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Halton board suspends pro-life charity policy

Trustee Helena Karabela The Halton Catholic District School Board suspended its sanctity of life policy which prohibits student organizations and its 50 schools from fundraising for “any charities or non-profits that publicly support, either directly or indirectly, abortion, contraception, sterilization, euthanasia, or embryonic stem cell research,” following pressure from the Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne and student protests against the [...]

Paul Tuns2018-06-01T09:16:49-04:00June 1, 2018|Pro-Life, Religious Education, Sex Education, Society & Culture|

2018 March for Life successful despite obstacles

The 21st National March for Life, marking the liberalization of abortion by Pierre Elliott Trudeau on May 14, 1969, took place on May 10. Matt Wojciechowski, spokesman for March organizer Campaign Life Coalition, said that there was “a lot of joy in the air,” even with the ongoing discrimination the Canadian pro-life movement has been enduring. Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans [...]

Paul Tuns2018-06-01T10:02:01-04:00May 31, 2018|Announcements, Issues, March for Life, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Catholic school board under continued fire for pro-life charity policy

The Halton Catholic District School Board is maintaining its policy of prohibiting charitable organizations that “directly or indirectly” support abortion, contraception, euthanasia, sterilization, or embryonic stem cell research from receiving funds raised in its schools, despite political and parental opposition to the decision. In January, the HCDSB voted to ban any group whose activities directly or indirectly conflict with Catholic moral teaching [...]

Paul Tuns2018-05-28T11:53:18-04:00May 25, 2018|Pro-Life|

Bans on peaceful protest wound Canada’s free society

Law Matters John Carpay Banning peaceful pro-life protests near abortion facilities is not about freedom of expression, claimed Alberta’s Health Minister Sarah Hoffman at a recent news conference. Yet she went on to say that her new law has been carefully crafted to withstand a constitutional challenge. Why is the Minister preparing to withstand a constitutional challenge? Because she knows [...]

Paul Tuns2018-05-15T12:18:14-04:00May 9, 2018|John Carpay, Politics, Pro-Life|

Cyril Winter, RIP

First person arrested under Ontario’s bubble zone law dies Cy Winter, the first Ontarian charged under the province's new bubble zone law, passed away. Cyril Winter, 70, passed away March 9 at the Ottawa Heart Center following complications from stenting surgery to fix several coronary arteries. Hours before he passed away, Winter wrote on Facebook: “Stent day but no guarantee [...]

Paul Tuns2018-04-29T14:01:35-04:00April 29, 2018|Activism, Bubble Zone, Human rights, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Fr. Ted Essay contest winner (2nd place)

Carved by the Creator Editor’s Note: Erin McKinnon of Airdrie, Alberta won second prize in the Fr. Ted Essay contest sponsored by Niagara Right to Life. The contest asked participants to reflect on a work of art and what it said about life. Erin McKinnon An average afternoon highway drive often brings little excitement, offering nothing more to observe than [...]

Paul Tuns2018-04-20T18:24:03-04:00April 20, 2018|Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship, Pro-Life|

Student, union backlash against Catholic board’s pro-life position

Helena Karabela The Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) passed a motion on Jan. 16 stating that any organization that receives funds raised within the school system must not directly or indirectly support abortion, euthanasia, contraception, or embryonic stem-cell research. After some students, parents, and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) complained, the school board reconsidered their decision. However, [...]

Paul Tuns2018-04-06T17:20:06-04:00April 6, 2018|Marriage and Family, Pro-Life|

70-year-old man first to be arrested under bubble zone law

Cyril Winters being arrested on Feb. 7 for allegedly breaking the Safe Access for Abortion Services Act. A longtime pro-life advocate has become the first person arrested under Ontario’s new bubble zone law that outlaws pro-life speech outside abortion centres. Cyril Winter, 70, was first arrested Feb. 7 and then again two days later in front of the Morgentaler abortion [...]

Paul Tuns2018-03-31T15:29:29-04:00March 31, 2018|Abortion Law, Activism, Pro-Life|

First they came for the pro-lifers

Talk Turkey Josie Luetke I must confess that when I found out about the Canada Summer Jobs program adding an attestation to their application to exclude pro-life groups from getting funding, I did not think anything could be done about it. I complained on Facebook and signed Campaign Life Coalition’s petition, but just accepted that this would be yet another [...]

Paul Tuns2018-03-22T17:30:05-04:00March 22, 2018|Columnist, Josie Luetke, Pro-Life, Religion|

‘America’s pastor’ Billy Graham dead at 99

Evangelist Billy Graham Evangelist Billy Graham passed away Feb. 21, with no cause of death officially disclosed. Born in a Charlotte, North Carolina farmhouse in 1918, William Franklin Graham would become the most famous Christian evangelist in the world, preaching to hundreds of millions of Christians in the United States and abroad beginning in the 1940s. Over six decades – [...]

Paul Tuns2018-03-02T14:31:33-05:00March 2, 2018|Announcements, Features, Pro-Life, Religion, Society & Culture|

Pro-life, parental rights candidate shakes up Ontario PC race

Tanya Granic Allen Tanya Granic Allen, a 37-year-old mother of four children and former president of the parents’ rights group Parents As First Educators, announced on Feb. 8, that she intended to run for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leadership. In an email to PAFE supporters, Granic Allen resigned from the parental rights group in order to run. “I’m stepping [...]

Paul Tuns2018-03-22T19:04:30-04:00March 2, 2018|Activism, Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Politics, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

What’s love got to do with It?

Over the pasts several weeks I have read and reread Stephanie Gray’s book Love Unleashes Life (LifeCycle Books). At the same time, I also had the privilege of attending the U.S. March for Life, which had a very similar theme of “love saves lives.” I was particularly excited by this book because Stephanie Gray has long been a pro-life heroine of mine, [...]

Paul Tuns2018-02-23T17:39:34-05:00February 23, 2018|Book Review, Columnist, Josie Luetke, Pro-Life, Religion|

Trump addresses Washington March for Life

President Trump addresses Washington March for Life More than 100,000 people participated in the Jan. 19 March for Life in Washington D.C., which for the first time in its 45-year history saw the sitting president address them. The theme for the 2018 March was “Love saves lives.” March for Life president Jeanne Mancini told LifeSiteNews: “Choosing life is not always [...]

Paul Tuns2018-02-23T11:42:39-05:00February 21, 2018|Politics, Pro-Life|

Trump proclaims Jan. 22, 2018, ‘National Sanctity of Human Life Day’

Editor’s Note: Donald J. Trump made this proclamation on Jan. 19. President Donald Trump Today, we focus our attention on the love and protection each person, born and unborn, deserves regardless of disability, gender, appearance, or ethnicity. Much of the greatest suffering in our Nation’s history – and, indeed, our planet’s history – has been the result of disgracefully misguided [...]

Paul Tuns2018-02-20T21:06:10-05:00February 21, 2018|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

You don’t get to give up

Talk Turkey Josie Luetke Some friends of mine have been floating around the idea of leaving the pro-life movement and retreating into family life or their careers. I have seen it happen before – students worried about becoming social pariahs or about potential employers seeing politically incorrect content on their social media or in a google search of their name [...]

Paul Tuns2018-01-20T12:17:39-05:00January 20, 2018|Activism, Columnist, Josie Luetke, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

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