A Toronto man recently charged in connection with the murders of both of his parents was seen - and photographed - outside Henry Morgentaler's former Harbord Street abortuary in the days before it was destroyed by a still-unsolved bomb explosion in May 1992. David Patten, 44, was charged May 14 with two counts of first degree murder after a man beat 80-year-old [...]
FCP LOSES GROUND, BUT LEADER SEES REASON TO HOPE Noted pro-life and pro-abortion incumbents defeated On June 3, the Tory government in Ontario won re-election, capturing 59 of 103 seats. For pro-lifers, the results were at best a mixed bag. As The Interim reported in the months leading up to the election, the three major parties and each of their leaders were essentially [...]
Victim has witnesses, licence plate of assailant, but officers say complaint ‘isn't going anywhere' On June 8 pro-life activist and Interim board member Bill Whatcott was assaulted and his sign was destroyed as he was demonstrating outside the Scott abortuary in downtown Toronto. Whatcott told The Interim that he was standing across the street from Scott's, peacefully bearing witness to what happens inside. He [...]
A contingent of pro-life parliamentarians proved that life issues are far from dead at the federal level, when they appeared at a press conference to mark the opening of the two-day March for Life event in Ottawa. More than a dozen MPs went before cameras, tape recorders and notebooks in the media room of the Congress Centre to make it clear that [...]
Thousands gather in Ottawa May 14 to mark 30 years of legalized abortion Organizers say they're pleased with the results of the second annual March for Life, which took place in Ottawa May 13-14. The event saw almost 3,000 Canadians from coast to coast take part in a number of activities aimed at drawing attention both to the two million unborn Canadians [...]
Gilles Grondin (president of Campagne Quebec Vie): The Omnibus Bill ... (threw) wide open the dikes of a furious outburst of unbridled passions, which overthrew everything in its path, including the well-tried values of our Christian culture and civilization. Some two million unborn children torn to pieces and thrown into the garbage cans since 1969 and, from there, thrown into the incinerators [...]
Toronto is getting more progressive these days. The city council voted overwhelmingly in favor of a "clothing optional" beach at Hanlon's Point on Toronto Island. The voices of opposition were few. When the vote was finished, 41 councillors voted in favour. Only nine voted against the proposal. One lone voice speaking out against this insane idea was George Mammoliti from North York. [...]
Party offers pro-lifers a precious opportunity The Family Coalition Party of Ontario has been causing pro-lifers to sit up and take notice. Several things have contributed to this positive trend: the Tories have disappointed pro-family voters deeply, and all other parties support the court-injunction against pro-life counselling at abortion clinics. An FCP ad asks the question, "Did your vote put this grandmother [...]
Government should respect traditional units A Liberal MP's recently released book is exposing the connection between family breakdown and poverty, and argues that it is not an economic response that is needed but a moral one. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Ont.) notes in his book The Child Poverty Solution that various reports on homelessness and child poverty entirely ignore the root cause of [...]
A University of Manitoba anthropologist is suffering resentment on campus after the recent release of a self-produced pamphlet condemning homosexual behaviour. Dr. Hymie Rubenstein's pamphlet, "What Gay/Lesbian Activists Won't Tell You or Your Children: Homosexual Myths and Realities," was distributed in late April at a public school trustee debate in Winnipeg regarding the benefits of sexuality and "homophobia" awareness programs. Rubenstein distributed [...]
About 1,600 women, men and youth committed to the sanctity of life attended a Focus on Life dinner in Vancouver on May 10. The dinner launched Phase 1 of a three-week television campaign to let women know they have options if faced with a crisis pregnancy. The crowd was treated to a preview of three 30-second ads that began running last Friday [...]
In an article in the April 1998 issue of The Interim, entitled "Atheist Fundamentalism," I wrote about the book Deadly Doctrine by Canadian psychiatrist and humanist Wendell Watters, in which he argues that religion - especially Christianity - hurts children's psychological development and thereby leads to mental health problems in society. He suggests in the book that perhaps the government should take [...]
Provincial medical authorities will also investigate ‘genetic termination' abortions at hospitals A police investigation may shed new light on late-term abortions of genetically-flawed babies at two Alberta hospitals. As reported in last month's Interim, nurses at Calgary Foothills Hospital revealed that they had been forced to participate in abortions on babies medical staff had determined to be genetically handicapped. In some cases, [...]
Raises questions about the government's letter encouraging the pill's manufacturer to apply for permission to market the drug in Canada In the April 1999 issue of The Interim, Sue Careless reported on a letter from Health Canada to Exelgyn, assuring the abortion pill manufacturer that any application to market RU-486 in this country will be given a "fair" hearing by the federal [...]
As Western society's cultural ethos drifts farther and farther from its Christian roots, it becomes progressively more difficult for those of us who still affirm orthodox Christian teachings and principles to have our convictions taken seriously. The issue of non-marital sex provides a prima facie example of the problem. In a recent Halifax Daily News column, Lawrence Martin waxed near-incredulous that Reform Party [...]