Which white ribbon campaign is which? Both aim to eliminate violence against women but one will not take a stand against pornography. Why? Lots of causes sport ribbons these days: red ribbons for fighting AIDS, pink ribbons for fighting breast cancer, and white ribbons for…for what? There are two white ribbon campaigns in Canada and people are confused. If you wear a [...]
As pro-life people, part of our goal is to change the way people act. We hope to see a world in which no one chooses to end the lives of their unborn children. However our goal is not to control people, but to instill a genuine respect for human life. The struggle to restore respect for the unborn is proving to be [...]
Faithful readers will remember the horrendous problems that our family experienced when somebody stole our car about a year ago. Well this is like one of these Hollywood movies—just when you think the hero has escaped unscathed, he’s being attacked by the same villain again but much more violently! Our Honda’s electrical wiring failed miserably recently and left us riding around in [...]
British cab-driver’s son turns focus from print to radio and television. His fresh outlook is music to the ears of Canadian talk-radio junkies. In a mainstream media culture dominated by liberal and pro-abortion voices, Michael Coren stands as a notable exception. The 36-year-old native of London, England is an anomaly because he has held to conservative and pro-life views throughout a prolific [...]
Who are the Nobel prize winners who promoted the idea of infanticide of handicapped babies? P.N. Vancouver B.C. Two Nobel laureates are on record for expressing support for infanticide, though they avoided using that term. In May 1973, James Watson, of DNA fame, stated: “If a child were declared not alive until three days after birth, then all parents could be allowed [...]
Pro-life supporters must strive to overcome the “insidious voices” calling for the elimination of society’s weak and vulnerable members. Speaking December 28 at the Feast of the Holy Innocents Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto, Father Tom Lynch said there is a danger of the pro-life message becoming obscured in a society of conflicting voices. Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto was [...]
Man in custody for murder of local Right to Die Society president Edmonton Right to Die Society president Bruce Hutchinson, 41, got his wish last April. Firemen responded to a 911 call found his lifeless body slumped in an easy chair, with a single bullet hole in his forehead. Police initially assumed suicide; but the death-weapon was missing. So they upgraded the [...]
Urged by pro-abortion advocates, Clinton may veto ban on grisly abortion procedure Pro-lifers on both sides of the border are watching with interest the latest developments in the partial-birth abortion debate in the United States. Late last year, both U.S. Congressional Houses approved the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, a bill outlawing the gruesome abortion procedure. With a partial-birth abortion, the unborn [...]
A few years ago, the fame show Family Feud posed the question: “What do twelve year olds wait for?” A phone call, their report cards, and Christmas were among the top answers. But one day last month, a twelve year old at the North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre was waiting for something else. You guessed it- the results of her pregnancy test. [...]
Recently, in the Toronto area, a newborn baby girl was found on a doorstep in the Scarborough area. She was abandoned by her mother after she was born. What the mother of this child did was wrong. She did abandon her child, and the child could have died. The act she performed is, according to our laws, a criminal act. Had she [...]
Toronto abortionist’s letter to Pope and Bishops written off by pro-life leaders as publicity stunt Canadian pro-life leaders are portraying Henry Morgentaler’s recent letters to the Pope and Canadian Catholic bishops as a publicity stunt, and are supporting the bishop’s refusal to meet with the abortion crusader. Morgentaler called on the Pope to end what he sees as rhetoric which is endangering [...]
A suspended sentence for a Nova Scotia woman convicted of aiding and abetting her friend’s suicide sends an ominous message across the country says the president of the province’s Campaign Life organization. Herm Wills of Campaign Life Nova Scotia said a suspended sentence on an assisted suicide conviction puts out word that “mercy killing” practitioners can now set up shop in the [...]
Although his speaking voice has been silenced by a debilitating illness, Mr. Justice Sam Filer’s actions and attitude says volumes about dignity, hope, and perseverance. Judge Filer, 60, was one of seven brave individuals to receive the 1995 Courage to Come Back award from the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in Toronto. Presented November 30, the awards recognized people from throughout the province [...]
Which white ribbon campaign is which? Both aim to eliminate violence against women but one will not take a stand against pornography. Why? Lots of causes sport ribbons these days: red ribbons for fighting AIDS, pink ribbons for fighting breast cancer, and white ribbons for…for what? There are two white ribbon campaigns in Canada and people are confused. If you wear a [...]
By Doreen Beagan The InterimOn Nov. 27, after 14 years, Henry Morgentaler unexpectedly closed his Halifax abortuary - and Ellen Chesal, a picketer and office secretary for Campaign Life Coalition Nova Scotia, was overjoyed. "Our prayers have finally been answered. No more babies will die on McCully Street," she exulted. Since October 1989, the abortuary was the scene of well over 4,000 [...]