Recent Canadian News

By Patrick B. Craine HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, September 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A volunteer-run Catholic bookstore in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia that has been subject to increasing vandalism due to its promotion of life and family has responded by raising its voice even louder in encouraging locals to get more involved in pro-life activities. On Saturday, the windows at Veritas Catholic Books & Gifts were pasted with pro-abortion posters advertising “underground abortions.”  The posters were posted so as to cover up an ad for the local 40 Days for Life campaign. In recent months the store’s windows have been scratched and […]

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, September 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Ontario’s October 25th municipal election approaches, Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto has called on the Catholic constituency to choose school board trustees that exemplify the practice of the Catholic faith. In a pastoral letter read at Sunday Masses this past weekend, the archbishop emphasized that a Catholic trustee “should be a faithful practicing Catholic.” “This election is enormously important,” he said.  “It allows the members of our Catholic faith community to have essential input into the governance of our Catholic schools.” Archbishop Collins’ letter comes as Catholic schools […]

Wednesday September 8, 2010 Canadian Gvmt ‘Considering’ Re-Funding Planned Parenthood By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, September 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A key cabinet minister in the Canadian government says they are considering re-funding the world’s largest abortion provider, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), after the organization’s three year grant expired in December. Bev Oda, the Minister for International Cooperation and head of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), told the Ottawa Citizen that the government supports IPPF and wants to work with them. “We have a proposal before us right now and are considering it,” she said. CIDA […]

Wednesday September 8, 2010 Brampton Pastor Joshua Passes Away Naturally By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BRAMPTON, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pastor Joshua (Kulendran Mayandy) died on the afternoon of September 6 after he was no longer able to receive nutrition and fluid orally following a seizure last week. Two weeks ago, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition was successful in helping the friends of Pastor Joshua reverse the decision of his court-appointed Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) and physicians to remove all food and hydration. The Christian pastor was able to receive nutrition and fluid orally without complications, although any other form […]

Tuesday September 7, 2010 Public Hearings on Euthanasia in Quebec Begin Today By Thaddeus M. Baklinski QUEBEC, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The provincial commission set up to look at euthanasia and assisted suicide in Quebec begins its ten-city tour seeking public input, starting in Montreal today. The Quebec government agreed late last year to establish the commission to seek public and expert opinion on the issue in response to a motion filed by three members of the province’s Parti Quebecois (PQ), including leader Pauline Marois (Charlevoix), who asked Premier Jean Charest to establish such a commission. Although euthanasia and […]

Thursday August 12, 2010 Ontario’s Crown Accused of Abusing Legal System in Linda Gibbons Case By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, August 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Before a courtroom packed with pro-life supporters Tuesday, lawyers for pro-life heroine Linda Gibbons argued that the Crown has abused the legal system by deliberately circumventing a legal challenge against the “temporary” injunction Gibbons is accused of violating. The National Post’s Charles Lewis, who recently published a cover story on Gibbons, was present at the proceedings, which he related in a Tuesday report. Gibbons has been imprisoned continuously since January 20, 2009, when she […]

By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Will the Canadian government fund, or not fund abortion overseas? That has been the question since early spring when Stephen Harper announced his much-debated G8 maternal health plan. But while the government has repeatedly stated that it will not “reopen the abortion debate” and fund overseas abortions, new information has surfaced in the last week that Canada’s top pro-life leader says throws into question those promises. While International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) are insisting that Canada has never directly funded abortion, the fact […]

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assurances that Catholics’ constitutionally-guaranteed denominational rights will be respected under Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s equity and inclusive education strategy are a “distraction” and a “clever tactic” to stave off rebuke from Catholic leaders, says Campaign Life Coalition, which is waging a campaign to have the strategy scrapped. (To find out more, click here) “By its very nature, McGuinty’s plan forces Catholic boards to violate Church teaching and accept the homosexual agenda because it forces all school boards to recognize special rights for homosexuals,” said Suresh Dominic of Campaign Life […]

Hearing continues September 30

Friday September 3, 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Saves Brampton Pastor From Euthanasia By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BRAMPTON, Ontario, September 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although warning that the danger is not over, Canada’s anti-euthanasia leader has confirmed that an incapacitated pastor who was being deydrated to death at a hospital has now been given food and water. Alex Schadenberg, director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said that Pastor Joshua (Kulendran Mayandy), who has been hospitalized since a heart attack in May and was denied food and water under orders of a Substitute Decision Maker (SDM), was fed orally by a member […]