As I pen these words, you probably think that, as a beginning-of-the-year column, I would be looking back at the previous year. Indeed, there were numerous glimmers of hope, showing that the abortion debate is far from over in this country. Despite the globeandmailtorontostar's view that those who oppose abortion are unfit to run for office, their loud protestations merely confirm that [...]
One lovely day last June, Vern, a summer counsellor at Toronto's downtown Aid to Women office, decided "to rollerblade" his way back to the Campaign Life Coalition office, a half hour away. It was a good decision, because as it turned out, he helped two teenagers change their minds about abortion. As he approached an abortuary located on his route to the [...]
Cyril Bagin The Interim About 200 Christians, mostly Reformed, gathered Nov. 13 for the ECP Centre's Ignite Our Culture conference in Burlington, Ont. at the Crossroads Centre. Speakers discussed both the current moral crisis in our society, as well as what responsible citizens can do. The ECP Centre (Equipping Christians for the Public Square) was founded by Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, a Presbyterian [...]
Canada 1. Bill C-6 passes The government's reproductive and experimental technologies bill will lead to the deaths of untold millions of tiny human beings through destructive embryonic stem cell research and opens to the door to human cloning through poor definitions and loop-holes. 2. Social conservatism and the Canadian election Prime Minister Paul Martin and his media accomplices inject the topic of [...]
Our centrespread feature has a list of things every pro-lifer can do to help protect the unborn, the disabled and elderly, as well as all those vulnerable to the culture of death. Certainly, there will be a number of activities in this list that you can commit yourself to doing in the next 12 months. Some take little time or money; others [...]
Pray for an end to abortion Ask others to pray Write your federal elected officials and urge them to provide protection for the unborn Inform your pastor about pro-life events Visit shut-ins and those in nursing homes Organize pro-life events and speakers at your school or in your community group Refer abortion-minded women to local crisis-pregnancy counselling centres (CPCs) Write your provincial [...]
Interim Staff In a rare pro-life court victory, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench has ruled that displays of graphic photos of aborted children are "legitimate participation in an important political and social debate in Canada." Saskatchewan activist Bill Whatcott, and members of a pro-life group called Christian Truth Activists, were taking part in a Show the Truth type of display in [...]
Interim Staff Newfoundland & Labrador Right to Life celebrated its 30th year anniversary dinner in St. John's on Oct. 23, during its annual respect for life week. The organization recounted 24 years of its operating St. Elizabeth house, a place of refuge for pregnant women that it opened in 1980. Thanks were offered to past presidents, board members, volunteers and the women [...]
They came from across Canada to pay tribute to the woman who gave 25 years of her life to helping save preborn human beings from death at the doorstep of abortuaries run by Henry Morgentaler and Manole Buriana in Toronto. Even a "Reverend Jones" flew in from Tumbler Ridge, B.C. especially to offer his personal respects to Joanne Dieleman on her recent [...]
Ann Wilson, the new director of Toronto's Aid to Women, a crisis pregnancy centre, is, while soft-spoken and gentle-mannered, nevertheless one tough cookie. In July, Wilson assumed the difficult role of persuading women "in crisis" not to seek an abortion. Her task as director is daunting, considering she's relatively new to work in the pro-life field and though she has kept up [...]
I am a Knight of Columbus and can sincerely say that one of our greatest blessings at present is our Supreme Knight, Brother Carl A. Anderson. Mr. Anderson, who lives in the U.S., is an eloquent and fearless supporter of pro-life and true marriage. In the October issue of the Columbia Monthly Magazine, he wrote a beautiful article entitled, "Serving the Cause [...]
After effectively being barred from participating at a local fair in 2003, a Port Colborne, Ont. pro-life group wasn't able to file an application to get in this year. A 12-member committee overseeing the annual Port Colborne Canal Days event had voted last year to not allow the Welland-Port Colborne Pro-Life Association to take part by having a display booth, which was [...]
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has been actively supporting homosexual organizations and events for years through corporate donations and sponsorships. It publicly trumpeted its sponsorship of Toronto's gay pride parade and a number of gay and lesbian groups list RBC as a benefactor. Yet the bank's support of homosexual causes seems to go beyond donations. It made the news a couple [...]
The University of Waterloo Students For Life campus club brought Stephanie Gray to its campus for a talk entitled, "Echoes of the Holocaust: Abortion and the Genocide Awareness Project." The event was based on a comparison between abortion and historical atrocities such as the Holocaust. Gray made it clear that abortion is genocide. The definition of genocide she works with is found [...]
At major intersections in large cities and along main streets in small towns across the country, ordinary Canadians did the extraordinary on a Sunday afternoon in October. Concerned citizens bravely stood in public with bold signs proclaiming the truth. Once again, LifeChain spread across the streets of this continent, with thousands giving an hour of their time for this pro-life witness. As [...]