Explaining the STD crisis Risky Sex is one national bestseller that should be in every public and high school library. It isn’t a steamy romance. Just read its subtitle: “The Onslaught of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.” Yet teens and adults are grabbing this book. The humourous illustrations beak the ice but it is Genuis’ combination of knowledge and compassion that wins the day. [...]
Canadian courts flex new muscle over abortion debate Near the end of a 1989 appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, Henry Morgentaler was holding court in a hotel room with the cream of Canada’s media elite. “The tone was informal,” says F.L. Morton in his wide-ranging study, Morgentaler V. Borowski: Abortion, the Charter and the Courts. “The reporters chatted and joked [...]
The United Nations Population Division has no clear idea how many people there will be in the world, even within the next 50 years. One projection says the world’s population could actually drop by a billion people within the next half century. Yet family planning programmes continue even though in many countries, such as Nigeria, there are far fewer people than was [...]
Answer each question true or false. The correct answers and references are listed below. WORLD SIZE AND POPULATION The total area of the world is about 197 million square miles. The total land area of the world is about 73 million square miles. The world population is about 4 billion people. Everybody in the world could lie down in one city with [...]
It’s one of the certainties of this age. School children learn it the way they learn their multiplication tables. The world is bursting with human beings and unless severe measures are taken we will all gradually be squeezed out of existence. The environment, our resources and food supplies are stretched to the breaking point. The population is spinning wildly out of control. [...]
Mary Jo’s friends now ask why the hospital staff made no effort to revive her and, even after discovering their error, still left her to die such an agonizingly slow death. The tragic but avoidable death of a Yakima, Washington, woman has raised a number of serious questions on the advisability of signing a living will. In late December 1992, the staff [...]
Is it true that the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child threatens parents’ rights and the family? Was it signed by the Vatican? Anon., Ottawa Yes, it is true. The Convention’s stated purpose is to protect children worldwide from tyranny and exploitation – and who would quarrel with that? However, a number of the Document’s 53 Articles (it is said [...]
The Southern Ontario riding of Durham won’t have a pro-life Liberal candidate. Organizers are saying pro-lifers have only themselves to blame. Rosemary Connell mounted an impressive campaign, had a broad range of policies, and uses her roots in the area to create an organized machine. But in the end she came up 40 votes short. “Every single person counted,” Connell said as [...]
Despite a growing body of evidence which suggests that children of working mothers are at risk for a variety of psychological problems, the number of mothers in the workforce continues to increase. Statistics Canada census data indicates that 67.2 per cent of mothers of children under age six participated in the workforce in 1991, a significant jump from fifty per cent reported [...]
This column is for Annette’s mother, and the few others who asked me to tell the story about Izzy the dog and my heroic rescue. Warning: If you think that reading about dogs is a waste of time read something else. First, I must explain how Izzy came to take over our house. After she was found wandering around a busy street [...]
On April 21, 1993, Therese Weiler, the grandmother walking across Canada, resumed her “Venture for Life.” Therese began her mission in Newfoundland in April 1992, and reached the Ontario-Manitoba border in late October. She suspended her walk for the winter months but is now on the road again. She plans to throw the pebble she picked up in Newfoundland into the Pacific [...]
To put one’s trust in anything less than God leads to disaster. Such is my experience. With that in mind, ought we to be hopeful about the present situation in regard to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia? Yes, without s doubt! What are we to think, then, of a May 15 Ottawa Citizen article entitled, “Morgentaler On The Move: Safe in the belief [...]
The Christian Heritage Party has sorted out its leadership problems and will head into the next election with Heather Stilwell in charge. The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed an application by former leader Charles Cavilla to have a convention in June in Southern Ontario. The court also decided May 18 to set aside an injunction by Cavilla preventing the CHP from saying [...]
“There is scarcely any less bother in the running of a family than in that of an entire state. And domestic business is no less importunate For being less important.” Montaigne (1533-15920 It’s that time of year again. May marries June and hope springs eternal, or does it? Celebrating Mother’s and Father’s day usually presents us with the opportunity to reflect on [...]
Pro-life activists in Nova Scotia are shedding no tears at the defeat of Tory Premier Don Cameron and his government in the provincial election held at the end of May. Leader John Savage swept his Liberals into power and CLC spokesperson Cynthia Haughn said there are “some hopeful things” about his victory. “Maybe John Savage will at least look at the issue,” [...]