Anna Kennedy : A transgender man who goes by the name Anne Andres, won the women’s weightlifting competition in the western division of Canada’s Powerlifting Union (CPU) on August 13. He won with a score of 597.5 kilograms (about 1317 pounds) across three lifts, which was 200 kg greater than his closest competitor, SuJan Gill. Consequently, he set new national women’s weightlifting records [...]
The governments of Blaine Higgs and Scott Moe in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan deserve praise for taking action to uphold parental rights. Both have announced policies that require parents know what is happening in their children’s schools. New Brunswick no longer allows schools to refer to children’s “preferred” name or pronouns of gender-confused students without the permission of parents. Saskatchewan’s new “Parental [...]
Angelica Vecchiato: Pro-family groups think more must be done to protect the innocence of children after Planned Parenthood was banned from Saskatchewan schools for advertising graphic sexual content to 14 and 15-year-olds. In June, the provincial Minister of Education Dustin Duncan suspended Planned Parenthood and its affiliates after the ‘pro-choice’ organization gave a presentation at Lumsden High School -- located a half-hour [...]
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. [...]
Angelica Vecchiato, Review: Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation by Bethany Mandel and Karol Markowicz (Daily Wire, $37.99, 347 pages) In a world of progressive evangelists proselytising the gospel of woke, children are not safe. Bethany Mandel and Karol Markowicz’s Stolen Youth is a biting exposé of the leftist indoctrination that has subtly seeped its way in [...]
Liana Gordon: Almost exactly a year ago, The Daily Wire released their documentary, “What is a Woman?” Media outcry and attempts at censorship prompted the organization to refer to their film as “The Movie They Didn’t Want You to See.” As of June 7, it has been seen over 173 million times. The documentary follows The Daily Wire host Matt Walsh as [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: In opposition to using the armed forces for humanitarian missions, U.S. radio host Rush Limbaugh used to say the purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. And he said that 20 years before political correctness and woke ideology became not merely influential within defense and foreign policy ranks, but goals in themselves for [...]
The final canto of Dante’s Inferno begins with a chilling line: “Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni”—that is, “the banners of the King of Hell advance.” The Latin phrase is adapted from the opening lines of a hymn to the True Cross. The meaning of the original is twisted, however, by that final word, “of Hell,” which turns the pious words of the hymn [...]
Liana Gordon: Arianna Goberdhan was 27 years old when she was brutally murdered by her husband in Pickering, Ont. She was nine months pregnant with their baby, Asaara, Sherri Goberdhan’s first grandchild. According to her, Asaara had long eyelashes and black hair, just like her mother. Although she was laid to rest in her mother’s arms, Canadian law recognized that only one [...]
Paul Tuns: Cathay Wagantall's private member's bill, C-311, the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act, was defeated on June 14 by a vote of 113 votes for and 205 against. The Conservatives voted in favour of C-311, while the Bloc Quebecois, Green Party, Liberals, and NDP voted against it. Wagantall's bill, if passed, would have added pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the [...]
Paul Tuns: The National Hockey League announced a new policy of disallowing special warm-up jerseys while players skate before games that tied to special causes or celebratory nights. The policy comes after a season during which numerous players refused to don rainbow colored gear during special LGBTQ nights. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said at the conclusion of the league’s board of governors [...]
Paul Tuns: The Toronto Blue Jays cut relief pitcher Anthony Bass days after he apologized for his social media posts supporting boycotts against Target and Bud Light for their endorsements of LGBTQ causes, calling them “demonic” and “evil.” The team forced him to apologize and Bass said he was “truly sorry” to the “pride community” for his “hurtful” social media posts. He [...]
Paul Tuns: Portland, Oregon, USA - June 16, 2019: Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Portland's 2019 Pride Parade. The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on May 4 they would award the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic hate group that raises money for left-wing causes by dressing up in religious garb and mocking Christian symbols, a Community Hero Award as [...]
Paul Tuns: Campaign Life Coalition launched its inaugural "National 'Pride" Flag Walk-Out Day" on June 1, the first day that many institutions, including schools, mark with celebrations of the homosexual and transgender lifestyle. In-house conversations indicated that CLC would be thrilled with even 10 per cent of parents keeping their kids at home that day. Media reports, however, show some schools had [...]
Donald DeMarco: The expression “time on my hands” in ordinary parlance refers to not having anything planned. There is a much deeper understanding of this expression, however, that is the subject of this essay. One of the most significant and influential philosophers of the modern world is Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). His most important work, in which he discloses his essential view of [...]