It’s taken a while but the story linking abortion and breast cancer is finally starting to get out. As breast cancer rates soar – one in nine women will get it in her lifetime – study after study confirms the link. But because of the nature of the issue involved, the effect abortion has on breast cancer is very seldom discussed publicly. [...]
Mike Harris’ conservative Party will win next spring’s Ontario provincial election. Remember you read it first in this humble scribe’s column. (I should warn you that I was the guy who predicted that I would never lose my hair.) Do you know what’s going to win the day for Harris? The “same-sex” issue. Harris cleverly trotted the issue out in a recent [...]
I once read that as one gets older all Christmas memories blend into one. There is some truth in this saying, but there are certain Christmases that stand out in one’s memory as clearly today, as decades ago. For me, Christmas 1943 is such a memory. It was war-time in England, and Christmas shopping was very different from today. Not only was [...]
Terry Anderson (New York, Crown Publishers, pp320, $29.95) How long could you stay sane locked in leg irons, blindfolded, housed on little more than a mattress, fearing torture and death at the whim of your captors, uncertain whether the person you love the most will be waiting for you should you survive? One year? Two? Three at the most? On March 16, [...]
They say that testing will be able to foretell a person’s future pattern of illness. Maybe there are benefits, but what are the dangers to society? M.Y., Toronto I can foresee books written in answer to this question. In brief, I suppose, it will depend on who gets the information. Some genetic disorders are more prevalent in identifiable populations, ethnic groups from [...]
The following is a selection of the top 10 pro-life events and happenings in this country in the past year. They are in no particular order but illustrate the ups and downs of the movement as it strives to change the hearts and minds of Canadians and to get society to adopt a respect for all life. On September 30, a 5-4 [...]
Lawyers are calling it the most important civil rights case of the decade. The Ontario Attorney General is trying to persuade the courts to grant a blanket injunction banning pro-life activity in front of 23 locations across the province this month. As well as the injunction, Attorney General Marion Boyd has also singled out 18 pro-lifers from across the province and launched a [...]
The Gay Issue, 40 min. $25.00 (1993) With The Homosexual Challenge by Dr. Don Faris ($12 per book). Video and book combined: $29.95. From Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (905) 479-5885. Understanding Homosexuality and the Reality of Change, 60 min. $29.95 U.S. (1993) From Impact Resources Corp. 1 (800) 333-6475. We all know former alcoholics, people who have escaped from a history of [...]
The latest government intrusion into the classroom poses a special threat to religious and private schools as well as to people who teach their kids at home, parents and teachers warn. The Common Curriculum, which is being developed and implemented at a rapid pace by the Ministry of Education and local school boards, is intended as a major restructuring of the way [...]
Parents must relinquish power as new guidelines mold Ontario’s children into little New Democrats Parents in Ontario are bracing for major changes in their schools over the next three years with the release of the Common Curriculum, an “outcomes-based” strategy for teaching students. It doesn’t matter whether the school is public, separate, private or at home, the document handed down by the [...]
What exactly are human embryos? The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies was forced to consider this question for a very basic reason: part of its mandate was to decide what to do about embryo research. There has been a decided push in the last several years to encourage public acceptance of experimentation on human embryos. Ever since In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) [...]
Everyone seems to be hot and bothered about political correctness. All the fuss, however, seems destined to produce more heat than light. Pro-life people usually join the chorus condemning political correctness because those identified as ‘PC’ promote abortion on demand and a variety of anti-family positions. I believe that we must view the present attack on political correctness with a certain skepticism. [...]
Poverty of Thought “We in Canada are destroying our heritage but not from reasons of economic poverty but because of the poverty of thought. Some hospitals are doing more abortions than deliveries.” Dr. Robert Walley speaking at a November Children’s Welfare Conference. (Catholic New Times, Dec. 19, 1993) Life saver “I know if I were scheduled for death tomorrow I would want [...]
The pro-life message does not often translate well into modern popular culture. Pop music, especially is often a direct contradiction of the life ethic and Christian morality. But John Peters is trying to change all that. The musician from London Ontario admits the things he sings about are “touchy.” He pulls no punches and tells it the way he sees it. Rock [...]
There are many families for whom Christmas will be a time of pain and sadness because a child will be missing from the celebrations and seasonal rituals every family develops over the years. In Toronto alone, there are an estimated 10,000 street kids. Some run away from an abusive home; some left following arguments over the rules and parental expectations. Still others [...]