Trespassing charges brought against six members of Campus Pro-Life, the University of Calgary’s pro-life club, have been stayed by the Crown prosecutor – a decision that means the charges effectively have been dropped. “We are relieved by this decision on the part of the Crown prosecutor,” club president Leah Hallman stated in a press release. “Campus Pro-Life has consistently maintained that all [...]
In mid-November 2009, University of Saskatchewan Students for Life (USSL) was granted official club status at the U of S. According to university policy, all campus clubs must renew ratification on a yearly basis. USSL president Christine Ulrich submitted the club’s ratification papers to the U of S Student Union (USSU) in early September, hoping to be ratified and operational [...]
A groundbreaking report detailing the impact of thousands of pregnancy resource centres across America has been released by the Family Research Council. Entitled “A Passion to Serve: A Vision for Life,” the report lays out in detail the manifold contributions of American pregnancy resource centres to their communities, particularly to women, children and families. The nature and scope of the pregnancy centres’ [...]
On Oct. 6, pro-abortion students shouted down a presentation by Jose Ruba of the pro-life Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform at McGill University, preventing most of his talk from being heard by those in attendance of the Choose Life-sponsored event. Police were called to the scene and, after repeated requests for civility, two people were arrested, although they were later [...]
On Sept. 25-27, the National Campus Life Network hosted its 2009 National Symposium in Toronto. The goal of the annual event is to provide networking opportunities, information and practical advice that will contribute to a stronger and dedicated campus pro-life movement. With the theme, “Making Waves: The Campus Pro-Life Movement,” the focus was on equipping student leaders to make an impact on [...]
In its July/August Reality newsletter, REAL Women of Canada warned that the $300 million Human Rights Museum project in Winnipeg, Manitoba “is a mess” because it has “established a biased and duplicitous Content Advisory Committee to determine which displays will be installed in the museum.” REAL Women also warned that content advisory committee “is mainly comprised of feminist/homosexual activists and their supporters.” REAL [...]
Four years ago, a pro-life group in the small northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake was experiencing a crisis. It was a story familiar to many such groups across Canada who have been forced to shut down, even as the need for them grows. The three executive members of Kirkland Lake Pro-Life were getting on in age and their health was deteriorating. [...]
The search for a new leader, as Mary-Lynn McPherson steps down from her position as co-coordinator of Canadian Nurses for Life.
Archbishop Collins gives his support to Toronto’s crisis pregnancy centre.
Fr. John Harvey discusses spiritual support for those trying to live a chaste life at a recent CLC-sponsored clergy luncheon.
Last fall, Ottawa saw hundreds of pro-lifers of all denominations rise up and head to the streets to participate in the Canadian debut of the 40 Days for Life campaign. The campaign, developed by American pro-life activist David Bereit is a 40-day vigil of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. Over 750 participants in the Ottawa region filled up 960 [...]
The World Federation for the Right to Die Societies and the Association pour le Droit de Mourrir Dignement (France's Association for the Right to Die with Dignity) co-sponsored an international From Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, the town of Macklin hosted the annual Saskatchwan Pro-life Association's "Working Together For Life" provincial conference. Macklin, whose population of 1,400 doubles each summer during the [...]
The campus pro-life club at the University of Guelph, Ont. was banned without prior notice in October. After being informed of the reasons the Central Student Association (CSA) banned them, the club appealed the decision at a meeting on Oct. 29. There were over four hours of heated discussion and no conclusion was reached. Instead, a motion was made to postpone any [...]
The Central Student Association of the University of Guelph unanimously decided to pull accreditation from Life Choice, the pro-life student group, deeming it "unsafe to women" due to its promotion of the pro-life message. Accreditation was pulled after the club's "Life Fair," in which pro-life speakers addressed the audience and pro-life signs and images were displayed. The CSA said the pro-life activism [...]
Pro-life physicians in Ontario should beware: The Ontario Human Rights Commission has served notice that any physician who refuses to perform an abortion could be charged with violating the ban on discrimination on the basis of sex in section 1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees “freedom of conscience [...]