I haven't seen Kevin Smith's film, Dogma, nor do I intend to. However, after reading about two dozen reviews and articles about the film (most of them favourable), I know more than enough about Dogma's content to comment on it. One needn't do laps in a cesspool to know that excrement stinks; the fumes are enough. I don't advocate banning or censoring the [...]
Some of our younger readers will remember the wistful little pop tune from which this editorial note takes its title. We assume everyone has asked himself or herself this question from time to time: What would I do if I had a million dollars? Since most of us will never have the good fortune actually to have to answer that question, we [...]
Often today we hear people say that some idea or movement is "prophetic," or that "So-and-so is a real prophet." In the case of a person, what's meant is that he's a "radical"; that is, that he stands up to the powers-that-be, and challenges the status quo. Our culture idolizes "prophets" and "prophetic" movements. Our heroes are "radicals," and our history is [...]
A selfless servant of humanity - that's what Dr. Henry Morgentaler purports to be. How strange then, that at the CARAL (Canadian Abortion Rights Action League) 25th anniversary meeting in Ottawa this October, practically the only person Dr. Morgentaler cared to talk about was himself. This humanitarian par excellence (the meeting moderator's words) explained that his advocacy and performance of abortion was [...]
As a stay-at-home mother I have unfortunately grown accustomed to disrespect from both society and government. I am reminded by feminist groups and the media on a regular basis that I have degraded myself by choosing to be a unpaid, full time care giver to my family. I live with the discrimination of the tax system which places a heavier burden on [...]
Ontario's pro-life students once again pledged their commitment to developing a right-to-life ethic among their peers during this fall's 11th annual Ontario Students for Life (OSFL) conference. More than 250 students from across the province took part in this year's gathering at Bishop Smith High School in Pembroke, titled "Get a life, eh!" Principal speakers included Angelina Steenstra, who runs a ministry [...]
Three journalists arrested while covering a pro-life demonstration appeared in Provincial Court in Toronto Nov. 5 to have trial dates set. Interim editorial advisory board member Sue Careless, LifeSite News videographer Steve Jalsevac and Royal City Journal reporter Gordon Truscott were arrested Oct. 15 while covering the arrest of pro-life activist Linda Gibbons outside the Scott abortuary in Toronto. They were charged with "obstructing [...]
Real angels are anything but decorative. At Christmas, they are hard to miss, either perched atop the Christmas tree or as the angelic choir in the church pageant, and it is rare to sing a Christmas carol without mentioning the celestial beings. But after Christmas, we Protestants pack up the angels with the other ornaments and store them away for the year. [...]
Recently, a Winnipeg photographer, Garry Geisel, was charged under the child pornography law with possessing pictures of naked girls. Geisel defends himself by arguing that the law is inconsistent. It says 14-year-old girls can legally have sex with adults but they have to be 18 or older to pose nude. The current age of consent law is being used in the defence [...]
On Oct. 26, Henry Morgentaler called upon the Québec government to fully fund abortion performed at private clinics in the province. According to the National Post, Morgentaler complained that the federal government covers the full $450 cost of clinic abortions for refugee claimants, but citizens in Québec must pay a facility fee of around $400. The province does cover some of the cost [...]
The abortion industry is profiting by selling body parts from aborted babies to researchers, a gruesome practice that includes a Canadian connection, despite a federal moratorium on such experiments. The Aug. 22 issue of Alberta Report examines a revealing tape from Life Dynamics Incorporated (LDI) and the magazine's investigation found a Canadian, government-funded researcher who ordered baby parts from an abortuary for his [...]
In the most frequently quoted remark he ever made, Sir Wilfrid Laurier got it dead wrong. He said that the20th century would belong to Canada. The opposite turned out to be true: Canada belonged to the 20th century. In other words, our country suffers from all the ills which have afflicted other developed nations this century. In his introduction to his Closing of [...]
Pro-life campaign in Scotland Pro-life March in Nicaragua Kenya VP backs sanctity of life Vatican corrects UNFPA Abortionist to be hanged Vatican clarifies UN claim Infanticide said to be rampant in Senegal Two arrested in illegal abortions in Spain Abortion seekers to view photos Dead babies' hearts kept Pro-life campaign in Scotland GLASGOW - A new Scottish pro-life group says it will [...]
Harming pre-born child criminalized ‘Forbes strengthens pro-life stance Partial-birth abortion bans celebrated Planned Parenthood could make big bucks off baby parts Harming preborn child criminalized The legislative director of National Right to Life characterized as "helpful" the House of Representatives recent decision to make it a crime to harm a preborn child during the commission of a violent act against a pregnant [...]
I am not an avid reader of American newspapers, but on Thanksgiving Day I came across one in our community room and decided to spend some time looking over it. I don't think I can be appalled by anything I read in newspapers at the present time, but one article certainly did disturb my equilibrium. It regarded a new appointment to a [...]