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NewsSaturday Selections – Mar. 15, 2025
House of David show is making things up Wretched TV’s Todd Friel doesn’t hold back on Amazon’s new biblically-based series about King David. His arguments…
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NewsTariffs as a dressing down: if it is about drugs we should listen
With a lot of bluster and bravado, President Trump has made good on campaign promises to impose trade tariffs limiting other countries’ access to the…
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EconomicsTariffs are terrible economics: why Canada shouldn’t hit back
Free trade – free of barriers and restrictions – has, traditionally, been pretty exclusive to the Right side of the political spectrum. But now, with…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 22, 2025
My pretty pink tractor Tim Hawkins on a problem that I’m sure has happened to many a farmer. Mark Carney – the man who would…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 15, 2025
Charles Darwin’s birthday was Feb. 12, so for this edition we are marking that event by featuring a collection of very different rebuttals. Click on…
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NewsUS Bible sales booming
Although most people are aware that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time, data from printed book sales in the USA in 2023…
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NewsYoung Canadian defends Scripture to the world
Things can change quickly when you have the courage to seize an opportunity, and are blessed by God. 33-year-old Wesley Huff is serving as the…
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NewsTaxpayer-funded drug trafficking exposed in BC
BC’s NDP government and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry have long denied or downplayed the concern that the free drugs they are giving to…
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NewsSpiritual warfare becoming more visible at Canadian universities
While big companies like Google and Walmart are quickly abandoning their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, a new study reveals just how committed Canada’s…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 8, 2025
Monarch butterflies are freaky cool (7 min) We know that caterpillars become butterflies – two creatures in one! – but did you know that Monarch…
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NewsCanadian economy stank it up under Trudeau
With the Justin Trudeau era (almost) over, it’s time to assess his record. In a January 9 article posted to The Hub, Lakehead University’s Professor…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 1, 2025
How people would run if they were dogs (2 min) Should he do one on cats? Does it matter where women work? Some Christians might…
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NewsBlind guides can’t suppress Dutch MP sharing truth about the unborn
Early this year, a Dutch politician managed to vividly illustrate the horrors of abortion, despite the efforts of the opposition to shut him down. Presenting…
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NewsPoilievre answers a fool according to his folly
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has once again demonstrated how to expose foolishness with a simple question. When asked by a news anchor about President Trump’s…
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NewsFree video series to protect families from porn
Parents who want to keep pornography away from their family received a gift early this year. John-Michael Bout and Jacob Valk have produced two new…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 25, 2025
Ghost Ship: Where were you? Inspired by the book of Job. They also have an intriguing live performance of this same song. The revenge of…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 18, 2025
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Motorized machines in your cells? Yes there are! Kinesin are “motorized transport machines” that transport…
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NewsTrudeau resigned and Parliament prorogued – now what?
“I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister… This country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear…
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NewsCharitable status of churches and religious charities threatened
While the country’s attention was focused on the conflict within the Liberal Party and the threat of new tariffs from south of the border, the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 11, 2025
Music as the fingerprints of God (6 min) George Steiner here is lecturing on the wonder of music and is not trying to argue that…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Jan. 4, 2025
“Are you Christian?” (3 min) In this “sermon jam” Paul Washer challenges his listeners to really examine their lives. Why Christians should be the most…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 28, 2024
Click on the headings below to go to the linked articles… Scientist discovers “Cellular origami” This is insane: these cells can expand from just 40…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 21, 2024
The perfection of beauty Even if rap isn’t a favorite musical genre, you may well be impressed by this, from Blair Linne, wife of Reformed…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 14, 2024
Why you shouldn’t lie to your kids about Santa… …or else this will happen! For more lies check out this follow up. And for a…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 7, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… I want a hippopotamus for Christmas If a boy wants a puppy for Christmas and his parents…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 30, 2024
What actually is fire? (8 min) In a “don’t try this at home” spectacular, a BBC hosts tries to figure out what actually makes up…
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NewsWalmart rolls back the woke
Walmart is rolling back more than prices. In late November, Walmart’s CEO John Furner shared that the company is pulling back from some of its…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 23, 2024
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Debunking the best proofs of evolution in 12 minutes Some of the best “proofs” of…
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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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AssortedLost and found: God’s guiding hand in seeking and finding a missing girl
Just before going to bed on a Thursday evening in mid-September, Michelle Dykstra read a Facebook post by a mother whose six-year-old daughter had gone…
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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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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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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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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….
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Media biasCanada’s news ban one year later
It’s been a year now since Meta banned Canadian news from its Facebook and Instagram platforms, in response to Canada’s 2023 “Online News Act.” This…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 3, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… Are memories stored in the brain? History shows that the deeper we delve into…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 27, 2024
How questions can help you offer a good answer (7 min) In the New Testament, Jesus asks as many questions as he offers answers. Why?…
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NewsBC finally declares Covid emergency is over
Over four years after declaring a public health emergency over Covid-19, BC’s provincial health officer has finally announced that the emergency is over. The July…
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NewsFormer cop, coroner and mayor does a 180 on drug policy
It isn’t often that public officials who once championed “progressive” policies admit they were wrong. But it is becoming more common when it comes to…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 20, 2024
Reagan’s deeply personal argument for a Creator (10 min read / 1 min video) It was an analogy he returned to frequently, with students at…
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NewsThe attempted assassination of a President
**** Saturday marked the end of the longest span between domestic assassination attempts of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since President Lincoln was killed at…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 13, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… One thing Trump and Biden agree on: tariffs Both Trump and Biden want to protect American…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 6, 2024
How social media keeps you poor (10 min) Though the two commentators here aren’t Christian, the warning they offer may help us better resist social…
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NewsNew Brunswick still isn’t banning smartphones in school
According to Paige MacPherson and Alex Whalen of the Fraser Institute, cellphones’ negative impact on students has been especially apparent in New Brunswick. The Maritime…
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NewsYoung men building a home for the Reformed confessions
Some ambitious young men can fix their own vehicles, and others can help frame a home or build an impressive app. But two young men…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 29, 2024
Click on the titles below for the linked articles… Presidential debate was between a pro-choice candidate and a pro-abortion one Two US presidents debated each…
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News“It’s wrong to mutilate minors,” says governor
Both Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis and Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith have backed bans on transgender “treatments” – breast and genital amputations, puberty blockers, and hormones…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 22, 2024
What’s wrong with marijuana This is the practical case against marijuana. For the Christian case, check out “Is recreational marijuana sinful?“. Mothers’ milk is amazing…
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NewsMortgage delinquencies up more than 20%
Increased spending and costs are catching up with Canadian households, according to the latest figures from the credit agency Equifax Canada. Mortgage debt makes up…
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NewsWe aren’t alone! 1,000+ converge in Texas for courageous faith
In 1 Kings 19 we find Elijah lamenting to God that the Israelites had rejected God’s covenant and that he alone was left, and Queen…
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NewsShould government try to boost fertility?
In his article, “We are not taking Canada’s fertility crisis seriously enough,” economist Tim Sargent highlights that a society with fewer couples and children will…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 15, 2024
Dr. Matthew Wielicki: I refused to stay silent about climate change (8 min) One silver lining to the COVID-related censorship that happened on social media…
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NewsOh deer! Government paying non-Canadians to hunt
Like many Canadian regions, Sidney Island has a deer problem. The small island, not far from Victoria, BC, is home to European Fallow deer, whose…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 8, 2024
Looking deeper at tiny, extraordinary engineers Hives have been called the pinnacles of biological engineering, and we’re only now learning just how extraordinary they are….
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NewsTicked-off hockey fans, and 1.4 billion other reasons to defund the CBC
The CBC got into trouble last week, when it broadcast the finale of the Eastern Conference between two American NHL teams, but not the last…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 1, 2024
If there is a common theme to this week’s edition it might be government overreach. For Christians, who know God has set up different governments…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 25, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… Annie Wilson: Songs about Whiskey We’ve all heard country songs about drinking whiskey, but this one is…
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NewsMillions spent and still no graves
According to a report from the Western Standard, the federal government has confirmed that it had given $7.9 million dollars to uncover the “heartbreaking truth”…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 18, 2024
Gray Havens: See You Again (3 min) This Gray Havens’ song is an attempted answer to a question that many a married couple has wondered:…
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NewsAlbertos Polizogopoulos: lawyer for the Lord
On May 9, 2024, the LORD called Albertos Polizogopoulos to Himself, completing his task on earth at the age of 41. Not long after starting…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 11, 2024
Click on the titles for the linked articles… Rend Collective: Lighthouse This one had our girls dancing… How deer grow antlers They do it every…
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HistoryIsrael at War
Once again the Middle East is in flames. The incalculable human misery that is graphically portrayed in the media cannot leave one unaffected. The terrorists’…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 4, 2024
Did ancient cultures believe in a third gender? This is an interesting question, in as far as, what point would it prove if they did?…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 27, 2024
Click the titles below to go to the linked articles… Strawman and other logical fallacies Here’s a fun way to get our kids to really…
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NewsHow much government is too much government?
In its recently released The Size of Government in 2022 report, the Fraser Institute detailed the levels of government spending across the country as a…
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MusicTaylor Swift’s explicit evolution
Last week, Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, comprised of 16 songs. Hours later, she dropped part two of the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 20, 2024
Painting without a license could soon be illegal in Minnesota Government growth is like the slowly rising temperature that eventually boils the frog in the…
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NewsOregon abandons decriminalizing hard drugs
“America’s most radical experiment with drug decriminalization has ended, after more than three years of painful results,” The Atlantic reported in early April. Increased overdose…
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NewsOne step forward, two steps back in Online Harms bill
What do pornography and hate speech have in common? Well, the federal government says they are both harmful. That’s why they’ve wrapped these issues up…
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Indigenous peoplesPrivate property rights finally planned for Indigenous British Columbians
Few Canadians realize that the majority of Indigenous peoples in BC aren’t allowed to own land like everyone else can. They are shackled by the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 13, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… If people did everything as a trick shot Evolutionists have no explanation for the…
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NewsSaturday Selections – April 6, 2024
Click on the titles below to go to the linked articles… Quite the fish story! (8 min) How do salmon find their back to where…
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NewsSt Catharines challenged for censoring pro-life messages
ARPA Canada is taking the city of St. Catharines to court. In September 2023, the city passed a bylaw that forbids delivering any image of…
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NewsDominion Report: a free and solidly Christian news source for Canadians
The Dominion Report is a Canadian news website (DominionReport.ca) and newsletter that offers up a Christian perspective on the week’s events. It delivers that perspective…