Monthly Archives: March 1998

North Carolina man hunted in Alabama clinic attack

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Federal agents issued an arrest warrant  February 14 for a North Carolina man whose truck was spotted near  the scene of a fatal women's clinic bombing in Alabama  in late January. U.S. Attorney Doug Jones said Eric Robert Rudolph was charged  with using an explosive device. An off-duty police officer was killed and  a nurse critically injured in the [...]

2010-07-07T12:00:23-04:00March 7, 1998|Abortion|

Atlantic pro-lifers fear MD will walk

HALIFAX - The case of Dr. Nancy Morrison, a Halifax intensive care physician and Dalhousie Medical School professor charged with the first degree murder of Moncton resident Paul Mills, has shifted the debate about euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide onto the front burner in Atlantic Canada. Mr. Mills, 65, a throat cancer patient at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, died Nov. [...]

2010-07-07T09:18:13-04:00March 7, 1998|Euthanasia|

Show Truth protestors escape criminal charges

Police in the central Ontario community of Lindsay won’t be laying criminal charges against members of Campaign Life Coalition’s Show the Truth tour. As well, authorities in the town northeast of Toronto, have returned four signs seized last October, after receiving direction from the provincial Attorney-General’s office. The signs in question show aborted babies. They were used last year in a sweep [...]

2010-07-07T09:15:03-04:00March 7, 1998|Activism|

Key time to intensify lobbying efforts

Well, the MPs are back from their Christmas break, and although there are no left-related bills on the front burner for the government, there are several private members’ initiatives that you need to be aware of when you are speaking with your member of Parliament. By the way, although members try to be in their ridings as much as possible on Fridays, [...]

2010-07-07T09:10:56-04:00March 7, 1998|Activism|

International round-up

Americans becoming more pro-life, says poll WASHINGTON – A recent poll commissioned by the U.S. Family Research Council has found that most Americans believe abortion should not be permitted after signs of life can be detected. Sixty-one per cent of respondents disagreed that “abortion should be permitted after fetal brain-waves are detected,” while 58 per cent agreed that “abortion should not be [...]

2010-07-07T08:48:54-04:00March 7, 1998|Society & Culture|

MAI: a charter of rights for multi-nationals?

The provisions of an international agreement to liberalize investment rules around the world are causing concern among not only social justice activists, but pro-life and pro-family supporters as well. The concern is serious enough to warrant a former federal cabinet minister calling the pact "the most frightening proposal to come before the Canadian people in my lifetime." The Multi-lateral Agreement on Investment [...]

2010-07-07T08:48:14-04:00March 7, 1998|Society & Culture|

Ottawa protest will remember 1969 Omnibus Bill

Pro-life supporters from across Canada are encouraged to attend a march for life in Ottawa commemorating the 29th anniversary of Parliament’s legalizing abortion. Scheduled for May 14th, the event will mark what the pro-life community describes as the most tragic event in Canadian history. Parliament’s action of May 14, 1969 to amend the Criminal Code and allow for abortion has to date [...]

2010-07-07T07:53:48-04:00March 7, 1998|Activism|

United Nations straying into uncharted waters

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Following two world wars that killed tens of millions and laid large parts of entire countries to waste, the concept of a strong United Nations that would act as an arbiter and -- to the extent it had power -- policeman seemed appealing to those for whom memories of conflict were still fresh. [...]

2010-07-07T07:17:34-04:00March 7, 1998|Editorials|
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