B.C. group opposes violent video games VANCOUVER — The Coalition Opposing Violent Entertainment, which includes B.C. teachers and RCMP, is speaking out against the video gaming industry's marketing of violence to children. buy viagra in usa The National Post reports COVE spokesman Stephen Kline, a professor at Simon Fraser University, has condemned the games which he sees as "more graphically violent" and [...]
Long tolerated, euthanasia now legal in Netherlands AMSTERDAM — Passed by the Dutch parliament last April, the law permitting active euthanasia came into force Jan. 1. Tolerated for decades, euthanasia is now governed by what euthanasia advocates claim are stringent restrictions, including that euthanasia is only available to Dutch residents who have developed a relationship with their family doctor and who are [...]
Feb. 14 marks the celebration of Valentine's Day, a day which has become synonymous with love. That word, love, is much over-used in a world that often seems to have an inadequate supply of such a quality. Over-used and misunderstood, or not properly understood because our conception of it is too limited. Love is bandied about in a rather meaningless way for [...]
There was a report in the National Post recently about U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan who are going into battle with a new camouflage face paint makeup conceived by Bobbie Weiner, who has a contract with the U.S. military. She is the Hollywood makeup artist who did the makeup for the floating bodies in Titanic. The results she achieves are frightening enough to [...]
The chaplain general's office has issued a directive to Canadian Armed Forces Christian chaplains to purge all specifically Christian references from prayers and invocations at general ceremonies and functions, although they are still permitted to mention Christ at "voluntary" Christian worship services in chapel, in the field or onboard ship. The rationale for this edict is of course the great Canadian political [...]
I sometimes think, perhaps incorrectly, that many people have the impression pro-life is mostly a Catholic issue. It is true that the Pope is probably the strongest anti-abortion voice in the world, but he is not the only one. I have a particular reason for writing this article, which I shall explain later. But first, I would like to pay tribute to [...]
Toronto pro-lifers are mourning the loss of one of their most stalwart and longstanding compatriots. Helen Burnie passed away on Dec. 3 at the age of 80. She was a prominent fixture on the Toronto pro-life scene ever since Henry Morgentaler opened his first freestanding abortuary on Harbord Street in 1984. "There weren't many like Helen," said fellow Toronto pro-life activist Dan [...]
More than 100 of 489 Interim-reading household that were sent a readership survey this past summer replied, the latest step in our constant quest to improve the newspaper. The purpose of the survey was to obtain our readers' impressions of what this newspaper does or doesn't do well and to solicit their ideas about the future direction of The Interim. Although The [...]
The Promise Keepers men's ministry movement is alive and well, as almost 4,000 men from southern Ontario and parts of northern New York state attended Hamilton's Copps Coliseum this past fall for a two-day Draw the Line men's conference. A cast of speakers including media personality Michael Coren, former Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player and Hall of Fame inductee Mike Gartner, as [...]
Bill Whatcott once again faces the prospect of spending time in jail. The Regina pro-life activist was found guilty of distributing graphic anti-abortion leaflets on the campus of that city's university last May. University of Regina security officers ticketed Whatcott under the university's traffic and parking bylaw. When asked to remove the flyers, Whatcott refused and charges were laid. Justice of the [...]
LifeSite News On Nov. 30, former abortionist Dr. Mark Walter Stewart, 57, was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of having "violated the sexual integrity" of nine of his former female patients. The Naniamo Daily News reports that Stewart received four years for twice raping a vulnerable and emotionally fragile woman. He was also sentenced to three years [...]
LifeSite News In comments made in the Senate on November 22, British Columbia Senator Mobina Jaffer said defending the existing definition of marriage is tantamount to "giving comfort to those who hate." Focus on the Family reported that Jaffer's comments came in a debate around a bill seeking to affirm in law that marriage is exclusively "between a man and a woman," [...]
This Christmas season, it is instructive to note the divergent translations of a key phrase in the New Testament story of Christmas - often said to express the essence of the real meaning of the season - basically between "peace on Earth, goodwill to those of goodwill" and "peace on Earth, goodwill towards all". The latter translation, derived from the King James [...]
A handful of anti-globalization protesters trashed a pro-life sign during the G-20 meetings in Ottawa in November, an incident largely ignored by the Canadian media. News of the violent G-20 protests which took place in Ottawa in November was seen around the globe with coverage mainly by the wire service Agence France Press. The Canadian Press coverage and the AFP coverage both [...]
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition presented its petition, Protecting People With Disabilities - The Supreme Court of Canada Latimer Decision to Parliamentary Pro-life Caucus co-chair Paul Steckle (Lib, Bruce). The petition, signed by over 31,500 Canadians, supports the needs of people with disabilities and other vulnerable Canadians by rejecting the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for Robert Latimer whose conviction of [...]