Recent Canadian News

Wednesday August 4, 2010 New Poll Confirms Most Canadians Do Not Know Canada Has No Abortion Law By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TORONTO, August 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Angus Reid public opinion poll published on August 3 confirms the findings of a poll conducted early this year that most Canadians are woefully unaware of the country’s status quo on abortion. The online survey of a representative national sample of 1,022 Canadian adults, conducted from July 7 to July 8, found that 21 percent of respondents knew that Canada has no restrictions on abortion whatsoever. In comparison, the poll conducted in January found that only 20% […]

Tuesday August 3, 2010 Linda Gibbons Hits Cover of National Post By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, August 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life prisoner of conscience Linda Gibbons hit the front page of the National Post on Saturday, in what has been called the largest piece on the pro-life heroine yet from Canada’s national media. Religion reporter Charles Lewis, who interviewed the pro-life activist at the Vanier Centre for Women, one hour west of Toronto, explained that Gibbons “believes she has a Charter and God-given right to counsel against abortion, to stand in front of an abortion clinic and offer advice and to do […]

Despite frequent public denunciations of Church moral teachings Fr. Gravel still retains priestly faculties

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SUDBURY, Ontario, August 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Organizers of the third annual REAL LIFE Film Festival du cinéma C'EST LA VIE (RLFF) have announced that the submission period for the 2011 Festival is now open. The RLFF, to be held in April 2011 in Sudbury, is a vibrant, bilingual Christian cinematographic experience. A multi-day event, the RLFF presents Christian and Family feature films, documentaries and shorts from Canada and around the world. The theme for the 2011 RLFF is LIFE and HOPE. “LIFE and HOPE speak universally to the human spirit,” said Lina Madore, the Festival Director. “Hope lifts the […]

By Real Women of Canada Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the July/August edition of the national pro-life, pro-family women's organization's Reality Magazine August 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) REAL Women was very pleased to honour LifeSiteNews (LifeSiteNews.com) with its REAL Women annual award in 2010. The award was presented at REAL Women’s annual conference in North Bay in April, 2010 to John-Henry Westen, editor and co-founder of LifeSiteNews on behalf of our organization. LifeSite plays a unique role in the culture wars, both in Canada and internationally. LifeSiteNews is courageous and forthright in its investigative work and reports. No matter how powerful […]

Commentary by Real Women of Canada OTTAWA, Ontario, August 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadians may not realize the extent to which successive Liberal governments have developed a vast network of left-wing government dependent organizations to promote liberal causes. When their funding is cut, these special interest groups discover that average Canadians don’t even know they exist and couldn’t care less that their funding has been eliminated. However, these left leaning groups are shocked when their feelings of entitlement are bruised by the Conservative government’s funding cuts. They proclaim that if the money doesn't keep flowing their way, democracy is undermined, […]

Commentary By Lou Iacobelli TORONTO, August 5, 2010 (catholicinsight.com) – It began with the big lie told to Canadians by the Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who said that the state had no business in the nation’s bedrooms. His government, however, went on to implement the worst laws that have changed the family, sexuality, marriage and the very meaning of the human person. Trudeau’s deception continues today. On April 1, 2010, the CRTC licensed a pay-TV pornography channel, called Vanessa, to Montreal-based Sex-Shop Television. It requires the programming to include a minimum of 20 percent Canadian content. This means that one-fifth of […]

Friday July 30, 2010 Development & Peace Apology to CLC Published in Catholic Register By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, July 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly released edition of Canada’s Catholic Register includes the letter of apology to Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace (D&P), the official development arm of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. D&P issued the letter in response to a threat of legal action by CLC after D&P made a number of slanderous statements about the national pro-life organization in a 10-page Question and Answer document. The letter, signed by D&P executive director […]

Wednesday July 28, 2010 Woman Jailed for Abortion Counseling in Toronto Acquitted, Set Free By John Jalsevac July 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mary Wagner, the young woman who was jailed earlier this year for entering an abortion clinic and counseling women and abortion workers, has been acquitted of all charges and freed from jail. Mary Wagner’s mother, Jane Wagner, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that she received a call from Mary this morning saying that she had been acquitted, but was unable to provide specific details about the judge’s decision. Attempts to contact Mary have been unsuccessful. At a hearing earlier this month, the presiding judge in […]

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