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 [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Quebec “legalized” euthanasia in 2014, even though the federal prohibition wouldn’t be struck down by the Supreme Court until a year later, and the new parameters for the procedure not passed until a year after that. In 2019, a Quebec Superior Court ruling declared unconstitutional the requirement that one’s natural death be [...]
Paul Tuns: On Dec. 19, former Liberal MP Paul Szabo died in Mississauga with his family by his side, at the age of 76. Szabo, born in Toronto and raised in Mississauga was a “lifelong parishioner at of St Francis of Assisi Church – he represented Mississauga South from 1993 to 2011. Szabo first ran for the Liberals in 1980 and 1984, [...]
Oswald Clark: Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100 as the oldest ever former American president. Carter was governor of Georgia (1971-1975) before being elected president as an outsider in 1976, barely beating Republican Gerald Ford in the aftermath of Watergate. Carter was defeated four years later by Ronald Reagan amid high inflation, higher unemployment, [...]
Donald DeMarco: A friend of mine who teaches theology at a Catholic university informed me of an unforgettable experience he had on a flight to Chicago to visit an old friend. Seated next to him was a young woman wearing a t-shirt identifying herself as a proud member of the “pro-choice generation.” My friend wanted to say to her, “Lucky for you your [...]
Paul Tuns: According to information obtained by pro-life researcher Patricia Maloney, Ontario paid for 19 women to have their preborn babies killed by abortion in the United States at a taxpayer-funded cost of USD $229,995 or $327,608 Canadian. Maloney, who blogs at Run With Life, reported on Dec. 18, that under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, 19 women were sent to the [...]
Paul Tuns: According to Worldometer, an online collector of real-time global data, there was a record 45 million abortions committed in 2024 as of noon on Dec. 31, making the prenatal killing of preborn children the number one cause of death globally. Worldometer, a free online reference, keeps a running tally of major world statistics covering issues such as demographics, health, and [...]
Honourable mentions: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith vows to protect female spaces, Statistics Canada reports that Canada’s fertility rate hits all-time low of 1.26 children per woman of child-bearing age (among the lowest in the world), Trudeau implements national pharmacare program that provides free contraception to all Canadians whose birth control is not covered by their private insurance programs or provincial [...]
Victor Penney: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life I find myself in a rather uncomfortable position with the NFL playoffs kicking off this month. I’m doing the unthinkable: falling in love with another team, and it hurts. As a longtime fan of the Dallas Cowboys, it pains me to say this, but they’ve been a trainwreck this season, and my [...]
Interim Staff: Linda Gibbons with the sign she witnesses with, “Why mom? When I have so much love to give.” On Dec. 5, Ontario Court Justice Maria Speyer acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old pro-life grandmother, of criminal mischief for witnessing outside a Toronto abortion mill earlier in the year. From May through July 2024, Gibbons was arrested four times for [...]
Oswald Clark: An annual report by Americans United for Life, Life List 2025, analyzed state laws and policies related to abortion, euthanasia, assisted-suicide, end-of-life care, conscience rights for health care workers, and bioethical policies to rank them for “life-affirming policies.” For the fifth year in a row, Arkansas came out on top. Jerry Cox, president of the Arkansas Family Council (AFC), said [...]
Trudeau resignation sets up race to become next Liberal leader, Prime Minister Paul Tuns: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would not leader the Liberal Party in the next election after pressure from his caucus to step aside. Pro-life leaders called Trudeau the most pro-abortion prime minister ever and thanked God that his government is coming to an end soon. [...]
With the decisive victory of Donald Trump, the pro-life movement in American can breathe a sigh of relief. Following the thrilling Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the movement suffered a series of surprising and stinging defeats at the ballot box, as solid red states like Kansas declined to enshrine unambiguous protection of the unborn in law, while [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns Personnel is policy - Key members of Trump’s team: Donald Trump’s appointments to cabinet and other important roles include (from top left going clockwise) Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, and Elise Stefanik as the U.S. Representative to the United [...]
Victor Penney: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life Did a pro-life presidential candidate hit a home run when he paid to air graphic Abortion Victim Photography during the World Series? It depends whom you ask. Before you start wondering who it was, the answer is not Donald Trump. It was Randall Terry of the Constitution Party. This is the same [...]