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Patrick B. Craine

The end of the abortion debate in Canada?

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:28 EST Comments (17)

May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - To a great many observers, the apparent rejection and imminent defeat of Motion 312 in the House of Commons would seem to herald the end of the abortion debate in Canada.

The motion, a modest proposal at best, is…

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The only real solution to the crisis of publicly funded Catholic schooling in Canada

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:13 EST Comments (17)

Ottawa's Fr. Anthony Hannan offers Mass at the National March for Life Youth Conference on Friday.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nearly 900 Catholic high school students gathered for the National March for Life Youth Conference on Friday were urged to take an active role in transforming Ontario’s publicly-funded…

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Orthodox leaders urge Ontario gvmt to scrap gay rights bill

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 15 14:03 EST Comments (25)

TORONTO, Ontario, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders of Ontario’s 250,000 Orthodox Christians took aim at bullying in the province’s schools on Monday – starting with the government’s proposed Bill 13, the Accepting School Act.

A…

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Police cordon off 1/3 of Parliament Hill for tiny group of pro-aborts at March for Life

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 18:04 EST Comments (15)

MP Jeff Watson with his children
Nearly 1/3 of the Hill was cordoned off for a tiny crowd of pro-abortion activists.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As pro-lifers arrived for the National March for Life on Thursday many were surprised to find that for the first time ever the RCMP had blocked off nearly a third of Parliament Hill for the…

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Tags: abortion, march for life

Global pro-life summit attracts media attention to Portugal pro-life referendum

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 15:18 EST Comments (3)

LISBON, Portugal, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders representing ten different nations gathered in Lisbon last weekend to support Portugal’s pro-life personhood measures. Sponsored by Personhood USA, LifeSiteNews.com, and Human Life…

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Tags: personhood, portugal

Evangelical leader tells marchers: ‘We cannot afford’ to avoid abortion debate

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 14 13:59 EST Comments (2)

Bruce Clemenger, President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, addresses the 2012 National March for Life.
Pro-lifers participate in a Reformed Prayer Service ahead of the March for Life on Thursday.
EFC vice president and general legal counsel Don Hutchinson, Bruce Clemenger and former Liberal MP Pat O'Brien (far right)

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada “cannot afford not to have the conversation” about abortion and the protection of human life, urged Bruce Clemenger, President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, on Parliament…

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Canadian March for Life smashes previous attendance records: 19,500

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 10 13:20 EST Comments (27)

Marching through the streets of Ottawa
19,500 at this year's March for Life in Ottawa. Clearly one of the largest crowds to assemble on Parliament Hill
18 Members of Parliament came to greet the crowd and a few others, who were not available at that time, attended the Rose dinner in the evening.
Youth were exhuberant during the march
Youth made up a significant portion of marchers at this year's March for Life. Here, a few hundred are singing in front of Parliament after the march
This group from St. Gianna Youth for Life traveled all the way from Prince Edward Island to attend the march
LifeSiteNews editor-in-chief John Henry Westen (far left), Human Life International president Fr. Shenan Boquet, LifeSiteNews development manager John Fidero, Population Research Institute President Stephen Mosher on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Under the constant threat of rain that failed to materialize, an exuberant and record-breaking crowd of nearly 20,000 pro-life activists gathered on Parliament Hill today in Ottawa.

The annual…

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Tags: abortion, march for life

VIDEO: 800 gather for Candlelight Vigil at March for Life in Ottawa

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 10 09:21 EST Comments (1)

Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe of Sault Ste-Marie preaches at the Pro-Life Mass.
A few of the hundreds of youth who gathered at the Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday night.

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since Canada’s National March for Life began in 1999 it has steadily grown every year to the point that it is now the country’s premiere pro-life event and is recognized as the largest…

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Toronto Star profiles pro-lifers’ ‘slick, youthful rebranding’ ahead of March for Life

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by Patrick B. Craine Wed May 09 07:55 EST Comments (14)

Youth celebrate as they join the National March for Life on Parliament Hill in 2011.

TORONTO, Ontario, May 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As thousands of Canadians flock to Thursday’s National March for Life on Parliament Hill, Canada’s largest newspaper has profiled the pro-life movement’s “slick, youthful rebranding” in…

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Ottawa mayor again declares ‘Respect for Life Day’ for National March for Life

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by Patrick B. Craine Tue May 08 06:11 EST Comments (14)

Mayor Jim Watson

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 8, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The mayor of Ottawa has again declared the occasion of the National March for Life as ‘Respect for Life Day’ in the capital city after his same proclamation last year sparked a media firestorm.

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Nova Scotia school backs down after suspending teen over ‘Jesus’ t-shirt

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by Patrick B. Craine Mon May 07 14:28 EST Comments (24)

William Swinimer wearing his "Life is Wasted Without Jesus" t-shirt.

CHESTER BASIN, Nova Scotia, May 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A school board on the south shore of Nova Scotia has backed down after it sparked a nationwide controversy last week by suspending a grade 12 student for wearing a Christian t-shirt.

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Tags: nova scotia

Ontario gay ‘rights’ bill heads to committee after 66-33 vote

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by Patrick B. Craine Fri May 04 11:37 EST Comments (16)

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty

TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 4, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – After Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government moved to fast track its controversial homosexual “rights” bill this week, it easily passed a vote at second reading Thursday. It now…

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Pro-abortion and pro-homosexual youth lobby at UN sent home empty-handed

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by Patrick B. Craine Fri May 04 09:08 EST Comments (3)

The United Nations headquarters in New York.

NEW YORK, May 4, 2012 (C-FAM.org) - Youth activists arrived at the UN in droves last week in an attempt to hijack the 45th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) by promoting homosexual rights and abortion. However, countries…

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Famed photographer Michael Clancy, the earliest human encounter, and the cover-up

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by Patrick B. Craine Fri May 04 06:23 EST Comments (80)

“I didn’t really want kids,” says Michael Clancy. A terrible, abusive childhood left him with no desire to have children of his own. And when it came to the subject of aborting children in the womb, he sat on the sidelines, believing that it…

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Ottawa Catholic teachers get coverage for contraception

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by Patrick B. Craine Thu May 03 11:43 EST Comments (9)

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As bishops across the United States rise up against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, one Catholic School Board in Ottawa has admitted that its health plan for employees covers…

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