Monthly Archives: May 2004

Africa remains a continent in agony a decade after the Rwandan genocide

Editor's note: This article contains some graphics descriptions of killings. Ten years have now passed since the genocide in Rwanda, which may have taken a toll of over a million lives in its 100-day run. However, if current news headlines are any indication, the agony of many parts of Africa continues unabated. At Ground Zero, a number of startling revelations came to [...]

2010-08-06T08:49:46-04:00May 6, 2004|Society & Culture|

Christian as ‘Strangers in a strange land’

Aliens in America: The Strange Truth About Our Souls By Peter Augustine Lawler, ISI Books, 298 pages 24.95 U.S.,Reviewed by As citizens of a First World nation endowed with an amazing degree of peace, prosperity, longevity and opportunities for personal advancement, it is easy to forget that our predicament is in large part the consequence of the Enlightenment project of overcoming the [...]

2010-08-06T08:47:24-04:00May 6, 2004|Book Review, Society & Culture|

Pastor’s book examines growing ‘Christophobia’

Christophobia: The Real Reason Behind Hate Crime Legislation By Tristan Emmanuel, with a foreword by Link Byfield. Christian Freedom Press (Canada) Inc., $15.99, 112 pages.Reviewed by Royal Hamel The Interim Tristan Emmanuel has done Canadians a great service by producing this compact primer on hate crime legislation. Specifically, the book zeroes in on the details and ramifications of Bill C-250, which seeks [...]

2010-08-06T08:45:37-04:00May 6, 2004|Book Review, Religion|

‘Gay militia’ attacks Christian activists meeting

Interim Staff Editor's Note: Direct quotes related in this story may offend some readers. A Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. national fundraising dinner for Rev. Stephen Boissoin was stormed by protesters calling themselves "the Gay Militia." Protesters, dressed in camouflage and military apparel to conceal their identity, entered the private dinner, banging drumsticks on the wall and yelling, "Right wing bigots, go away!" [...]

2010-08-06T08:42:04-04:00May 6, 2004|Marriage and Family, Religion|

Killing our future

On April 19, Statistics Canada revealed that the 2002 birth rate in Canada fell for the 11th time in 12 years and that the fertility rate - 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age (15-49) - is one quarter under the replacement level of 2.1. The birthrate of 10.5 live births per 1,000 population is the lowest since statistics keeping track of [...]

2010-08-06T08:40:02-04:00May 6, 2004|Abortion, Population, Pro-Life|
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