NEW YORK- A net TV documentary disputes the claims of population control advocates to argue that the number of people around the world is decreasing at an alarming rate. “The Grandchild Gap with Ben Wattenberg” says that instead of facing overpopulation due to food shortages, a falling human birth rate may adversely affect all life on earth. Wattenberg cites many causes for [...]
That’s how I predict the outcome of the forthcoming federal election. Remember, dear reader, that I was the only columnist on earth who about a year before the past Ontario provincial election called Mike Harris to win. (Many people thought it was just fluke on my part predicting Harris would win – others were sure it was.) I wish I could put [...]
And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing… washed his hands before the people saying ‘I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look you to it.’ Mathew 27:24-30 Our nation is approaching a crossroads in its history with this federal election. I believe that if the current Liberal leadership receives another majority our freedoms will be in great danger. Thank [...]
Heaven’s Gate cult leader Marshall Applewhite, who committed suicide with 38 of his hapless followers in San Diego, California, in late March, reportedly likened himself to Jesus Christ. Applewhite is on record saying that Jesus also had to leave His body and His identity to move on to the Kingdom of Heaven. The Heaven’s Gate cultists were persuaded that their bodies were [...]
The reports of singer Joni Mitchell’s reuniting with a daughter given up for adoption 32 years ago sounded a pleasing mote for many pro-life supporters. Mitchell, one of Canada’s most successful female recording artists, said reuniting with her daughter Kilauren Gibb has made her feel more complete. The singer revealed her state of mind 32 years ago when she found herself to [...]
With talk of a federal election filling the airwaves and newspapers, the question again arises in pro-life circles – what choices do we really have at the polling booth? With the exception of the Christian Heritage Party and a handful of pro-life candidates from the Liberal, Reform and Conservative parties, there is little to inspire the pro-life voter seeking to elect a [...]
TORONTO- Hopes for another pro-life Progressive Conservative candidate were dashed April 19 with the defeat of Phil Horgan in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore nomination. Horgan, vice-president of the Catholic Civil Rights League and past president of the Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild, lost by seven votes to Charles Donley in the closely-fought contest. His nomination and possible election would have added a vibrant pro-life voice [...]
One of the many dubious legacies left to us by the various Liberal governments of Pierre Elliot Trudeau is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We Canadians have heard if mentioned so many times yet few of us have even the foggiest notion of its contents. Until recently, I included myself in this group. Like many, I had a vague idea [...]
Interim special A gentle soul with a sincere concern for others is how practically everyone will remember Mary Clarke. The Scarborough resident, who mixed pro-life work with an array of charitable and community causes, died at Providence Center March 9 after a two-year struggle with cancer. She was 74. Pro-life supporters would best know Mary as financial administrator, board member and general [...]
The acceptance of abortion is destroying both the legitimacy of the state and the integrity of the medical profession, says a pro-life media personality, former associate professor of philosophy and one-time U.S. presidential candidate. “Doctors perform medical miracles on pre-born babies..(while) in the very next room, the same doctor or his colleague may be killing perfectly healthy babies,” says William A. Marra. [...]
Interim special Pro-life activists Rosemary Connell and Bill Whatcott will lead a “Show the Truth” tour beginning July 1 – Canada Day – in Windsor, Ontario. The tour involves a plea for the general public and the media to understand the truth about the abortion industry. The pair will display large posters depicting the brutality of abortion in an attempt to drive [...]
Interim staff The head of Ukraine’s Institute for Protection of Life has appealed to Canadian pro-lifers for support in counteracting the anti-life mentality in eastern Europe. Dr. Ivan Louts, who also serves as a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Life, visited several Canadian cities in April to draw attention to the pro-life scene in his native country. Dr. Louts’ host [...]
Interim special Critics of the New World Order movement are concerned over a move by U.S. President Hill Clinton that would put command of American military forces in the hands of the United Nations. According to the April 1997 edition of the Canadian Intelligence Service report and other publications, President Clinton in 1994, quietly signed Presidential Decision Directive 25, which says that [...]
Interim staff Ontario’s justice officials seem to be increasing the stakes in their treatment of pro-life political prisoner Linda Gibbons. At an April 2 court appearance, Gibbons was found guilty of breaking probation in connection with her continuing refusal to recognize the provincial injunction against pro-life demonstrations near abortion clinics and hospitals. She had also been charged with disobeying a court order, [...]
Interim staff A Toronto-area businessman may be one step closer to victory in a long-running legal battle involving leased property located one floor above Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic. Robert Blondell, head of a funeral consultant and casket sales company, leads a group of former tenants of 1670 Bayview Avenue who have been sued by the landlord for evacuating the premises prior [...]