This summer a record nine students are taking part in Campaign Life Coalition's summer internship programme. The programme is an opportunity for students from various educational disciplines to contribute to the pro-life movement, while gaining valuable work experience during the summer months. The students are not the only ones who benefit from this opportunity. While many companies and businesses begin to slow [...]
Some might look at Ken Wales and say he's a fish out of water. That's because the committed Christian has worked for decades in numerous capacities in a Hollywood film industry not usually noted for its affinity with the Christian faith. Yet Wales has not just survived in that milieu, he has thrived. Wales was in southern Ontario recently, and spoke with [...]
Robert Latimer was convicted justly, Judge George Baynton of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench ruled June 19, in dismissing obstruction of justice and jury tampering charges against former Crown prosecutor Randy Kirkham. In an exclusive interview with The Interim, Kirkham said it's been "a long, long wait, and I'm glad it's all over." Latimer was convicted of second-degree murder last year [...]
City councillors and the media celebrated Sunday, June 28 as a great step forward in sexual politics and enlightenment for our nation. As a great mass of gays, lesbians, and people of various other "orientations" marched through the streets of downtown Toronto, dressed in bizarre costumes and flaunting their exotic "lifestyles," our civic leaders revelled in the fact that this year's parade [...]
Earlier this spring, pro-life evangelist Ken Campbell purchased a full-page ad in The Globe and Mail. The ad condemned the "bathhouse morality" of many homosexuals, and argued against the recent Vriend decision, in which the Supreme Court of Canada forced Alberta to add "sexual orientation" to its human rights legislation. In the ad, Campbell said the ruling is an "assault on the [...]
On July 15, pro-life evangelist Ken Campbell was acquitted of obstructing police by Judge Milton Cadsby, in a case relating to Campbell's peaceful pro-life witness in front of Toronto's Scott abortuary on September 2, 1997. The facts read before the court were that Campbell and renowned activist Linda Gibbons were in the government-mandated "bubble-zone" that day counselling abortuary clients to accept pro-life [...]
Sony Music stirred up controversy during the 1996 Christmas season when it released the recordings O Come All Ye Faithful and Just Say Noel, which were described as alternative Christmas music designed to raise money for the pro-abortion organizations Rock for Choice, the Feminist Majority Foundation, and Planned Parenthood. The controversy continued into the 1997 Christmas season, when Sony was poised to [...]
Pro-life more than anti-abortion Being pro-life means more than just being anti-abortion. That was the message brought by the co-founder of the Planned Parenthood-watchdog organization Life Decisions International to the National Pro-Life Conference. In her closing, keynote address, Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge said a pro-lifer's attitudes, words, and actions must reflect a consistent ethic. "Pro-life means different things to different people. I have [...]
The time has come to move from passivity to activity, says Linda Gibbons, grandmother of four. Since her release May 5 from the Vanier Centre for Women in Brampton, Ontario, after serving her latest prison sentence for obstructing a peace officer and breaking probation, Linda has done exactly that. Instead of focusing completely on the plight of the preborn, however, her efforts [...]
Within the pro life movement there are few things that stir up as much controversy as the showing of graphic pictures of burned and mutilated babies who have died through the act of abortion. Wherever groups like Show the Truth decide to display the graphic reality of what abortion really is, they are met with arrows flung from both sides. Many within [...]
My interest was piqued upon receiving the June issue of The Interim. Before settling down to an absorbing evening's read, I scanned the pages quickly, noting the article, "Newfoundland caves in on abortion funding." I wish to expand on that article, since I wrote the petition objecting to the province's decision to extend full funding to the Morgentaler abortuary in St. John's. [...]
Do school boards violate the rights of homosexuals when they prohibit books thought to be detrimental to children or in conflict with the beliefs of parents? B.C. Supreme Court proceedings on that very question were completed July 10, in a case brought forward by two gay teachers, a parent, and a student. The decision is now in the hands of Justice Mary [...]
The same day the Ontario government announced that abstinence must be taught in sex ed classes in all schools across the province, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists heard at its annual conference that more teenagers are becoming sexually active, pregnant, and infected by sexually-transmitted diseases. On June 29, education minister Dave Johnson announced a new health and phys ed curriculum for [...]
Pro-abortion counter-protestors arrested Grisly photos of aborted babies greeted motorists and pedestrians at Queen's Park Circle in Toronto July 10. "Some motorists give you the finger and others give you the thumbs up and honk," said Rita Vangelderen of London, as she held a huge photo of a dismembered baby aborted at 21 weeks. "I let the pictures talk for themselves." Rita [...]
Joanne Van Halteren was a nurse with 16 years experience and a respected leader in the obstetrics wing of the Markham-Stouffville hospital in Ontario. Her expertise in emergency neo-natal resuscitation was recognized by the hospital, and she was given responsibility for certifying other healthcare professionals in the technique. She loved to care for newborn babies and their mothers. She even volunteered at [...]