- U.S. Attorney-General Janet Reno has announced the formation of another federal task force to probe "anti-abortion violence," despite the fact that a similar effort a few years ago failed to find evidence of a planned, co-ordinated campaign against the abortion industry (see this month's U.S. Digest for more details). - Evidence has been found in the area around Slepian's home that [...]
Setting 'fragmentation' against 'globalization' After suffering through the trauma of two world wars, world leaders founded the United Nations for the deterrence of future wars and the promotion of world peace. The diversities of national, religious and ethnic identities as well as competition for scarce resources, however, have been viewed as the primary causes of wars; the amelioration of the characteristics of [...]
Hamilton newspaper office receives more threatening packages Police in Canada and the U.S. continue to be on the lookout for James Charles Kopp, wanted as a material witness in the Oct. 23 slaying of Buffalo abortionist Barnett Slepian, while the Hamilton Spectatornewspaper continues to receive mailings threatening further harm to abortionists, in some of the latest developments surrounding the case of the so-called [...]
Arrest of grandmothers galvanizes pro-lifers On Oct. 24 and Nov. 21, Ontario pro-lifers picketed the constituency offices of about 90 MPPs across the province, protesting the government's "bubble-zone" injunction prohibiting free speech and free assembly outside abortion centres. Campaign Life Coalition Ontario president Mary Ellen Douglas told The Interim the purpose of the protest was to pressure the current Progressive Conservative government to [...]
Saved by sidewalk counsellor 5 years ago, child returns to say 'thank-you' When Sabah's four-and-a-half-year-old son Abell burst into their North York, Ont. apartment, he was clutching a piece of cardboard that his kindergarten teacher had given him. "Mummy, mummy, we put money in here to help kids." Sabah took the flat cardboard and helped her son fold it into a box [...]
Convicted 'mercy-killer' plans to appeal latest decision to the Supreme Court On Nov. 23, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that Robert Latimer must serve the mandatory life sentence, with no chance of parole for 10 years, for the "mercy killing" of his 12-year-old daughter Tracy in 1993. The decision overturns a lower court ruling last year, in which Mr. Justice [...]
Although Canadian media have generally been silent on the issue of the RU-486 abortion "pill" for some time, a number of developments have taken place, and reports been issued (particularly in the U.S.), concerning the drug. These developments reflect the see-sawing nature of the debate over whether the drug is safe, effective and appropriate for widespread distribution and use. Although the pill [...]
No other story, or pagan legend or philosophical anecdote or historical event, does in fact affect any of us with that peculiar and even poignant impression produced on us by the word Bethlehem. -G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man In The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton reflects on what is special about Christianity, and on what is unique about Jesus Christ Himself. In the chapter [...]
"Windsor is in the midst of an unprecedented baby boom, with a 14 per cent increase in births, bucking a national trend which saw [over] 5,000 fewer babies born in Canada this year." So read the opening paragraph of a front-page Windsor Star article on December 6, 2000, which proudly proclaimed the city of Windsor, Ontario as Canada's newest "(baby) boom town." While [...]
Policeman must guard abortuaries In a case reminiscent of that of former Toronto police officer David Packer, a U.S. federal court has thrown out the appeal of a Chicago police officer who said that being forced to protect abortuaries violated his religious beliefs. The court ruled that the Chicago Police Department made "a reasonable accommodation" by offering the officer a transfer to [...]
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Conference on Abortion in Ireland DUBLIN - A conference on abortion has heard that negative images of adoption must be changed to stem the flow of Irish women travelling out of the country for abortions. The 5,000 Too Many conference - whose title refers to the number of women going abroad each year for abortions - was told that adoption has fallen [...]
UN Watch The "Third Way," loosely characterized as an avenue between capitalism and socialism, is a form of political phrasing which escapes clearly defined parameters, and, as with all such models, it retains a dynamic potential for expansion and continuously evolving meaning. Hard experience has taught us that an all-embracing phrase of this nature will inevitably have pressing implications for families and [...]
Lutherans for Life celebrated their 15th anniversary on Oct. 3, with the theme, "Hope in the Light of Life." About 100 pro-life Christians from various denominations attended the celebration and all- day seminar, hosted by Zion Lutheran Church in Pembroke, Ont. Rev. Scharf, a local Lutheran minister, started the session with an invocation from Deuteronomy 30:19: "This day I call heaven and [...]
Toronto radio talk show host Michael Coren has made the jump to television. It wasn't that difficult, because the format is largely the same - discussing current events with guests and taking listeners' telephone calls. For those who enjoy his radio show, don't worry, he'll continue doing that on a nightly basis, too. Michael Coren Live, which premiered during the first week [...]