News in Brief
Written on 27 Aug, 1993 at 14:06 in
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Lawyers were in court recently as preliminary details regarding the proposed injunction against pro-life activity in Ontario were settled. The Provincial Attorney General Marion Boyd has presented eight volumes of evidence which she plans to use against the 18 pro-lifers named in the lawsuit.
The province is launching a lawsuit for $500,000 against the 18, and is applying for an injunction at 23 locations. The injunction would restrict pro-life activity within 500 hundred feet of abortion centres, abortion-providing hospitals, and doctor’s ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Jul, 1993 at 12:23 in
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The Sally Ann and abortion
In the June 10 edition of its newspaper Warcry, the Salvation Army printed its stance on abortion. This position is highlighted by the first sentence which says that the Salvation Army believes in the sanctity of all human life. It further goes on to state that they “support measures necessary to prevent any crisis pregnancy but are opposed to abortion on demand or as a means of birth control.” However, the declaration does mention ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Jul, 1993 at 8:49 in
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Peter Muggeridge Ralph Klein, the flamboyant, ex-mayor of Calgary, has led his Conservative party to a majority in the Alberta provincial elections.
Klein, who replaced Don Getty last December, led his Tories to 51 seats, while Liberal leader Laurence Decore took 32.
Perhaps the biggest surprise was the incredible beating which the New Democrats suffered. The party failed to win one seat and its leader, Ray Martin, resigned in disgrace. Observers blame the loss on the poor performance of the Ontario and British Columbia ... (Continue reading)
Written on 2 Jul, 1993 at 12:26 in
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Calgary – A decision by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has many lobbying organizations, including the pro-life movement, heaving a huge sigh of relief.
The court ruled that the recently passes Bill C-114, more commonly known as the gag law, was unconstitutional. The Bill threatened imprisonment to citizens who independently spent more than $1,000 to support or oppose political parties or candidates during federal elections.
Judge Donald MacLeod ruled that the legislation violated the freedom of speech, association and the right ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Jun, 1993 at 12:16 in
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Not a good month
It has been a brutal month for North American radical homosexual lobby groups. First came President Clinton’s waffling on allowing homosexuals in the military. Next came the crushing findings of an Allan Guttmacher (Planned Parenthood) survey which revealed that only 2% of North American men have ever engaged in homosexual conduct and that just over 1% considered themselves exclusively homosexual. These findings correspond closely to similar surveys done in the past few years in Britain, France ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jan, 1993 at 13:46 in
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Diane Ellis Cheryl Eckstein senior, chief executive officer of the newly founded Compassionate Healthcare Network (CHN), has just learned how difficult it is to get out a pro-life message in the face of media opposition.
During a presentation on euthanasia to a parliamentary sub-committee in Ottawa last November, Mrs. Eckstein showed a brief clip from a CBC Fifth Estate programme. Her video clip was a portion of the German pre-war propaganda movie, I accuse, which she chose because of its direct application to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1991 at 11:29 in
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Interim Staff
‘Gay’ rights flower in Connecticut.
The state legislature has passed a sweeping homosexual rights statute. It criminalizes “discrimination” against homosexuals professional associations, landlords and business people; it gives extensive new powers to a state commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities, including the power to subpoena defendants’ “books and papers” (Sec. 22); and it bans any “advertisement” that “ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the sexual orientation of such person or class of persons…” ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jan, 1989 at 11:01 in
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by Alphonse de Valk, The Interim The problem of giving witness counter to one’s beliefs is as old as mankind. Each generation has to choose between expediency and principle according to the circumstances in which it finds itself.
History seems to show that most people incline towards expediency and compromise, leaving the defence of principle to the few. Yet unless the few manage to garner enough support at one time or another to re-assess the validity of basic principles, society would disintegrate. The fact that somehow, throughout ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Oct, 1988 at 8:44 in
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Ottawa – Mother Teresa will speak at a pro-life rally September 17 on Parliament Hill. Mother Teresa, renowned for her work with India’s poor, was asked to speak as a special guest, by Ian Speirs of Christians for Life the organizers of the rally.
Others taking part in the day-long rally include Heather Stillwell, president of Alliance for Life and Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition.
Ottawa – Borowski’s October 3, 1988, Supreme Court case has one more “intervenor,” a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Sep, 1988 at 6:57 in
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Vernon, B.C. On August 2, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney finally broke his (pro-abortion) silence when he told B.C. radio listeners that he opposes abortion on demand, but accepts it under certain circumstances. He refused to clarify what these circumstances might be.
Ottawa. On August 4, John Turner repeated the classic “personally I am for life, but publicly I am for killing” evasion. Said the Liberal leader: “My duty as a legislator in a pluralistic society, despite my personal ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jul, 1988 at 11:11 in
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No abortions
Charlottetown. More than a thousand members attending the Annual General Meeting of Queen Elizabeth Hospital here on June 20, defeated a motion by the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) to grant abortion privileges to the doctors on the staff of Prince Edward Island’s largest hospital. The motion was defeated 874 to 70.
Three candidates who were nominated by CARAL for election to the hospital’s Board of Directors were defeated also.
The huge turnout was no surprise. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Jul, 1988 at 12:56 in
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Ottawa, Monday, July 11. In a surprise, last minute, move the government suddenly called off its procedural debate that was to clear the way for further discussion of abortion of the three pro-abortion versions to be selected later that week.
Deputy House Leader Douglas Lewis claimed to have read opposition arguments against the procedure only on the weekend before. The motion took the unprecedented stop of limiting debate stop of limiting debate and of denying MPs the right to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Feb, 1986 at 9:26 in
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By Diane Ellis
Pauline Buchanan of Mississauga has spent the last 15 years in a legal battle with the Ortho Pharmaceutical Company after she suffered a Pill-induced stroke. Although the Appeal Court of Ontario last month upheld a lower court’s ruling in her favour, Ortho is now considering an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mrs. Buchan, now 37, was partly paralyzed by a stroke in 1971, six weeks after she began taking the Ortho-Novum 1/50 oral contraceptive. Although she ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jun, 1983 at 13:06 in
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Interim Staff
Paul Formby's courage, intelligence, and dedication to the worker's right to a healthy environment in the workplace were tested and proven long before his arrival at Thetford.
After graduating in philosophy from the University of British Columbia, he headed north to Clinton Creek in the Yukon. Here he found the noise and dust of an asbestos mill - not the hoped -for excitement and adventure. Because no one else wanted the job, and because he was tired of constantly picking loose ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jun, 1983 at 13:00 in
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Interim Staff When you first meet him, Paul Formby does not impress you as an aggressive organizer, but in 1975 he set off the longest strike in the history of Thetford Mines, Quebec - a confrontation which lasted 8 months - and he did it simply be taking air samples.
Formby collected the controversial air samples from the Thetford mines and mills illegally and in secret. They were gathered without the company's approval, which is understandable for the asbestos levels he discovered were ... (Continue reading)
