I don’t believe it: Atheism is on the rise

ERIC SHACKLETON
Canadian Press
September 19, 2007
TORONTO — The first thing that catches your eye as you walk in the door is the T-shirts hanging on the wall.
For a few dollars, you can own a black one with “Heretic” emblazoned in white on the front, or a white one sporting the word Darwin etched in black inside [...]

Ditching God

Emboldened Atheists Are Finding Purpose
In Coming Out Of The Closet
  
  
Charles Lewis, National Post
Published: Saturday, July 21, 2007
The Centre for Inquiry Ontario office is on the main floor of an old row house in downtown Toronto, but has the look of a spacious church basement. It has a piano, folding chairs in neat rows, and shelves of [...]

Ape gestures ’show human links’

found here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6610447.stm

Ape gestures ’show human links’

The ability to learn gestures separates apes from most species

Researchers in the US say they have firm evidence that apes communicate using gestures – shedding light on the development of human language.The team analysed the way bonobos and chimpanzees used hand and limb gestures to make themselves understood.
The scientists [...]

Creationism debate continues to evolve

Apr 02, 2007 04:30 AM
Stuart Laidlaw
Faith and Ethics Writer
http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/198318 
PETER MCCABE FOR THE
TORONTO STAR
McGill
University professor Brian Alters, photographed at the Redpath Museum of Civilization in
Montreal, says research has shown one-third of teachers report pressure from parents to teach creationism or intelligent design.  
Glossary:
What it all means 
Evolution: The theory, popularized by Charles Darwin, that [...]

Atheist says he’s victim of religious hate crime

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070331.ATHEIST31/TPStory/?query=atheist
Man says he was assaulted at Ryerson
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
EDUCATION REPORTER
An atheist group leader says he is the victim of a religious hate crime.
Freethought Association of Canada president Justin Trottier said he was assaulted at Ryerson University earlier this week while he and a colleague were hanging posters for a coming lecture.
“Their motives were clearly premised on [...]

Nigeria teacher dies ‘over Koran’

 From the BBC
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6477177.stm
Nigeria teacher dies ‘over Koran’

Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say.The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in Gombe city. It is not clear what she had done to anger the students.
The authorities, concerned that communal unrest [...]

When the ain’ts go marching in

by Christopher Dreher, Globe and Mail

If there really is a Supreme Being who is concerned about how His name is worshipped on Earth, these days He may be wishing he had put a caveat in His scriptures: Please don’t irritate the scientists. In the past year or two, a clutch of high-decibel books by scientists [...]

Horst Klaus Interview

From The Standard Spectrum In the Niagara Region comes
and Interview with One of the HAC members who Heads the Niagara Secular Humanists
In an arcticle titled “Reason Over Dogma”
Horst Klaus Interview
Feb 24 2007
Great Job Horst!

Responsibility rests with Muslims

 Letter published from  one of our HAC members
Elka Ruth Enola, Oakville
the Toronto Star
 Mar 06, 2007 04:30 AM

Hijab ban in soccer is upheld
March 4.I am a feminist and strongly support Muslim girls and women playing soccer, so I followed closely the current situation in which a young female soccer player was ejected from playing in a game [...]

Prayer stays at Region

Jan 24, 2007
By Erin Hatfield
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DURHAM — If God be for you, who can be against you? If there’s any truth to this age-old saying, Regional Council won’t have to worry about enemies for some time since voting to keep God a part of its process.
With three councillors absent, council voted 21-4 in [...]