Articles for Month: November 2001

One town uses name from Harry Potter book for its politically correct season LONDON, Nov 5, 01 (CWNews.com/LSN.ca)) – Residents of Luton, England, will not be able to celebrate Christmas this year. Instead, the town’s official ceremonies will be re-branded “Luminos,” a word taken from the wildly popular line of Harry Potter books. In it’s attempts to be all-inclusive, the town on the outskirts of London has been accused of “politically correct paranoia” by both Christian and Muslim groups. Iain Bainbridge, a spokesman for the Christian Institute, described the approach as a “ridiculous overreaction.”“It is not so much an agenda […]

New York, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The revamped World Youth Alliance website is now on line. Additions to the site will be made in the coming months. See https://www.wya.net

TORONTO, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Howard Stern Show, known for foul language and graphic and degrading sex talk, will have its final Canadian airing in Toronto today. The Toronto Star reports “the self-proclaimed ‘King of All Media’ was dumped after a steady drop in local ratings” – a 50% drop since his high-profile debut on Toronto’s Q107 rock station in 1997. Q107, owned by Corus Radio, decided to buy out Stern, even though he was under contract until 2003. Interestingly, the Star reports that John P. Hayes – the man who famously fired Stern from New York’s WNBC […]

LONDON, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Human Reproductive Cloning Bill will be rushed through all its stages in the Lords on Monday and all its stages in the Commons on Thursday, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Bill will make it an offence to “place in a woman a human embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilization”. The maximum penalty will be a 10-year jail sentence. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, wrote an article in the paper saying “this rushed legislation squanders” the opportunity given, by last week’s court ruling striking down the former law, to […]

OTTAWA, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is funding Planned Parenthood Canada $982,000 to target “adolescents and youth in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica.” The funding, announced Tuesday by International Cooperation Minister Maria Minna, is to “reduce the incidence of teen pregnancy, increase the practice of healthy sexual behaviour and improve sexual and reproductive health services.” In other words, the project will promote graphic morally-neutered sex education and push for teens to have access to contraceptives and abortion. The project is part of CIDA’s Action Plan on Health and Nutrition, which constitutes Canada’s contribution […]

Links to the Globe and Mail stories noting pro-life influence in political campaigns were incorrect. Here is the active link:  https://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/SearchFullStoryPrint.html&cf=tgam/common/GenericSearch.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=abortion&option={194}{164}t_row=3&start_row=3&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1 (LifeSite has retained copies of the stories) The other reference came from a story in the Globe by Richard Mackie on Saturday, November 17, 2001 – Print Edition, Page A16

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION PLAN SCRAPPED The Washington Post reports today that Pennsylvania Gov. Mark S. Schweiker (R) abandoned today a proposal to privatize the central management of Philadelphia’s public school district, a centerpiece of a plan he unveiled three weeks ago to upgrade the city schools.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62210-2001Nov21.html FDA APPROVES ABORTIFACIENT ‘CONTRACEPTIVE’ SKIN PATCH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of Ortho Evra, the first transdermal (skin) patch approved for birth control. The weekly prescription patch releases norelgestromin (a progestin hormone), and ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen hormone), through the skin into the blood stream which can act to […]

ERNIE EVES’ LAVISH SPENDING HABITS The Globe and Mail reports that during his messy divorce with his former wife, Vicki, “Eves declared in court documents that he spent $700 a month on toiletries and dry cleaning alone. He allots himself an annual clothing allowance of $25,000.”  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20011117/FOCINTE CANADA’S PORN PIONEER CHARGED WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN HONDURAS The National Post reports today that Randy Jorgensen, the adult video store mogul who helped legalize hard core pornography in Canada, has been charged in Honduras with making X-rated videos of underage girls at his luxurious country home. Jorgensen, who founded Adults Only […]

TALLAHASSEE, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Leon County Circuit Judge Nikki Ann Clark threw out a lawsuit Wednesday against Florida’s “Choose Life” licence plate, which was launched by the pro-abortion National Organization of Women (NOW) and a Palm Beach County synagogue. NOW said they would appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Gov. Jeb Bush’s press secretary commented on the ruling saying, “We’ve always believed that the suit had no merit. People have a personal choice to choose this tag.” Proceeds from the $70 bright yellow plate go to support crisis pregnancy centers which promote adoption. Interestingly, sales of […]

Grieves Over Abortion – Dreads Telling Surviving Twin LONDON, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Kim Nicholls, a Staffordshire woman who was pressured by doctors to have an abortion, has sued her abortionist for criminal negligence following the birth of her son. The BBC reports that Nicholls was advised to have an abortion after she developed fluid on the brain following the birth of her third child. In March 1999 she reluctantly went ahead with an abortion. However, three months later she found she was still pregnant and eventually gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Darcy, now aged two. She […]