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NewsAlberta’s government follows Ontario’s lead into online gambling
Sometimes politicians admit more than they mean to. This past July, the Alberta minister in charge of gambling in the province, Dale Nally, made a…
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NewsPierre Poilievre makes the anti-tariff case to Americans
Pierre Poilievre marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by heading south and visiting the 9/11 Memorial Museum. While he was in New…
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NewsMPs hear stories of Covid-19 vaccine injuries
Few issues have divided Christians as decisively in recent years as the Covid-19 vaccines. Were the vaccines ethically made? Were they effective? Should they have…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 5, 2026
Lost and Found with Running Home Another toe-tapper, this one based on Psalm 51. A quick guide for social media in marriage The opening story…
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News17 Alberta babies survived an abortion and were left to die
Richard Dur, the Executive Director of Prolife Alberta, writing in The Western Standard, shared this grim statistic: “Seventeen babies were born alive in Alberta following…
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NewsSophie Cunningham is tearing down transgender lies, but only God’s people can offer up His Truth
Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham is a WNBA player – she plays basketball for a living – but it isn’t her skill on the court that’s…
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NewsLiberal party support highest among boomers
More than any other age group, boomers overwhelmingly support the Liberal Party. A July 2026 poll conducted by Abacus Data asked 4,200 Canadian adults which…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 25, 2026
Beethoven’s wig is very big (Symphony #5) Our school’s music teacher had my youngest listening to selections from a Beethoven’s Wig, a clever musical group…
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UncategorisedGlobal wealth is growing
Overall, the world’s population is richer than ever, with global personal wealth growing 10.8% in 2025, after more modest growth of 4.6% in 2024, and…
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NewsOntario’s “conservative” gov’t opposes bill that would have banned gambling ads
Ontario is awash in new gamblers. As ARPA Canada reported earlier this year: “A recent study found that since iGaming Ontario was introduced, total monthly…
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NewsNearly 60% of violent crime cases now being stayed or withdrawn
“Justice delayed has become justice denied,” concluded a recent report from The Hub about the amount of time it is taking for criminal justice cases…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 4, 2026
Lady Pastrix says we need a “Third Testament” If you have liberal Christian family or friends, this is worth sharing. They need to understand that…
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NewsMore homeowners facing insolvency
Canadians have long been struggling with personal debt, but Scott Terrio, a manager at Hoyes, Michalos Licensed Insolvency Trustees told The Hub that the bigger…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 27, 2026
Envy is a sin. Wealth isn’t. If you could make everyone twice as wealthy, would you do it? This is an odd fellow, making a…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 20, 2026
Calvin vs Arminius: the predestination rock battle Though they never met in real life, what if John Calvin and Jacob Arminius would have gone head…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 13, 2026
Brandon Lake’s That’s Who I Praise Here’s a whole bunch of people having a whole bunch of fun praising God! I, Smartphone Nearly 80 years ago…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 6, 2026
When a famous apologist dismisses the Bible… William Lane Craig is such an acclaimed apologist that many a conservative Christian has heard him praised. But…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 30, 2026
When John MacArthur visited a philosophy class In this clip John MacArthur starts off sounding quite arrogant – he says he everything clearly. but he…
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News“Transition” victims decry conversion therapy law
In early May, seven people hosted a press conference in Ottawa to express their concerns with Canada’s conversion therapy law. This law bans any practice,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 23, 2026
“Bury the workmen” by Covie, featuring Lance Thompson A group, new to me, singing about no matter what the world might try, “the work will…
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NewsBC midwives allowed to now kill pre-born babies
On May 5th, the British Columbia government decided to celebrate International Midwives Day by authorizing midwives to participate in something antithetical to their purpose: aborting…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 16, 2026
Athanasius vs. Arius, the rap battle Athanasius offers up a hard-rocking right…. Parents hold the key to building strong readers Between a fifth and a…
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HomosexualityOpposing rainbow crosswalk results in human rights trial
Ronald Reagan once shared a quip about the difference between his country and the totalitarian USSR. “Two Soviets… were talking to each other. And one…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 9, 2026
Morality is just preferences? In this exchange Andrew Wilson fully embraces the “devil’s advocate” role, adopting his opponent’s worldview fully, only to then drive it…
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NewsFederal spending increases under Carney
To make a diamond dazzle, a skilled jeweller will slip a black cloth under it. The federal government pulled a similar tactic with its Spring…
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NewsRadicalized and Reformed? Someone we know tried to kill the president.
The news traveled in Reformed circles like wildfire on a Saturday evening: the young man who tried to kill President Trump and members of his…
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NewsTeachers lead the way in adopting, and sometimes restraining, tech
The Spring issue of Redeemer University’s Resound magazine featured an article about Dr. Katie Day Good, a Christian professor who has been researching the history…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 2, 2026
Original Sin rock battle What I absolutely love about these rock/rap battles is that it’s no straw man being presented here: Pelagius gets to make…
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News1 in 7 dog owners would give up partner to prolong Fido’s life
How much do North Americans love their dogs? Apparently, sometimes more than they love their spouses. A 2025 survey of nearly 2000 American pet owners,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 25, 2026
Why Johnny can’t read: not enough phonics Phonics is a part of the solution, but two other key ingredients are, first of all more parental…
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News9 in 10 Canadian women in their 20s who “practice a religion” are now childless
Canada is now among South Korea, Japan, Italy, and a small number of other “ultra-low fertility” countries, with a total fertility rate below 1.30 children…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 18, 2026
I can only imagine A great song from a pretty good movie. Survivor – they had to live without phones! Even if you’ve never watched…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 11, 2026
Climate Doom Archive: the polar bear The polar bear has long been a symbol of the global warming catastrophists, but the as the folks as…
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NewsAussie senator shows us how to do it… and how not to do it
On April 1st, Australian Senator Ralph Babet gave a speech that got some social media attention for good reason. He explained to all those willing…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 4, 2026
Woody takes on screens? I wasn’t expecting much from Toy Story #5, but with Woody and the crew taking on tech, I’m looking forward to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 28, 2026
Some good news about euthanasia Scotland has voted against euthanasia after looking at the horror happening in Canada. 1 in 5 Canadian employees works for…
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NewsHealth-adjusted life expectancy plummets
Canadians can expect 3.5 fewer years of good health compared to a decade ago, according to recent data published by Statistics Canada. Life expectancy has…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 21, 2026
Make college less expensive by making it less expansive? When colleges were Christian it made sense that they had certain basic courses that would be…
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NewsAlberta introduces law to restrict euthanasia
On March 18, Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery rose in the Alberta legislature to introduce Bill 18, the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act….
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NewsHundreds of Reformed Christians gathered on Parliament Hill to protest Bill C-9
Last week, ARPA Canada hosted a rally on Parliament Hill calling on the federal government to halt Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act. Despite cold…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 14, 2026
Tips on telling what’s real and what’s AI-generated These tips have an expiry date, what with the way AI-videos are getting harder and harder to…
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NewsWhen they went after Barry Neufeld…
Barry Neufeld was a school trustee in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He was elected for three terms in 2011, 2014, and 2018, earning the second-most votes…
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NewsNo jail for man who admits to killing his partner
“An Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his ailing husband has been sentenced to two years less a day of…
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NewsWhen reporting both sides is bias disguised
When Alberta’s government began, last year, to respond to the problem of sexually-explicit materials on public school library shelves, it might have seemed to some…
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NewsCourt rules that Emergencies Act against “Freedom Convoy” was unlawful
Four years ago, in February 2022, Canada’s federal government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time since it was enacted back in 1988, granting…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 24, 2026
Why does Denmark own Greenland? (3 min) Lots of talk going on about Greenland as of late. Here’s a quick primer on how Greenland came…
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NewsCourt case seeks to force religious groups to provide euthanasia
Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic organization, is being challenged in a BC court for not providing euthanasia in their facilities. The same activist group…
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NewsExplicit books being pulled from government school libraries in Alberta
In the wake of a government order that made waves around the world in 2025, the two largest school divisions in Alberta reported in early…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec 27, 2025
All human conflict is ultimately theological Abortion has long been treated as the sacrament of Left – a sacred right beyond question, accompanied by creeds…
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News4 out of 5 Canadians give like Scrooge
The Fraser Institute’s “Generosity Index” for 2025 revealed that a scant 0.52% of all income is being donated to charities. To add to this, the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 13, 2025
Chickens are cooler than you knew (6 min) We all know chickens have the astonishing ability to turn grain into a key ingredient for Egg…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 6, 2025
Rosaria raps? Here’s the wild, wacky, and wonderful side of AI – Reformed rap battles that never were, but brought to you anyway with this…
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NewsBible labelled as hateful by government MP
Liberal MP Marc Miller serves as the chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. On October 30, 2025, he…
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NewsParents disrobe to make their point
In what seems to be a bit of a trend, parents have gone to school board meetings and, while presenting to the board, proceeded to…
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NewsBC private property rights in question after court ruling
The City of Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, sent out a letter in October to some of its residents, informing them of a recent BC…
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NewsArctic sea ice remains steady for past two decades
If you’ve ever fallen for the “Heads I win, tails you lose” trick, the mainstream media’s climate change reporting might strike you as familiar. Whatever…
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NewsFewer young people identifying as “queer” or “trans”
A recent research report based on polling tens of thousands of American college students each year shows a significant decline among those who identify as…
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InternetAustralia and Denmark restrict social media use by children
In at least two western countries, children under the age of 16 will soon be barred from using many social media sites and apps. The…
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NewsPeanut allergies plunge … and they could plunge even more
Not that long ago it was thought that young children shouldn’t be exposed to peanuts, to prevent a dangerous reaction. But, as Prov. 18:17 notes,…
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NewsGovernment leaves religious and pro-life organizations alone in 2025 budget
Pro-life Christians can breathe a sigh of relief. Actually, you can take two. The 2025 federal budget unveiled on Tuesday leaves the charitable status of…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 18, 2025
Should Christians celebrate Halloween? If we do, we should definitely do it differently. Whatever its historic origins, Halloween today has become a celebration of, and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 11, 2025
Ray Comfort does a stint at a Turning Point USA event Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, his organization has been filling his shoes with quite a…
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NewsARPA condemned in BC legislature
On the very first day of the fall legislative session, British Columbia MLAs debated the “views and policies of [the] Association for Reformed Political Action”…
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News90,000 legal homicides in Canada since 2016
According to calculations from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), as of September this year approximately 90,000 Canadians have been euthanized since this form of homicide…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct. 4, 2025
Bahnsen vs. Hitchens, the Rap Battle Here’s AI put to its weirdest and most wonderful –the late Reformed apologist Greg Bahnsen taking on the late…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 27, 2025
Voddie Baucham (1969-2025) spoke to Christian Nationalism shortly before his passing This past week, Voddie Baucham passed away at the age of 56. A Reformed…
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NewsCharlie Kirk’s funeral spreads the Gospel
On Sunday, September 21, an estimated 100,000 people gathered inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for the funeral of Charlie Kirk, with an overflow…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 20, 2025
Charlie Kirk one week later The link above heads to Tim Challies’ collection of the week’s best articles on Charlie Kirk. My favorite was by…
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NewsA renewed hunger for the Bible
Data from the Association of American Publishers reveals that the biggest sales increase among all categories of books being published last year in the United…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 13, 2025
On the death of Charlie Kirk American Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday. Kirk (1993-2025) wasn’t as remarkable for…
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NewsQuebec to ban public prayer and advance secularism
The government of Quebec announced in August that it intends to introduce a law this fall to outlaw public prayer in the province. As Jean‑François…
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NewsWere the 215 soil abnormalities actually graves? 37% of Canadians think we should just presume so.
Allegations of mass graves outside of Canadian residential schools was one of the top news stories in the world in 2021. Ground-penetrating radar was said…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Sept 6, 2025
Casting Crowns’ “Nobody” ‘Cause I’m just a nobody trying to tell everybody All about Somebody who saved my soul Ever since You rescued me, You…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug. 30, 2025
Great illustrations of the government’s limits Big government presumes that its bureaucracy is omnicompetent, able to manage for its citizens the job market, healthcare, education,…
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NewsWhy join an ARPA Club?
One mom shares how signing up has helped her high schoolers stand up for others High school is busy. Course work, extracurriculars, sports, catechism classes,…
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NewsCanada just about had a ballot as tall as you
On August 18, voters in the riding of Battle River–Crowfoot will go to the polls to elect one of the 214 candidates on the ballot….
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NewsCan you track all the ways you’re taxed?
Each year the Fraser Institute observes a “Tax Freedom Day” – this year it happened on June 8 – that tracks Canadians’ total tax burden…
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NewsSupreme Court of Canada upholds prostitution law
In an important decision that didn’t get covered by the mainstream media this July, Canada’s highest court made a unanimous decision to uphold key parts…
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NewsCanada’s population almost shrinking
The latest population estimation from Statistics Canada is revealing a startling change: Ontario, Quebec, and BC all saw population declines in the first quarter of…
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NewsYou now live on šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street
“911, I need an ambulance at 232 šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street, and quickly please!” “Sorry, I didn’t get that. Can you repeat the address?” “The first letter…
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NewsGovernment quietly disbands inquiry into residential school graves
Allegations of “mass graves” of indigenous children at residential schools in Canada was one of the top news stories of 2021, making ripples around the…
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NewsMP says: No MAiD for the mentally ill
MP Tamara Jansen has introduced a new bill that would repeal the expansion of euthanasia to those with mental illness. Four years into the conversation…
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NewsProfessing God’s Name, unashamed, at the Stanley Cup
If you’re a keen hockey fan, you probably watched the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. And…
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NewsHow far Christians can go to defend their property
Ontario premier Doug Ford recently remarked that “like down in the U.S., we should have the castle law” in response to a recent attempted theft…
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NewsFaded road lines symbolize faded Christian values
Having a hard time seeing the lines on the road? You aren’t alone. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is lobbying for changes to a rule…
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NewsT-Rex leather coming to a store near you?
According to the Interesting Engineering news site, three companies have joined forces to develop “the world’s first T-Rex leather made using the extinct creature’s DNA.”…
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News1 in 10 women who take abortion drug experience serious complications
The largest study ever done on the abortion drug mifepristone has found that 10.93 percent of women who were given the drug experienced a “serious…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 31, 2025
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Winnie’s song Father Brian Sauvé, sharing some of the prayers he has for his little…
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NewsPapua New Guinea affirms God’s authority over their land
This spring, Papua New Guinea (PNG) amended the preamble to its constitution to make it very clear Who has authority over their nation. The preamble…
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News642 Canadian babies were born alive and left to die
A Canadian pro-life researcher has found that, in the past five years in Canada, 642 babies were born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 24, 2025
Whiter than snow – Jimmy Clifton and Haddon Some high-energy Christian folk coming at you. Kevin DeYoung on why struggling with difficult doctrines is good…
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NewsWhat if we said what we mean? – political party edition
Another election campaign has come and gone, and one of the bigger disappointments might simply be, did anyone defend anything that really mattered? The Conservatives…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 17, 2025
Micah Tyler’s “Praise The Lord” It ain’t always easy following God, but His goodness is certain. The daily battleground we often ignore in our therapy…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 10, 2025
Gray Havens’ Ghost of a King A lyric video seems a good idea for this, one of their harder-to-understand songs. A little mystery then, accompanied…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 3, 2025
Be Present Reformed rapper Propaganda with a message that’ll hit everyone hard: “I guess you could say I’ve been through a divorce now – me…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 26, 2025
Christianity & global warming (10 min) Some Christians think global warming is a scientific, and not a theological, question. To that, Jeff Durbin replies: “I’ll…
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NewsAbortion deaths reach 10-year high
According to the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI), the number of abortions reported in Canada increased to a staggering 101,553 in 2023, the highest…
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NewsPierre Poilievre: sometimes access comes with too high a cost
During the English-language leaders debate on April 17, the Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre was challenged to explain why he hadn’t gotten his top-secret security clearance….
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NewsBecoming Chinada? – a look at our country, from the eyes of a recently arrived Chinese family
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 19, 2025
Embrace reality – brought to you by the letter f This is both fantastic – encouraging a farm hand to embrace reality over his feelings…