Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Canada has become a woke laughingstock
J.K Rowling takes it all in stride of course. I highlighted a couple of comments she made. me
The Vancouver Park Board is facing mockery after unanimously voting to apologize for hosting a Harry Potter-themed event due to the ‘trauma’ it caused gender-confused adults.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) — Barely a week goes by without the world being reminded that Canada has become a woke laughingstock.
On October 7, the Vancouver Park Board unanimously passed a motion to apologize – for hosting a Harry Potter-themed attraction in Stanley Park due to author JK Rowling’s opposition to gender ideology. A media-driven campaign launched by LGBT activists has been pushing for the Potter attraction to be cancelled since September. Ironically, the event was called “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience.”
The Canadian media, of course, reported on the motion with great solemnity. “Members of the city’s [so-called] transgender, gender diverse and Two Spirit communities had expressed concerns about the decision to partner with the event this holiday season due to its association with JK Rowling, author of the seven Harry Potter novels,” said CTV News.
The international press, on the other hand, struggled to conceal contempt. The Daily Mail’s report was titled “Woke lawmaker sobs and apologizes for city hosting ‘transphobic’ Harry Potter event after enraged JK Rowling critics demanded its cancellation”:
A liberal Vancouver lawmaker choked back tears as he apologized for the city’s decision to host a Harry Potter event after it was branded “transphobic” by JK Rowling critics. Scott Jensen agreed with members of the LGBTQ+ community who claimed it was offensive to host the magical-themed forest walk in light of Rowling’s attitude towards trans people. He became emotional as he addressed voiced their concerns at a Park Board meeting, telling them: “I’ve been really moved by your words […] the lived experiences, the hurt, so on behalf of myself I do apologize.”
Is there anything more nauseating than adult men sobbing their apologies to gender-confused men identifying as women and promising the “LGBT community” that they will never again submit them to the “trauma” of having a children’s theme park featuring one of the most popular children’s franchises of the last century because the author of the books disagrees that men can become women? Watching some of the video clips, I wondered if the Park Board members had also been taking cross-sex hormones.
The City of Vancouver has fixated on LGBT policies for years, including the 2016 “Transgender, Gender Diverse and Two Spirit Action Plan”; the LGBT group Qmunity sniveled that it “is in part because of that trust that has been cultivated over these years that news of this event was met with such an intense shock and disappointment.” To be clear: He is talking about a Harry Potter children’s adventure. A children’s theme park. It is difficult to come up with a scenario more pathetic. The group also brought up Trump’s policies, because why not?
Commissioner Tom Digby went so far as to ask the board to “reaffirm its support for inclusionary policies and to ensure the S2LGBTQ+ advisory committee is consulted on any future events with ‘equity or human rights implications.’” Apparently, the Harry Potter thing is one of those events with “human rights implications.” On October 8, Digby posted on X: “Last night, @ParkBoard did the right thing. Apologized to TGD2S community after emotional discussion. Shared some tears. Disavowed JKR. Will undertake concrete actions to rebuild trust.” This adult male was referring to a children’s Harry Potter event.
Each commissioner individually apologized to the “trans community” and promised that this would never happen again.
Rowling, however, appeared to enjoy the whole thing immensely. She reposted Digby’s post with the caption: “To be honest, I didn’t even know Vancouver Parks and Recreations had avowed me, so the disavowal hasn’t been much of a blow. Next time, send me a certificate of avowal, wait until I’ve proudly framed it, hung it over my PC and taken a selfie with it, THEN revoke it.”
When someone jokingly commented that she might never recover from this, she responded: “I wouldn’t say ‘never’, but with time, therapy and the support of my family, I anticipate that I’ll be able to hear the words ‘Vancouver Parks and Recreations’ without suffering a serious breakdown within two to three years.” Or as another commentator noted: “A ‘safe space’ is now somewhere a man can [expose] in front of women, but no one can talk about Harry Potter.”
Monday, October 13, 2025
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Vancouver cancels Harry Potter! Lord have mercy on Canada!
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A Harry Potter-themed holiday attraction in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, approved by the Vancouver Park Board, has stirred controversy and prompted an apology from city officials due to backlash from the city’s “transgender and gender-diverse communities.”
The Vancouver Park Board apologized after approving the Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience following strong backlash from members of the city’s so-called transgender and gender-diverse communities.
Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to apologize and to strengthen consultations with the city’s S2LGBTQ+ advisory committee for future events that could carry “equity or human rights implications.”
The immersive event, created by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment, allows visitors to walk through a light-filled “forbidden forest” inspired by the Harry Potter series. Tickets start at about $50 for children and climb to more than $80 for adults.
The criticism stems from the event’s association with author J.K. Rowling, who has faced years of backlash for remarks about transgender policies and sex-specific spaces for women.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
The 2025 Life Chain in Snapshots - CANADA, October 5, 2025
The 2025 Life Chain, held on Sunday, October 5 in most locations, marked the 35th year of this powerful demonstration in Canada. The Life Chain Canada committee used the occasion to launch a new online hub for this event: lifechain.ca.
Pat and I prayed at the corner of Montreal Road and the Vanier Parkway
I want to thank you for helping make it happen and for being a link in the Life Chain if you were able to participate.
Even when faced with planned counter-protests or a pro-choicer in the community with a vendetta (and undoubtedly an unhealed wound), local Life Chain organizers forged ahead.
So many of our supporters stepped up to fill a gap where there was one.
In Unity, Saskatchewan, an elderly organizer was looking for someone else to take over the Life Chain. I got a call from a 25-year-old mom who used to be pro-choice and “anti-Christian” before her conversion. She had recently moved to the area and was thrilled about this providential opportunity because she had been looking for ways to further the pro-life cause locally.
Many participants, too, went through hell and high water to be a part of the event. Some drove for hours. Some stood on the sidewalk for at least a period of time despite health challenges—heart problems, cancer, or a broken hip. 102-year-old Mildred once again brought out her chair for the Life Chain in St. Stephen’s, NB.
One participant who attended a Life Chain in Ottawa, ON, shared how after witnessing some passersby scream at her, nearby window washers offered her words of encouragement. One showed her a photo of his kids and admitted “he didn't have the courage to stand against abortion the way we do.”
He’s right. It does take courage to take part in Life Chain and so I want to commend everyone who has done so over the years.