorney General of Ontario, Ian Scott for obstructing justice by failing to close the Morgentaler abortuary. The move, which was made after consulting with “a top criminal lawyer,” was thwarted just 24 hours later when Justice of the Peace Gerald [...]
The nature of belief is very different from what we think it is. In fact, if we knew the limits of knowledge and the extent of human ignorance in the modern world, it would quickly shake our confidence in modernity. Just to give you an example, I have heard many people talk about an unborn baby as “just a blob,” which can [...]
If any one issue ought to defeat the Ontario Liberals at the next provincial election it should be their wimpish handling of Toronto’s freestanding abortion clinics. Abortionist Robert Scott has made it perfectly clear in public interviews that he is opening his own abortuary, confident that he will be able to continue killing while “the case is in the courts.” He can [...]
On January 23, 1986 at 10:22 a.m., 18 year-old Erin Shannon suffered a massive and fatal cardiac arrest during a D&E abortion at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. She was 18 weeks pregnant. The inquest into her death was held in Ottawa on April 14, 15, and 16. Sue Hierlihy was in attendance and the following is her account of the testimony presented [...]
The May 1986 News Release of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) by a note of its editor: Churches beware: sexual orientation threatens freedom. Ottawa-Justice Minister John Crosbie has replies to the letter written by Hudson T. Hilsden on behalf of the PAOC to the prime minister and all MP’s which was published as an open letter to the May issue of [...]
“It is a marvelous day for gay,” explained George Hislop, founder of a 100-member homosexual business-owners’ group in Toronto, in the Toronto Sun on May 6. He had just been told that the Justice Committee of The Ontario legislature (with a vote of eight to two) had recommended placing “sexual orientation” under the Ontario Human Rights Code. If the Committee’s recommendation passed [...]