Manitoba Premier Pallister announces he won’t seek re-election
Paul Tuns Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced on August 9 that he would not lead the Progressive Conservatives in the next provincial election. Pallister, a [...]
A choice of voices
John Henry Newman once wrote that mankind’s most vivid and proximate experience of God is the phenomenon of conscience. He argues that the feelings that [...]
Pro-life med student reinstated in Manitoba
Paul Tuns: A medical student expelled by the University of Manitoba over pro-life and pro-gun social media posts has won a court case overturning his [...]
Annual report reveals increase in euthanasia deaths
Sarah Gangl: Health Canada’s recent report on g (MAiD) in 2020 reveals a dramatic increase in deaths in Canada, rising 34.2 per cent over 2019. [...]
And then there was this …August 2021
Biden Administration erases women WASHINGTON D.C. -- Gender neutral language takes over the U.S. government in President Joe Biden’s 2022 budget proposal in the replacement [...]
Macabre disposal of human bodies
Paul Tuns: Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill 2574 on June 15 which allows what is euphemistically called “natural organic reduction,” but which is [...]
Excerpts: July & August 2021
“This Canada Day, let’s cancel the cancellers” Christopher Dummitt The Hub (June 28) But it’s possible to deplore the legacy of residential schools and still [...]
Commencement – what next?
Donald DeMarco The task of the commencement speaker is a curious one. After all, what more can students learn inside of an hour that they [...]
Syphilis outbreak in Saskatchewan
Johnny Tzoganakis: Despite all the focus on COVID-19, in Canada there has recently been an uptick in another disease: syphilis. Saskatchewan has been recently struck [...]
Southern Baptist Convention calls for ‘abolition of abortion without exception’
Paul Tuns: At its annual meeting in Nashville on June 15, messengers (voting members) at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted for a resolution opposing [...]
Staying true to foundational creeds
Rory Leishman In a pastoral letter issued on May 1, the Archbishop of San Francisco, Cardinal Salvatore Cordileone, has spelled out with admirable clarity why [...]
House passes conversion therapy ban
Paul Tuns: Senate debates C-6 On June 22, the House of Commons passed the Trudeau government’s Bill C-6, the so-called conversion therapy ban, in a [...]
Government loses Canada Summer Jobs case
Interim Staff: On June 29, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced “that the Federal Court has struck down a discriminatory federal government decision [...]
Red China may lift child limits
Paul Tuns The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is scrambling to tackle their demographic crisis. On May 31, CCP officials announced at a Politburo meeting that [...]
And then there was this …June 2021
Human 2.0: how to upgrade yourself We are hearing a lot today about transhumanism. What is it and what are its long-term implications? One definition [...]
Saskatchewan NDP introduce bubble zone bill
Interim Staff On May 12, NDP MLA Jennifer Bowes (Saskatoon University) introduced a private member’s bill, An Act to Provide Safe Access to Abortion Services, [...]
Facebook bans LifeSiteNews
Interim Staff: After numerous runs with various Big Tech platforms in the past, Facebook permanently banned LifeSiteNews’ Facebook page on May 4. LifeSiteNews reporter Doug [...]
Parliament examining further expansions of euthanasia law
Alex Schadenberg: Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg complains bill's terms are poorly defined. When Canada legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide (MAiD) [...]
US fertility rates fall to record low
Paul Tuns: On May 5, the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released data on the country’s fertility rate, revealing that it has fallen [...]
Medical dictatorship
John Carpay: In recent months I’ve spoken at several peaceful gatherings, urging citizens to exercise their Charter rights and freedoms in the face of unscientific, [...]
North and south
If Canadians pro-lifers want to hear some good news, they need only look south of the border. Our conscientious counterparts in the United States can [...]
US Supreme Court to hear abortion case
Oswald Clark: The U.S. Supreme Court said it would hear Mississippi’s appeal to defend its state law protecting the human right to life beginning at [...]
Dutch euthanasia deaths increase nine per cent
Paul Tuns: DutchNews reports that in 2020 there was a record 6938 officially reported euthanasia deaths in 2020, up from 6361 the year before, an [...]
Catholic boards cave, fly pride flag
Interim Staff After convincing every public school board in Ontario to fly the rainbow pride flag -- the universal emblem of LGBTQ+ rights -- on [...]
Third Parent ordered onto birth certificate
Paul Tuns British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Sandra Wilkinson ruled on April 26 that the name of a second mother must be included as one [...]