Peace River (FNIF) Teachers in northern British Columbia endure religious persecution from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. Two dozen teachers in the Peace River area, most of them Protestants, received notice in a BCTF Newsletter that the organization planned to “nail them to their respective crosses” after they defied union picket lines last spring to continue teaching. The two dozen are part of [...]
For years a few atheists and influential sectors of the Jewish community have lobbied to ban Christianity from public schools in Ontario and elsewhere. Christianity in public schools, it must be understood, meant Protestantism. Public schools in Ontario had always been Protestant schools. That’s why from the 1840’s onwards, Catholics in Ontario fought to have their own schools. In recent years, the [...]
Toronto – The Ministry of Education policy allowing only education about religion, effective from the beginning of 1991, has been the subject of mixed reviews. It is seen by some as an attempt to be fair to all. Others view it as a non-solution to the problem it attempts to address. Under the new policy, boards of education are permitted to offer [...]
Rosary for Life Canada hosted its second annual world-wide Rosary for Life in London, Ontario, on October 12. The event began with Mass for the protection of the unborn in Holy Rosary Church. Afterwards, over one hundred participants formed a procession to Victoria Hospital to pray the Rosary for the conversion of abortionists and their supporters. Other groups were praying the Rosary [...]
On October 4, the European Community Court of Justice handed down its verdict in the Abortion Information Case. Outlaw The verdict upholds the right of the Irish State to outlaw the supplying of information about abortion services by officers of the students’ Union of Dublin’s Universities. Unfortunately, the court confined its ruling to the circumstances of the particular case referred to it [...]
Alberta abortion entrepreneur Theodore Busheikin, apparently not satisfied with traveling some 300 km every week to Edmonton to ply his grisly trade there, plans to open an abortion mill in his hometown of Calgary as soon as possible. But the abortionist is meeting opposition at every turn. The Hillhurst community (in Calgary) erupted with anger when the site of his future ‘clinic’ [...]
It’s impossible these days to open a newspaper or turn on the radio or TV without reading or hearing or seeing more about violence towards women. There are numerous articles in papers and magazines analyzing this sad and shocking phenomenon and suggesting solutions. There is some truth in most of these opinions, but I don’t think I have read anywhere the suggestion [...]
A Planned Parenthood (PP) Ontario policy position paper, mailed in October 1991 to all school board chairpersons in the province, recommends mandatory attendance for sex ed programmes. These “should start in kindergarten and continue to grade 12,” the paper urges. But PP Ontario alleges the following problems with provincial sex ed programs. • “A lack of standardized content because the Ministry of [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT THE INTERIM IS CONCLUDING ITS DISCUSSION OF FULLY ALIVE IN ITS FEBRUARY ISSUE. ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE SHOULD SEND US A LETTER RIGHT AWAY. CUT OFF DATE WILL BE JANUARY 13. Subheadings and numbers have been added to some letters in order to aid comprehension. ‘Overwhelmingly positive’ To the Editor: I am bewildered by the overwhelmingly negative perspective in the October [...]
How many abortions are performed worldwide each year? L.A., Vancouver No one really knows. The most recent ‘guesstimate’ I have seen is 70 million, but the number could be much higher. Added to these abortions are the very early abortions caused by abortifacients such as Intra-Uterine Devices (IUDs) and birth-control pills; it is suggested that these could triple the 70 million. Does [...]
Dr. Robert McClure was the first layman to serve as Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1968-1971). He died at the age of 91 on November 10, 1991. There were many tributes to a life of astonishing variety and achievement. During his life he had received many honours. McClure had served as a medical missionary for 25 years in China. He [...]
In Canada we are affected by events in the pro-life arena in the U.S. as much as in any other area. Canadian and U.S. pro-life people should support each other and work together, just as our adversaries on both sides of the border do. In Saskatchewan we have the opportunity to do that by joining the Focus on Fargo. Merchants of Fargo [...]
Teresa Ann Parsons passed away in Sherwood Park, near Edmonton, Alberta, on October 8, 1991 at the age of 60. Mrs. Parsons pioneered pro-life educational work in Alberta in the early 1970’s. She was a founding member of Coalition for Life in 1973. Mrs. Parsons was very effective in presenting the pro-life argument in the media. Since the mid-1970s she was Executive [...]
NATIONAL BORDERS ARE NOT IMPORTANT IN GOD’S EYES. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT ALL PEOPLE RESPECT THE LAW OF GOD AND IN PARTICULAR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. IF BABIES ARE NOT SAFE EVERYWHERE THEY ARE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE. Mike Gerrety Police Chief Mike Gerrety had only six years to go before retirement on a comfortable pension. He might have retreated from [...]
The case of Nancy B., a young Quebec woman of 24, exposed the confusion over euthanasia which exists among members of the legal and medical professions and the media. Nancy suffers from a rare neurological disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome, which is curable in most cases but not in hers. The brain and spinal cord remain intact, but the disease attacks the central [...]