When everything is ‘unprecedented,’ it’s tough to choose just a few highlights for an Around Town column after taking a two-month summer break (which was very pleasant). Thus I have just decided to focus on several law-related stories, news of… Read more →
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Around Town: Delta Hospice, IDL cuts, street preachers, port pastors, albinism
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The provincial NDP government is receiving lots of public support for their leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially that of spokesperson Dr. Bonnie Henry. I have no doubt that the Christian community is right in step with that view. However,… Read more →
Fraser Health’s Delta Hospice decision undermines personal responsibility
by Levi Minderhoud • • 1 Comment
Last month, Fraser Health followed through on an ultimatum to the Delta Hospice Society: provide Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) or lose funding. The Delta Hospice Society refused to compromise their principles that palliative care “intends neither to hasten or… Read more →
Assisted suicide: federal bill, provincial agenda threaten sanctity of human life
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
These are dark days for anyone concerned about the protection of life in Canada. We have no laws whatsoever to safeguard unborn children, and now both federal and provincial governments are pressing ahead with euthanasia. The Liberal Party has introduced… Read more →
Hospice resists imposition of ‘medical assistance in dying’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
A Ladner hospice has offered to forgo $750,000 in provincial funding so that it will not be obliged to assist in ending the lives of any of their residents. The Delta Hospice Society is on the front lines of a… Read more →
Malcolm Guite: Poetry hit home on themes of refugees, and refuge
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
It was a dark and stormy night (December 12), and I was debating the wisdom of driving from East Van to the depths of Ladner – even for what seemed like a sure thing: Malcolm Guite and Friends. (I had… Read more →