Youth conference makes impact ANTIGONISH, N.S. – A youth conference held at St. Francis Xavier University last year is still being felt in Christian communities in Nova Scotia. The conference, “Youth Challenging Youth,” featured the Radix youth outreach team from Lincoln, Nebraska, a group dedicated to Christ and His teachings. The conference, which attracted nearly 500 young people between the ages of [...]
Unborn with right to sue MONCTON – A New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench ruling allows children to sue their parents for injuries suffered while in the womb. The case involves four-year-old Ryan Dobson who was injured in a 1993 car crash near Moncton. The child was born three months premature and remains permanently disabled. The suit was launched on the boy's [...]
Membership key to Nfld. RTL ST.JOHN’S, Nfld. – The new head of Newfoundland Right to Life lists increased membership as a top priority for 1997. Lorraine Cole recently took over as head of the provincial pro-life organization from Philomena Rogers. She plans to liaise with a number of church and community groups in an effort to build a stronger base for Newfoundland [...]
New head for Newfoundland RTL ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. – The Right to Life Association of Newfoundland and Labrador recently chose Lorraine Cole as its new president. She succeeds Philomena Rogers who had led the association for the last nine years. A mother of four children, Cole has been active in pro-life work since 1990. She has served as secretary and member of [...]
Coast to coast for Life Chain ST. JOHNS’S – The Right to Life Association of Newfoundland made the October 6 Life Chain a coast-to-coast even in Canada. Newfoundland pro-lifers took part in the high-profile event to draw attention to women and unborn children harmed by abortion. The provincial Right to Life group also scheduled its annual meeting and banquet for October 26, [...]
Planned Parenthood targets PEI CHARLOTTLETOWN – The PEI Right to Life Association is monitoring the activities of Planned Parenthood after it was discovered the pro-abortion organization is attempting to reopen an office in Charlottetown. The organization recently circulated a fund-raising letter in which is announced the plans to re-establish itself on the island. Planned Parenthood left PEI in 1983 due to lack [...]
Rethinking support of UNICEF BAY BULLS, Nfld – An outspoken Newfoundland priest urged Catholic parents to withhold support of UNICEF to protest against the United Nations organization’s alleged support of abortion and contraception in the Third World. Monsignor Dermott O’Keefe, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul parish in Bay Bulls, attacked UNICEF in a recent parish newsletter. An official with UNICEF Canada [...]
Clinic imports abortionist Fredericton N.B. –A shortage of doctors willing to commit abortions in New Brunswick has led operators of Henry Morgentaler’s Fredericton clinic to import an abortionist from outside the province. According to Right to Life officials in New Brunswick, an abortionist arrives in Fredericton every second Thursday to carry out the procedure at Morgentaler’s Ferry St. clinic. Local pro-lifers have [...]
Election watch in Nova Scotia HALIFAX- Pro-life groups are monitoring a possible fall provincial election. The Liberal government of John (Doc) Savage remains relatively popular with the electorate. There is some speculation however, that Savage may be replaced as party leader by candidate more favorable to the pro-life position. The opposition Conservatives are struggling to offer a viable alternative to Nova Scotia [...]
St. John’s pro-lifers keep active ST. JOHN’S—General practitioner Dr. Elizabeth Callaghan offered insights into pro-life priorities at a May 10 banquet organized by the St. John’s Right to Life Society. Dr. Callaghan is past president of St. John’s Right to Life. Funds from the banquet went in support of Elizabeth House, a facility for unwed mothers in St. John’s. This was the [...]
Pro-life survey results in Newfoundland St. John’s --- Pro-life activity in Newfoundland centred on compiling results of a survey distributed to candidates in the February 22 provincial election won by the Liberals under Brian Tobin. The survey, seeking candidates’ views on protection of the unborn from the moment of conception, the use of the RU-486 “abortion pill” and other issues, was also [...]
“Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.” Robert Louis Stevenson Greeting and salutations! If you are now reading this column, congratulations are in order. You have just received the bonus [...]
Charlottetown. What can a grade school drop-out do to promote strong Christian values in a community? Quite a lot, if Ken Biso is any example. As soon as he understood what abortion was about, working to protect the unborn child became his most important volunteer activity. “Nature itself tells me this is a human being. Nothing else. Nothing less. I have no [...]
Confederation of Regions Party not Pro-life The Confederation of Regions (CoR) political party has adopted the same unprincipled approach to pro-life issues as the Reform Party. Moral issues of consequence are to be settled by constituency referendum, not according to moral principles. This is made clear in the April issue of the CoR/New Brunswick newsletter. The party hopes to participate in a [...]
Calgary Pro-life activist Michael O’Malley could be considered living proof of a remark by Erasmus, who once observed: “Some men delight in litigation.” The president of Campaign Life Calgary, currently involved in not less than four court cases, characteristically summed up this essential aspect of the pro-life struggle with a few well-chosen words: “You just have to be patient.” And with equally [...]