Miscellaneous (Canada).

Ottawa--After years of fighting with federal regulators (CRTC) Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), also known as Mother Angelica's network, has received approval to be broadcast in Canada. In the past CRTC denied "single-faith" programming, though no one knows by whose authority. Catholic MP's never brought it up in parliament, another example how party discipline stifles democracy in Canada. The change has come about in part, said CRTC spokesman Denis Carmel, with the development of a larger market of channels. No doubt the other part was the recent court ruling which declared the CRTC prohibition of satellite dishes unconstitutional.

It remains to be seen whether cable companies will add EWTN to their package of channels. Please call your cable company.

(LifeSite News, July 15)

Montreal--A Leger marketing survey suggests that Quebec province deserves its reputation as a bastion of permissiveness. Well over 50% of the respondents think there is nothing wrong with divorce, abortion, being gay, or having sex before the age of 16.

Honduras--The archbishop of Tegucipalga, Cardinal Rodriguez, has accused the Canadian mining company Entre Mares (Between Seas) of destroying Honduras' ecosystem, and his own government for letting the country be exploited. He referred to Entre Mares as "an enterprise that generates bread today and hunger to-morrow." Entre Mares is a subsidiary of Vancouver based Glamis Gold Ltd and extracts gold from 14,000 hectares (34,850 acres) in the Sirra valley, about 50 miles north of Tegucipalaga. (Zenit, July 6)