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Charitable giving drops as government grows…and as faith declines
As the size of government has grown, charitable giving is dropping. That common-sense finding was detailed in the study Whose Job Is It to Care for the Poor? from the Fraser Institute. It explains that government social spending has nearly…
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NewsTrump says what few dare about transgenderism madness
A Donald Trump campaign video made almost a year ago resurfaced after he secured his second term as American president. In Canada, Alberta Premier Danielle…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 16, 2024
Click on the titles to head to the linked articles… How knock-knock jokes are a problem for evolution (14 min) If you found a knock-knock…
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NewsKnitting needles clacking again for the preborn
Eight years ago, the We Need a Law campaign challenged the pro-life community to come together to knit 1,000 pairs of baby booties. Knitters would…
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NewsMarried = less likely to be depressed
Want to reduce your chances of being depressed? Get married! Well, maybe not so fast, but a recent study in Nature Human Behaviour did find…
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NewsIs it job creation if government is doing most of the hiring?
COVID brought with it huge government expenditures, and the end of the crisis didn’t end the growth of government. Over the four years of 2019-2023,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov 9, 2024
Letters from war In remembrance of the many who fought for us… Ants build landmarks for navigation Ants have brains a quarter the size of…
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NewsAlberta to ban men from women’s sports
The Alberta provincial government has proposed legislation to prohibit male athletes who claim to be females from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Their “Fairness…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov 2, 2024
The robot repairman inside you (12 min) In the latest must-see episode of Dr. Michael Behe’s “Secrets of the Cell” series, we look at some…
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NewsJohn Rustad, latest conservative leader to promote IVF
During the last month’s provincial election campaign, BC Conservative leader John Rustad promised that, were he elected, he would expand access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF)…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 26, 2024
The key to happiness Jewish commentator Dennis Prager makes the case that gratitude is the key to happiness. He makes a good case, but as…
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Indigenous peoples112 Canadian churches vandalized and burned
Since the allegations of “mass graves” on Canadian residential school grounds began in 2021, more than a hundred of the country’s churches have been burned…
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NewsThis time the liberals are leaving – congregations depart CRC over orthodox turn
As many as 24 congregations will disaffiliate from the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) after its Synod 2024 made clear that disagreement with the federation’s official…
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NewsSaturday Selection – Oct 19, 2024
4 minutes of penguins being brave and cool In this clip, penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff for their very first swimming experience. And…
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NewsStats Canada: birth rate now at just 1.26 children per woman
Statistics Canada is reporting that the country’s birth rate has dropped to among the lowest in the world, at just 1.26 children per woman, and…
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NewsSaturday Selection – Oct 12, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… Public school vs. home school The Babylon Bee, helping us tell the difference… Noise cancellation: a remarkable…
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NewsSaturday Selection – Oct 5, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… Christian filmmakers are getting creative… The knock on Christian films has always been two-fold: poor production values,…
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NewsAlberta to help pay for independent school construction
A massive growth in population had Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce $8.6 billion in funding, over three years, towards building new schools in the province….
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 28, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… Glen Campbell: I’m not going to miss you Before his death in 2017, Glen Campbell had become…
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NewsAlberta planning to enshrine right to refuse vaccinations
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced in late September that her government is planning to amend and strengthen the Alberta Bill of Rights when the Alberta…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 21, 2024
Actions speak louder than words During the COVID lockdowns political leaders were caught, with some regularity, violating their own rules, so this just-released clip might…
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NewsThe IVF gendercide
Critics of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) have long warned that the technology could be used to customize children, allowing parents and doctors to effectively play God….
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NewsSports betting explodes across Canada
Since Canada legalized sports betting in 2021, the industry has exploded, and last week the Edmonton Oilers and the Alberta government were just the latest…
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NewsLiberal MP reminds journalist who holds the purse strings
Ongoing funding of Canada’s media by the federal Liberal government appears to be emboldening some government officials to demand favorable reporting. On Sept. 7, Liberal…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 14, 2024
Why not raise the minimum wage to $100? Transgender thinking has infected economics too, with politicians applying the same wishes-can-reshape-reality thinking as they hike the…
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NewsPresident Trump runs from his pro-life past
Donald Trump once had the distinction of being the most pro-life president in living memory. In his first term in office, he put into place…
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NewsSaturday Selections – September 7, 2024
The importance of “social trust” What can we do when people stop trusting? One common approach is to outsource trust to the government. Get the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 31, 2024
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Jordan Peterson pressed on whether he is Christian or not (10 min) Jordan Peterson has…
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NewsSt. Catharines drops censorship bylaw
Just three weeks before having to appear in court to defend their bylaw that censored pictures of pre-born children, the city of St. Catharines blinked…
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NewsThe Olympics as Utopian theater
Even after the controversy of a bizarre opening ceremony, the Olympic Games showed why it is unparalleled in the sports world. Just think of the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 24, 2024
Abe Lincoln with a lesson on lying The smartest politicians don’t break promises; like Abe here, they try not to make any promises at all….
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 17, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… The wrong folk think God, the Bible, and Christianity are relevant in the political…
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NewsState-sanctioned murder now the 5th leading cause of death in Canada
State-sanctioned murder, euphemistically called “medical assistance in dying,” has quickly become one of the leading causes of death in Canada, according to a new study…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 10, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… Red Green’s pit crew “You know when a flatbed gets ahead of you in…
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NewsProstitution laws challenged at Supreme Court of Canada
In 2014 Parliament passed a new prostitution law that ARPA Canada called “the most significant piece of legislation on a social issue passed during the…
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NewsTransmutilation defender comes to regret youthful tattoo
A young lady who goes by the online moniker of “emo hag” was such a fan of the Harry Potter series that she got a…
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NewsReformed book publisher changes hands
Reformed book publisher Paideia Press, which has published over 400 titles since it started in the late 1970’s, has been gifted to the Cántaro Institute….