Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 3-Nov-2018 to 9-Nov-2018.
Tag Archives: Mississauga
Anti-abortion & stem-cell-research group’s gross GTA campaigning
At it again with graphic photos of bloody undeveloped fetuses, the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (anti-abortion and anti-stem-cell-research group) has opted this time to erect a big poster on Erin Mills Parkway in Mississauga today.
Protest at Mississauga City Hall
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I just took this photo of a group of protesters winding their way around Celebration Square (which sits in front of city hall.). I couldn’t stop long but I estimate there were between two and three dozen protesters at most. I can only assume this is the continuation of opposition … Continue reading
Weekly Update: 3-Sep-2016 to 9-Sep-2016
I’ve been wanting to set up recurring updates about topics of interest to Canadian atheists for years now. I was quite enthused when Secular Lynx started doing it a year or so back. But Secular Lynx seems to have died, so I thought it was finally time to step up.
Twenty Fifteen
George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published in 1949; the year 1984 has come and gone, but the culturally literate recognize references to words and phrases from the novel: Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, and Newspeak. Although there is no expectation that this post will be as popular as Nineteen … Continue reading
To Pray or Not to Pray
Sean McGuire at My Secret Atheist Blog has been closely monitoring municipal councils, especially in Ontario, to report on which councils say the Lord’s Prayer, which councils say a prayer, and which councils don’t appeal to some god for guidance at the opening of council meetings. In his latest post … Continue reading