Hundreds of tourists stopped and stared at the 50 small white crosses with flowers and baby toys strewn among them. It was at this location 25 years ago that the Omnibus Bill was passed which legalized abortion in Canada and pro-lifers from all over the Ottawa area had come to Parliament Hill to mourn. The faces of the tourists who passed the [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about suicide. (Not for personal reasons—even though by the time you read this I will have moved house with one husband, two teenagers, two dogs, one cat, one canary and three million books.) I have been trying to understand why it is that after centuries of looking at suicide as a shocking event to [...]
Rose: To the 12 Ontario provincial NDP members who voted against Bill 167 which would have granted benefits to same-sex couples. A special rose should also go out to Toronto Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic who spearheaded a letter writing campaign in Catholic Churches urging MPPs to vote no to Bill 167. Despite heavy criticism from the press, Ambrozic and many other Ontario Catholic [...]
February 12, 1994—Sue Rodriguez, the Victoria B.C. woman who lost her Supreme court bid to have a physician legally help her commit suicide, is helped to die by an unknown doctor. This is reported by Burnaby MP Svend Robinson who claims he was present when the deed was done, but refuses to name the doctor, or say how, exactly, the death was [...]
For when One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks – not that you won or lost – But how you played the game Grantland Rice (1880-1954) As Don Cherry says, “ya gotta love it.” We’re talking, of course about the great Canadian game of Hockey. Here in Lotusland, surrounded by our pineapple and banana plantations, amidst our swaying [...]
Hi-tech baby ban While many countries grapple with advancements in reproductive technology, the French National Assembly continues to be one of the few who have actually attempted to legislate the practice. In mid-April, the Assembly passed a bill which would set limits on who can apply for in-vitro fertilization and attempt to stem the until-now unregulated embryo experimentation. Most of the controversy [...]
A small group of South and Central American countries – Nicaragua, Argentina and Venezuela – worked with the Vatican to stun a high-powered collection of North American population controllers. In doing so, they effectively thwarted U.S./UN efforts to mass murder millions more unborn babies over the next twenty years. At a meeting to determine the agenda of this year’s International Conference on [...]
Connie Osborn With the passing of Connie Osborn on February 23, 1994, the pro-life movement lost a great friend. She died at home at the age of 63 from cancer. Mrs. Osborn had been a leading light in the pro-life movement from the early days. In 1973 she founded Goderich (Ont.) and District Right to Life. From June 1978 to June 1979 [...]
Charlottetown. In September, Island schools will introduce a new family living program at the Grade nine level. The provincial Home and School objects that the program has not been approved by parents, breaking a promise made when sex education was introduced to Island schools. It wants the unit on sex ed dropped, and is quite adamant that demonstrations and practice sessions on [...]
The Remains of the Day is one of the best films of 1993 and is now available on video. It tells the story of an English butler, played by Anthony Hopkins, who is the epitome of the dutiful servant. His subservience is such that he becomes alienated not only from any opinions, but from his own feelings. When his father dies, he [...]
Well, the ignoramuses were let loose in Montreal recently and when they were done, two-year-old Jessica Dos Santos was expelled from daycare. Never mind that she has HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS, or that her mother did not inform the daycare workers of her illness. What business is it of theirs? The nervy owner of Les Petits Lutins daycare asked [...]
I hope this is not sheer laziness on my part. But I don’t think it is. I often go to St. Joseph’s Parish in Port Elgin, where a great Spiritan friend of mine – Father Bob Hudson _ is Pastor, I have many friends there, but if I were suddenly asked to mention two of them I would probably say, “Melanie and [...]
For thirty years, Barbara J. has been searching for the child she gave up for adoption early in the 1940s. The records of the adoption are closed, so there is little hope that she will ever find her son. “I’ll probably go to my grave without ever knowing anything about him” Barbara says sadly. “I can only hope he has been blessed [...]
Manning on the spot “I am opposed to state-assisted suicides.” “The initial interpretation indicates a strong constituent support for physician-assisted suicide.” “I would be obligated to support that.” The above statements were made by the leader of the Reform Party of Canada and they once and forever illustrate the shortcomings of Preston Manning’s populist approach. Over the past year, this paper has [...]
“The World’s favourite season is spring. All things seem possible in May.” Edwin Way Teale Yesterday, when I was young, the world looked like a simple place. My tolerance level was near zero as I set about to change the world. Nonconformity came easily. Forced to leave Notre Dame high school in grade nine rather than give up a very important “duck [...]