Aliens in America: The Strange Truth About Our Souls By Peter Augustine Lawler, ISI Books, 298 pages 24.95 U.S.,Reviewed by As citizens of a First World nation endowed with an amazing degree of peace, prosperity, longevity and opportunities for personal advancement, it is easy to forget that our predicament is in large part the consequence of the Enlightenment project of overcoming the [...]
Christophobia: The Real Reason Behind Hate Crime Legislation By Tristan Emmanuel, with a foreword by Link Byfield. Christian Freedom Press (Canada) Inc., $15.99, 112 pages.Reviewed by Royal Hamel The Interim Tristan Emmanuel has done Canadians a great service by producing this compact primer on hate crime legislation. Specifically, the book zeroes in on the details and ramifications of Bill C-250, which seeks [...]
Interim Staff Editor's Note: Direct quotes related in this story may offend some readers. A Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. national fundraising dinner for Rev. Stephen Boissoin was stormed by protesters calling themselves "the Gay Militia." Protesters, dressed in camouflage and military apparel to conceal their identity, entered the private dinner, banging drumsticks on the wall and yelling, "Right wing bigots, go away!" [...]
On April 19, Statistics Canada revealed that the 2002 birth rate in Canada fell for the 11th time in 12 years and that the fertility rate - 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age (15-49) - is one quarter under the replacement level of 2.1. The birthrate of 10.5 live births per 1,000 population is the lowest since statistics keeping track of [...]
The Interim is the pro-life, pro-family paper of record in Canada. We cover news that many other media want to ignore and give a perspective that is not found elsewhere. We are convinced, as we are sure you are, that the paper fills an important niche in Canadian publishing and the pro-life movement. Last year, due to circumstances beyond our control, we [...]
Our immune system, certainly one of the great marvels of nature, equips us with 100 billion (100,000,000,000) immunological receptors. Each of these tiny receptors has the uncanny natural capacity to distinguish the self from the non-self. Consequently, they are able to immunize or protect our bodies against the invasion of foreign substances that could be harmful to us. Marvelous as nature is, [...]
In its March 3, 2004 issue, LifeSite Daily News made the following statement, "The Senate's social affairs, science and technology committee has unanimously approved Bill C-6, an Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research." The bill will now go to the third and final reading in the Senate and be given a final vote directly thereafter. "The legislation allows destructive research [...]
French Canadians have the habit of easy and quick canonization. After Claude Ryan's death on Feb. 9, the whole nation praised the journalist and politician, from Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal to Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Many journalists participated, particularly from Le Devoir. Even the PQ leader, Bernard Landry, and the former PQ leader, Lucien Bouchard, were at the funeral. There was [...]
I answered the door and there was Prime Minister Paul Martin standing there. I expected him to be on time. "Are you the wise old sage I've been told can help me with the political disasters I'm facing?" "Wise old sage?" I laughed. "I've been called worse things than that. I give advice to politicians and sometimes they act on it and [...]
The other day, the guy on my local radio station mentioned that The Passion of The Christ was the number one movie in America. "So congrats to Mel Gibson," he said. "And it'll probably hold on to the number one slot until the new Starsky & Hutch opens." It's always useful to keep things in proportion. But, in fact, Starsky & Hutch [...]
A Catholic priest who was a prominent figure on the Canadian pro-life scene since even before abortion was legalized in this country has passed away at the age of 93. Father John Mole, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, died peacefully at the Oblate residence in Ottawa on Feb. 14. Born in England and ordained a priest in 1947, he soon developed [...]
Pregnant? Alone? Scared? Require unconditional support? Birthright provides advocacy in a non-judgmental, compassionate, and active listening environment. It is a confidential crisis pregnancy service in Canada, which provides free counselling, resources and referrals to women seeking an alternative to abortion. Birthright's objective: "It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth, the right of every child to be born." Birthright [...]
Nova Scotia's Department of Health is aiming to put a new sex ed book in the hands of all students in Grades 7-12. It is not to be a take-home text. Although still in the draft stage, Sex? has already caused some commotion in the province. One paper called it a sex manual. Through the Depart-ment of Education, the Department of Health [...]
With a federal election just around the corner, Canada's political parties are busy churning out new slogans. If past elections are any indication, we'll soon be called to "Make Our Voice Heard" "For A Positive Future" since now is "A Time For Change." While the slogans will all be different, you can be sure they'll all be similarly meaningless. But what if [...]
By Interim staffAfter dragging the matter on for a year, the Ontario Press Council has decided to not even a consider a complaint into an article and two columns by the Globe and Mail's Heather Mallick, which, among other things, urged that Henry Morgentaler be given the Order of Canada, incorrectly described a 12-week-old fetus as a "dot," labelled pro-life members of [...]