I got the shock of my life recently. The phone rang. I picked it up and heard a very familiar voice. “Is that you ‘Idiothead’ – er I mean Frank?’ With that delightful little nickname that he had for me I knew who it was, old friend Henry Morgentaler, immediately. “Frank, I’m in deep trouble – I’m in jail.” “Jail?” I thought [...]
Educational fads come and go, but some stay long enough to do substantial harm. The education profession was a significant casualty of the “Cultural revolution of the 1960’s and was vulnerable to untried educational experimentation. Seriously demoralized, it became ashamed of traditional cultural values and refused to transmit them. As was the case with stay-at-home mothers, whose essential teaching and nurturing functions [...]
If you’re a parent, I have a question for you. Would you ever think of letting your son or daughter spend the night alone on Toronto’s Yonge Street strip? If not, there’s another street-er-highway you should know about that’s just a dangerous, maybe more. It’s called the Information Highway and if you’re not already plugged into it you will be soon. The [...]
Pro-life prisoner of conscience Linda Gibbons will again be the subject of a dramatic presentation at 7:30 p.m. Gibbons, who has served several prison terms resulting from a temporary injunction against pro-life demonstrations, was scheduled to be released from her latest incarceration the same afternoon. An Evening with Linda Gibbons and Friends will include reading, music and discussion of trends in the [...]
Interim special The sign outside the building read: Clear Choice Parental Center. Kind of a euphemism, since what went on there and nothing to do with parenting. But “choice” was the buzz word. It told everybody: abortions are performed here. “Hundreds” of them in the two years the clinic operated, according to Dr. John Nwannunu, who runs it, and two others in [...]
The Ontario Students’ for Life (OSFL annual Skate for Life) take place February 21-23, 1997, on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. The theme for this year’s skate is “Time to Take a Stand” and will feature Father Ted Colleton as speaker. Organizers expect this year’s skate to be better than ever. With 250-300 young people expected to turn out, this weekend is [...]
The Ontario legislature has shot down a private member’s bill that would have re1quired physicians to consult parents before providing medical treatment on children under age l6. Titled Bill 9l, the action was put forward by Progressive Conservative MP Frank Klees (York-Mackenzie) as an amendment to the Health Care Consent Act (l996). The bill would require that except for emergency situations, physicians [...]
Officials with Second Chance Ministry, a Scarborough, Ontario based service helping women come to terms with abortion, believe more work is needed to increase awareness of the procedure’s harmful aftermath. Since l99l, Second Chance ministry has helped women deal with the grief and trauma brought on by abortion. While pro-choice supporters speak of the lack of risk associated with abortion, Second Chance [...]
On economic issues the Reform Party totally adheres to the doctrine of responsible democracy whereby the party and the candidates make known their positions before they are elected and citizens can vote for whom they can trust to act in their best interests. On moral issues, on the other hand, the party has bound itself to a rigid-interpretation of the doctrine of [...]
VANCOUVER—British Columbia’s bubble zone legislation restricting non-life demonstrations has again been put to the test. Vancouver police December 11 arrested pro-life activist Jim Demers outside Everywoman’s abortion clinic, after more than a week of picketing. Demers had been carrying a sign displaying article -4- of the American Convention on Human Rights. The article reads: “Every person has the right to have his [...]