Recently, nurses at Calgary Foothills Hospital broke rank to reveal that they are being forced to participate in - and sometimes actually perform - abortions. Joanne Hatton, the president of Alberta Pro-Life, said in an April 12 press release, "We have internal memos from the hospital which say that nurses must administer the drugs which induce labour, and deliver the baby. Nurses [...]
On April 30, Foothills Hospital and the Calgary Regional Health Authority obtained a court order forbidding Alberta Report from repeating information contained in the story the magazine broke about reports of aborted babies born alive and then left to die. They also attempted to force the magazine to reveal its sources. What follows is editor and publisher Link Byfield's response. There's a strange [...]
While little progress has been made on life issues since the last election, a few MPPs have stood out Just one day after presenting a good news budget May 4, Ontario Premier Mike Harris called an election for June 3. The timing of the call is symbolically important. It indicates that economic issues, taxation and spending will be the focus during the [...]
Some pro-lifers fear it fails to give due prominence to abortion as a defining issue Social justice issues took centre stage when a presentation in followup to the Ontario Catholic Bishops Conference 1998 document Choosing a Government was held in Hamilton March 24. A large, convention centre room packed to standing room with an audience of hundreds heard from London, Ont. Bishop [...]
Kopp now wanted for five abortionist shootings More questions than answers have been raised by the second-degree murder charge laid against James Kopp on May 7 in connection with the shooting death of Buffalo-area abortionist Barnett Slepian. Up until the charge was laid, police had been saying that Kopp, who has not been seen since last Nov. 3, was not a suspect [...]
And so it came to pass - in my 41st year, an angel appeared and said, ‘Yes, you are pregnant' And so it came to pass - in my 41st year, an angel appeared and said, "Yes, you are pregnant." It wasn't an angel in the conventional sense of the word; rather, it was a home pregnancy test kit from Shoppers Drug [...]
I finally have figured out who I'm going to vote for in the forthcoming Ontario provincial election. Right now, it's downright dangerous for taxpayers walking by Queen's Park because they're liable to be knocked down by the bags of money being thrown out the doors to pay for pre-election propaganda masquerading as informational ads. If I can't find a Family Coalition Party [...]
One of the most terrifying aspects of Canadian politics for social conservatives - at least this should be the case - is the nation's so-called "human rights" commissions and tribunals. These kangaroo courts, where historical, Judaeo-Christian principles of jurisprudence are tossed out the window, have established themselves in almost every part of Canada as the primary tool by which leftists seek to [...]
The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn, by Rev. Paul Marx, O.S.B. (Human Life International Canada, 1998, 208 pages, $12.45 postpaid.) In 1971 Fr. Marx attended a special pro-abortion symposium in California. Calling himself simply "Doctor," since he had a doctorate in sociology, he applied to attend, and got permission to tape the proceedings. He wrote this book in 1971 based on [...]
By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride, by Dr. Alice von Hildebrand (Sophia Institute Press). Perhaps it's just me, but I once had a tendency to think of marriage in terms of romance. I had often been told that even the best marriages must weather rough times - but I was sure that mine wouldn't. As far as I was concerned, [...]
Truth About Rock: Shattering the Myth of Harmless Music, by Steve Peters and Mark Littleton (Bethany House Publishers, 1998, 205 pages, $14.50 CAD).Reviewed by Paul Tuns The Interim Many if not most people would say that rock music is just another option on the entertainment smorgasbord; that going to a rock concert is no different from attending the theatre, and the Beatles [...]
With a provincial election only weeks away in Ontario, and fast approaching in several other provinces, we would all do well to remember the basic principle of pro-life voting: being pro-abortion (or "pro-choice") disqualifies a person for public office. This includes those who claim to be "personally opposed" to abortion, but are unwilling to do anything to stop it.The right to life [...]
In the wake of the Clinton impeachment debacle, some moral conservatives are asking whether the culture war has been lost. Others say now is definitely not the time to disengage Following the February vote by the United States Senate to not remove President Bill Clinton from office, conservative activist Paul Weyrich said that perhaps the best course of action for moral conservatives [...]
Ontario Attorney-General Charles Harnick has announced he will not be a candidate in the provincial election, a move that is being applauded by pro-lifers. Harnick was first elected MPP for Willowdale in 1990, and was re-elected in the landslide Tory victory of June 1995. Premier Mike Harris appointed him attorney-general on June 26, a position he has held ever since. Just three [...]
Pro-lifers say the party aggressively promotes abortion, while claiming to be ‘family-friendly' The Ontario NDP released its election agenda in late February and despite claims that the party is "family friendly," it contained nary a word about abortion or gay rights. The much-heralded, yet quite empty, "Six Commitments" party platform seeks to undo much of the Tory government's spending cuts. It will [...]