Group reiterates its commitment to prayerful, peaceful witness The Show the Truth tour is coming to the Ottawa valley July 5-9 and to the east coast of Canada August 1-15. The tour, which features signs showing graphically what abortion does to preborn babies, has been the subject of some controversy after negative press coverage, especially a CBC feature earlier this year. The [...]
On April 13, Oakland County Circuit Judge Jessica Cooper sentenced Jack Kevorkian to 10-25 years in prison for second-degree murder, scolding him for defying the laws of Michigan in his campaign for doctor-assisted suicide. The sentence is the latest chapter in a story that gained international attention after Kevorkian released a video tape to 60 Minutes showing him administering a lethal injection into [...]
Being pro-life got personal when Eileen Schuller discovered fetal tissue was being used to treat the disease that is slowly weakening her mind and body Eileen Schuller couldn't believe her ears. Like other members of her group - who call themselves Parkinsonians - she had eagerly anticipated hearing the guest speaker, a medical doctor who come to share the latest trends in [...]
Earlier this year, REAL Women of Canada launched a complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council to have Supreme Court Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé thrown off the bench for judicial misconduct. The judge denied REAL Women's allegations when they were submitted to her by the CJC. But, seeing significant misrepresentations of fact in L'Heureux-Dubé's response, REAL Women president Jeannine Lebel fired off another letter [...]
Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorf. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987. $14.50 (Cdn) Wolterstorff, a Christian philosopher, lost his 25-year-old son in a mountaineering accident. His cri du coeur is so poignant it has consoled a generation of grieving parents in a way that no self-help book by a professional expert ever could. Lament for a Son [...]
I read a news item recently that amazed me. Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister and convicted wife killer, Colin Thatcher, had to return his horse which he had been riding on the maximum security prison grounds when some envious person blew the whistle on him. I always thought that our judicial and prison system were heading towards the dumpster but I didn't think [...]
Well, the big news from Parliament Hill this month is that if you are a single-income family, the Liberal Party does not want your vote. The government began the month of March with a one-two punch to all stay-at-home mums - and all Canadian families which aspire to be "wealthy" enough to be able to make the choice to be single-income families.According [...]
By now, most Interim readers will have heard about young Tyrell Dueck of Saskatchewan. A judge ordered the 13-year-old bone cancer victim to undergo chemotherapy, and possibly amputation, against his and his parents' wishes. Tyrell underwent two court-ordered courses of chemotherapy, but terminated the treatments at the end of February.Tyrell's parents, Timothy and Yvonne Dueck, wanted to send him to a clinic in [...]
In March of 1994, the decades-long legacy of Vancouver Grace Hospital ended. Grace was a proud institution, operated by a proud denomination known as the Salvation Army.My daughter Natalie was born there. But the Army was having difficulty with the brave new world now upon us. Feeling pressured into areas of "medicine" that no Christian would dare contemplate, the Army relinquished control, [...]
This question came from students after the news of Ruby Mercer's death. Ruby Mercer was a well-known opera singer, who sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. When she was semi-retired she devoted her life to opera, and to helping and encouraging young singers. She was well known on radio. Ruby Mercer had been a foundling. The story is that she [...]
The food business is far and away the most important business in the world. Everything else is luxury. Food is what you need to sustain life every day. You can't run a tractor without fuel, and you can't run a human being without it either. Food is the absolute beginning. (Dwayne Andreas, former chairman of Archer Daniels Midland Co., Reuters, Jan. 25, [...]
Parent licences recommended Abortionist gets award Sex change on birth record Tremblay charged with assault 'Gay pride' complaint No to same-sex marriages B.C. gets first gay judge Parent licences recommendedCAPE BRETON, N.S. - A sociologist and a political scientist at the University College of Cape Breton have called for a licensing system for parents. Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe say such [...]
Controversy over ‘pro-life' designation Hillary Clinton to face pro-life protests Charlton Heston addresses culture war Mormons oppose most abortions Oregon suicide stats released Nurses less tolerant of abortion Pro-life obstetrician loses lawsuit Robertson back at Christian Coalition Charges against abortionist stayed Controversy over ‘pro-life' designation A decision by the National Right to Life Committee, the largest U.S. pro-life organization, to certify possible [...]
Argentina marks Day of the Unborn Abortionist commits suicide Russian abortions down? Egyptian orphans killed for organs Israeli pro-life group active Argentina marks Day of the UnbornBUENOS AIRES - Argentina observed its first national Day of the Unborn March 25, with President Carlos Menem sending a message to all heads of state in Latin America, as well as Spain, Portugal and the [...]
In a March 27 Toronto Star column, Michele Landsberg refers to Human Life International's world conference in Toronto April 7 to 11 as "purveyors of hate and violence com(ing) to town, 2,000-strong." "This is not an innocuous event," Landsberg warns, accusing HLI of being "true fascists," preaching "the most abysmal kinds of prejudice against lesbians, gays, Muslims and Jews." In an open letter [...]