“It’s the biggest pro-life project ever undertaken in Canada,” said Ken Post, the Executive Producer of ‘Feel the Heartbeat’, a telethon special to be broadcast in April of next year. Months of preparation have already gone into it. The mammoth telethon is aimed at the 16 to 24 age group but will have broad appeal for all. It will seek to present [...]
At noon on July 30, in the back lane of Morgentaler’s Toronto abortuary, father Ted Colleton led a group of witnesses for life in the recitation of four decades of the rosary. At the end of the fourth decade, Father went to the back steps of the abortuary to recite the fifth decade and was charged with trespassing. While Father was kneeling [...]
Gerarda Savoir of Niagara Falls has organized a petition in support of Constable David Packer to be sent to Police Chief Jack Marks. It reads: “We, the undersigned, beg leave to petition you as follows: “Whereas Police Constable David Packer has been charged under the Police Act with failing to carry out an order, and faces possible punishment as a result of [...]
In the early morning hours of July 17, Gary Knight padlocked himself to the back gate of the Morgentaler clinic, and remained until police came to remove him. Gary was taken to Old City Hall, where he was released on bail conditions that he would not go within 100 meters of 85 Harbord Street. A date for is trial will be set [...]
On the morning of September 8, Toronto and area activists held a vigil in support of P.C. David Packer. This vigil coincided with Packer’s scheduled hearing at the Police Tribunal. About 40 supporters came and went during the steady rainfall of the morning rush hour to lend their prayers and encouragement to Packer. Many handouts explaining our presence were distributed to curious [...]
Cambridge Pro-Lifers organize picket of local abortionists’ office. In Cambridge, Ontario, the Right to Life Association has been picketing at the offices of the local abortionists “Dr.” Assad and “Dr.” Chan, since June of this year. Before the picketing began; Cambridge RTL president Annelise Steden and Dr. Reginald Bannister held a meeting with the two abortionists. The latter were informed that the [...]
There was a stench of evil in the air. Everybody picketing the Morgentaler abortuary in Montreal felt it. 75 of the delegates attending the annual Alliance for Life convention paraded for an hour in front of the abortuary; a large, single-story corner house in a busy residential area. The “rent-a-goon” squad was there; about 15 of them, unshaven, spaced out, all of [...]
Calgary Pro-Life held its 7th annual “Hike-for-Life” on May 23, as its major fundraising event of the year. About 700 hikers attended the 10 km hike, accompanied by bicyclists, children in strollers, and people in wheelchairs. The weather was perfect for the hike along river pathways, as a piper joined to liven the steps. The proceeds for the hike will go toward [...]
Police Constable David Packer can keep a secret. His wife, Anne, didn’t find out for six months that her husband was a hero. He had been cited for bravery by the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department for saving a three-month old infant from a fire in a building on Spencer Avenue. The child’s deaf-mute mother had put her arms together and made a [...]
A Toronto police officer has refused to perform guard duty outside the Morgentaler clinic and has been charged by his superiors with committing an offence under the Police Act. Constable David Packer, 35 is a father of five and a ten year veteran of the force. Two years ago he was decorated by the Police Department for bravery in rescuing a three-month [...]
Ontario Premier David Peterson was met by a contingent of Campaign Life picketers when he left the recent Liberal Cabinet Meeting at the Cornwall Civic Complex. When asked about the lack of bail conditional for Morgentaler and the continued operation of the illegal abortuaries, Mr. Peterson replied that he had “already answered those questions earlier.” When he told that we were not [...]
Greetings from Harbord Street – the heart of the pro-life activists. One activity (not often considered to be part of active resistance to the killing of unborn children) is prayer. Prayer is a daily activity on Harbord Street and an essential part of all our special witnesses for life. This is how we keep in contact with Our Saviour who promised us [...]
Ex-boxer Reggie Chartrand is still a fighter! President of Foundation Combat pour La Vie, a Quebec pro-life organization, he now fighting for the pro-life cause. In the past two years his efforts to bring Henry Morgentaler to justice have ended in frustration. But this February Mr. Chartrand was at last able to lay seven complaints, through the Quebec ombudsman, against Morgentaler – [...]
“Western society is at a crossroads: the crossroads of civilization, and a technological scientism in which people may be produced in glass tubes. It is a time of family versus the State; the individual versus big business and is about; the helpless versus the powerful; the right of choice. It is a ‘crucial state’ history and you, [the pro-life movement] are making [...]
Saskatoon City Council is commended for proclaiming March 2-8, 1987 as Respect For Life Wee. It’s one more reason why Saskatoon can justly be called Saskatoon the Beautiful. Sponsored by Alliance for Life Saskatoon, the annual Respect For Life week-long activities were kicked off by a talk given by Prof. Ernie McCullough, philosopher and professor of philosophy for the past 19 years [...]