New Brunswick Right to Life recently began a six-week television advertising campaign to reach out to young women, the first major TV ad campaign ever undertaken by the pro-life organization. "I am greatly encouraged by the tremendous support we've received from thousands of life-affirming New Brunswickers," says Peter Ryan, executive director for NBRL, of the campaign that began on Oct. 8. "What [...]
I am grateful to Timothy Bloedow for providing me with word that Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz's (Yorkton- Melville) new motion on redefining "human being" is different from his previous one, which was debated last March 22,. The motion, M-228 debated on March 22 said "that in the opinion of this House, the government should bring in legislation defining a 'human being' [...]
Are you ready to spend some "Frisky Fridays" and "Steamy Saturdays" watching gay and lesbian erotica on television? Better yet, do you want your kids to have access to such classic films as Hey Sailor, Hey Sister, the plot of which is described on the PrideVision TV website as: "The story of a naval officer who, coming to port with just her [...]
LifeSite News An anti-terrorism bill entailing broad powers of arrest and detention and a massive loss of rights of the accused has pro-lifers concerned, since the legislation's definition of terrorism could be interpreted to include pro-life groups. The apprehension is warranted given a government intelligence agency document which includes the "pro-life movement" under the category of "single issue terrorism." (The report is [...]
In an Oct. 2 ruling, the British Columbia Supreme Court upheld marriage as the union between a man and a woman, thus barring homosexual unions from the institution. Justice Ian Pitfield stated in his decision that the common law definition of marriage, which is the union between a man and a woman only, cannot be extended to include same-sex relationships. Janet Epp [...]
A case against Rev. Ken Campbell is now being heard before the British Columbia Human Rights Commission - the second time the pastor from Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has faced a tribunal for the same publication. Campbell, an ordained Fellowship Baptist minister, broadcaster, and Christian activist formerly based in Milton, Ont., placed a full-page ad in the April 18, 1998 Globe and Mail [...]
Several dozen demonstrators turned up outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Oct. 18 to draw attention to former prime minister John Turner's chairmanship of a major fundraising dinner there. The event was the 21st annual Cardinal's Dinner, which attracted about 1,800 people at $175 per plate. Recipients of proceeds from last year's dinner included the Birthright pregnancy service and the Rosalie Hall [...]
Once again, tens of thousands of Canadian pro-lifers gathered in communities from coast to coast to provide a peaceful, prayerful pro-life witness on Sept. 30. Some locations reported attendance was up, some found their numbers down, but overall pro-lifers reported the mood was good as they brought the truth about abortion - that it kills an unborn baby - to hundreds of [...]
Fat a source for stem cells LOS ANGELES, Calif - Human fat collected by liposuction shows promise of providing a plentiful and ethical source of replacement cells for a variety of medical treatments, illustrating that the perceived need for embryonic stem cells is wrong. Researchers from two American Universities, UCLA and University of Pittsburgh, have isolated stem cells (cells with the potential [...]
Fetal pain study LONDON, England - A British study suggests that an unborn child might feel pain as early as 20 weeks. The head of the government-appointed Medical Research Council at Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom said an unborn child was absolutely aware of pain by 24 weeks and perhaps as early as 20 weeks - earlier than the previously accepted [...]
New Physicians for Life president VANCOUVER - Dr. Will Johnston has succeeded Dr. Robert Pankratz as president of Canadian Physicians for Life. Johnston, co-chair of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of B.C., heads the organization of 3,000 members who are committed to the Hippocratic Oath and the principle, "first, do no harm." Recently, PFL wrote Health Minister Allan Rock urging a dialogue on [...]
In recent months, the U.S. House of Representatives has banned all human cloning. So has Russia. France and Germany have called for an international ban on such practices. The United Kingdom, even though it allows the grisly practice of therapeutic cloning, banned reproductive human cloning last year. In fact, 23 countries have fully or partially banned human cloning. Yet Canada's Health Minister, [...]