Microsoft has become by far the most dominant computer company on the planet. Three MS shareholders are multi-billionaires, with Bill Gates at the top as the world's wealthiest individual. Hundreds of others are millionaires. Market value of MS shares exceeds that of the big three U.S. auto companies combined. One might think that MS has become so enriched mostly because it has [...]
Kofi Annan is the consummate UN ideologue "Let there be no doubt: there are some very basic standards of human behaviour, violations of which are simply unacceptable. Fundamental human rights are a product of human nature - indeed human life - itself." (Kofi Annan, New York City, Oct.14, l997) The UN's depopulation activities belie this fine rhetoric. Pro-life people may get more [...]
Part II: Christians called to courage and sacrifice This is the second part of a two-part article making a case against the legitimacy of birth control. Today, the argument is made almost exclusively by Catholics, but the reason I was asked to write this article is because I am a Protestant "evangelical" advocate of this position. As an evangelical, speaking to a [...]
Through prayer and mutual support, families are finding hope after miscarriage and infant loss My baby was already yours, God. Why couldn't he be mine for just a little while longer? I don't have any ugly, hand-painted ties, or a pencil holder made of a tin can. There are no pictures on my desk of grinning, snaggle-toothed children, and I have nothing [...]
For three days in mid-February, people from all over the country will meet in Ottawa to hear speakers and to discuss and vote on political principles at the United Alternative Assembly. Some pro-lifers see the convention as a new opportunity to significantly influence what may be a major emerging force on the Canadian political scene. The United Alternative Assembly runs this coming [...]
Voters in many municipalities in Alberta had their chance to decide whether or not they wanted video lottery terminals, and in the province's two largest cities, Edmonton and Calgary, they decided yes, they do. In fact, VLTs, labelled the crack cocaine of gambling by critics, were kept by all but six of the 31 communities that voted on the issue. The communities [...]
At an Oct. 28 protest demonstration organized by the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics, Campaign Life Coalition was denounced as one of "the intellectual authors" of recent acts of violence against abortion providers. Representatives of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, AIDS Action Now, the Ontario Federation of Labour, and the International Socialists joined OCAC at the noisy protest outside Campaign Life [...]
After a confidential in-house review, St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ont. has concluded there is "no evidence of any breach of the pro-life values of St. Joseph's Health Centre." Kathy Burrill, the Roman Catholic hospital's public affairs manager, told The Interim there is "no tangible evidence or reason" to believe the anonymous abortionist featured recently in Chatelaine magazine could actually be St. Joe's staff [...]
Fr. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, editor of the Toronto-based Catholic Insight magazine, arranged a press conference for Oct. 5, 1998, to explain that recent changes to Roman Catholic church law now make it absolutely clear where the dividing line is that separates faithful Catholics from heretics. The Vatican's June 30 letter, Ad tuendam fidem (In Defence of the Faith), introduces changes to Canon [...]
The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is promising to extend full and equal rights to homosexual partners in every area of law except marriage. Dalton McGuinty said if he is elected premier, his government would pass legislation to extend full benefits, pension, spousal leave and adoption rights to same-sex couples. He stopped short of endorsing homosexual marriage, however, because it falls [...]
Pro-life movement condemns attack on Slepian Police in Canada and the U.S. are on the trail of James Charles Kopp, said to be a material witness - but not a suspect - in the slaying of Buffalo ob-gyn Barnett Slepian. Slepian was shot in the back through his kitchen window, by a sniper hiding in the bushes outside, on Oct. 23. Slepian [...]
By Three pro-life defendants - Linda Gibbons, Anneliese Steden, and Rev. Ken Campbell - are awaiting trial for breaking the Ontario government's "bubble-zone" injunction. Ms Gibbons and Mrs. Steden appeared in court Oct. 5 on charges of "obstructing a peace officer," relating to the two grandmothers' peaceful protest within 60 feet of Toronto's Scott abortuary Sept. 9. Rev. Campbell was handled separately. [...]
Magdalene, 6, Xavier, 4, and Charlotte, 2, know their Oma's in jail. Why? "Oma's saving babies." Their Oma, or grandmother, is Anneliese Steden, 61, of Cambridge, Ont. Instead of playing with her grandchildren, Anneliese is locked up in Toronto's Metro West Detention Centre. She even turned down bail conditions that would have allowed her the freedom to hug her family. "My wife, [...]
Immediately on hearing of the brutal murder of Buffalo abortionist Barnett Slepian, pro-life groups across Canada and the U.S. did what they've done in response to similar crimes in the past: they condemned the shooting, sincerely, firmly, and unequivocally. On the one hand, it seems strange that pro-life groups should have to issue such extraordinary statements. Any well-informed and fair-minded person would [...]
The UN, working in tandem with the industrialized countries, has proposed that non-governmental organizations and other voluntary organizations become prominent participants in civil society at all levels. This proposal, offered with the full realization and intent to capitalize on human, opportunistic tendencies, offers gains for an international economic and political power grab, and the desire of special interests for a cut of [...]