Dr. Balfour Mount, 1939-2025 Dr. Balfour Mount, often dubbed the Father of Palliative Care in Canada, died on Sept. 25. He received his medical training at McGill University in Montreal. As urologist and surgical oncologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, he conducted a study in 1973 on the care provided to terminally ill patients and found that they often received inadequate [...]
Charlie Kirk: ‘I am 100 per cent pro-life.’ In 2021, Charlie had a conversation with Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, and one of America’s pro-life leaders. During the exchange, Charlie expressed that “we are gonna get rid of abortion like we got rid of slavery in this country. It’s going to happen. They (abortion and slavery) are moral equivalents.” [...]
UN agencies use AI to spy on youth UN agencies are targeting adolescents around the world—India, Eastern and Southern Africa, the Philippines—by spying on them for their attitudes towards contraception, abortion access, and sexual identity. The agencies target youth with information to change their traditional, family views on these controversial issues. UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) works in more [...]
Danielle Smith outraged about euthanasia Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared on the John Bachman Now Show on Newsmax in January. Toward the end of the interview, Bachman said that the increase in doctor-assisted suicide in Canada was frightening, and asked Smith for her opinion. Smith agreed that “one of the things that the federal government was allowing was a potential for [...]
By J.M. Glover: Billboards and the ‘culture of fear’ True North Centre reported that the mega-giant Pattison Outdoor billboard company has “cancelled a contract” with the Manitoba pro-life group, Life Culture, saying that the requested image “creates too much controversy” and that the company received “a lot of back-lash for similar designs in the past.” What is controversial about a picture of [...]
By J.M. Glover: Do Americans want to have children? According to a Nov. 3 headline in Breitbart.com, “One in three young adults do not have and do not want to have children.” A poll associated with Newsweek found that 30 per cent of Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) and Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) did not have and [...]
The World Wildlife Fund released its annual “Living Planet Report” subtitled “A system in peril.” The report states that “nature is being lost – with huge implications for us all,” asserting “biodiversity sustains human life and underpins our society.” We cannot help but wonder why there are no international organizations or agencies releasing similar reports decrying the systemic extermination of preborn children [...]
Moms for the Motherland A recent CBC online story has reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing towards more traditional Russian conservative values, aligned with the Orthodox Christian faith. He is encouraging Russian women to have more children. Russia’s fertility rate -- the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime -- is 1.4, considerably less than the [...]
By J.M. Glover: Imposing abortion globally Western countries, like Canada and the U.S., provide assistance to developing countries to help combat medical emergencies like HIV/AIDS, poverty and weather-related catastrophes. However, there is an important catch. The funding is often attached with strings that abortion must be promoted and performed. Leading African business, religious and political leaders have asked members of the U.S. [...]
Chileans reject pro-abortion constitution On Sept. 4, voters in Chile rejected a new constitution that would have legalized abortion-on-demand and strip away unborn babies’ right to life. In a national binding referendum, more than six in ten voters voted against a new “progressive” constitution (38 per cent in favour, 62 per cent against) that was part of socialist President Gabriel Boric’s sweeping [...]
Trudeau foreign aid praised by pro-abortion group The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research outfit formerly tied to Planned Parenthood, issued a report, “The Impact of Canadian International Assistance for Family Planning, 2020–2021,” which applauded Ottawa’s funding of “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR). The report said Ottawa’s foreign aid for abortion and birth control has had “profound and measurable benefits.” The [...]
Sexual abuse in Louden County public schools LOUDEN COUNTY, Virginia -- Early this spring, in Louden County, a 15-year-old female student was sexually attacked in the girls’ washroom in her school, by a biological boy in a skirt, who claimed to be “non-binary.” The school board tried to cover it up to the point of moving the boy to another school, where [...]
Millennials astray GLENDALE, Ariz -- An alarming study, “Millennials in America,” by researchers at the Arizona Christian University has found that among millennials (comprising about 78 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 37), 30 per cent identify as LGBTQ, including 39 per cent of those 18-24. Millennials comprise the largest population group in America. The study says that “the generation [...]
Sexual abuse in Louden County public schools LOUDEN COUNTY, Virginia -- Early this spring, in Louden County, a 15-year-old female student was sexually attacked in the girls’ washroom in her school, by a biological boy in a skirt, who claimed to be “non-binary.” The school board tried to cover it up to the point of moving the boy to another school, where he [...]
The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision by Erika Bachiochi (Notre Dame Press, $47.95, 422 pages) Emma Castellino Review Well into the twentieth century, the “founding mothers” of women’s rights were pro-marriage, pro-motherhood, and pro-life. The modern feminist movement, conversely, not only no longer subscribes to these views, but actively works against them pro forma. What happened? In The Rights of [...]