Monthly Archives: March 2007

Persecution of British Christians

Thanks to a draconian new Equality Act that comes into effect in England, Wales and Scotland in April, faithful British Christians are about to undergo much the same persecution as their Canadian counterparts. The act includes a sweeping ban on discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation.” In a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of his [...]

2010-01-27T16:16:09-05:00March 27, 2007|Columnist, Rory Leishman|

Power of the people

Telus Mobility, the second largest cellphone service provider in Canada, was offering pornography to subscribers with web-surfing capabilities on their phones. This had a lot of customers upset. Vancouver’s Catholic Archbishop Raymond Roussin was even among those speaking out against the furthering of pornographic accessibility. Roussin urged Catholics who were using Telus to take their business elsewhere – and to let the [...]

2010-01-27T16:14:04-05:00March 27, 2007|Editorials|

25 years of The Interim

This month marks the beginning of our 25th year of publishing The Interim. Some might consider that a failure. After all, in the early days of this paper, no less a leading pro-life voice than Joseph Borowski predicted that protection for the unborn would be won within three to five years. But considering the obstacles that the pro-life movement has faced – a [...]

2010-01-27T16:12:50-05:00March 27, 2007|Editorials|

Bits & Pieces

Canada The Globe and Mail reports that the Conservatives are trying to engineer the defeat of their own government to force a mid-Spring election ... Liberal Leader Stephane Dion vows that one-third of the party’s candidates in the next election will be women and various news sources report that the party is trying to attract current and former NDP candidates to run under [...]

2010-01-27T16:11:20-05:00March 27, 2007|Bits n' Pieces|

Across Canada

Christian marriage commissioner faces rights tribunal REGINA – In response to a complaint made against him before the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal, Orville Nichols, a marriage commissioner in that province, has said his faith “takes first place” in his life and therefore, he cannot in good conscience officiate over the “marriage” for two homosexual men. He added: “I couldn’t sleep or live [...]

2010-01-27T16:10:25-05:00March 27, 2007|Across Canada|

Americans mark 34 years of Roe v. Wade

Americans mark 34 years of Roe v. Wade The 34th annual March for Life in Washington D.C. attracted at least 100,000 pro-lifers while the third annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco grew to more than 20,000 people this year. Other communities across the country also held local demonstrations marking the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion [...]

2010-03-24T14:33:28-04:00March 24, 2007|Abortion Law|

Pat Boone: Still letting his light shine

Pat Boone is a descendent of the legendary U.S. pioneer Daniel Boone. He has been a top-selling recording artist, the star of his own hit TV series, a movie star, a Broadway headliner and a best-selling author in a career that has spanned half a century. During the classic rock and roll era of the 1950s, he sold more records than any [...]

2010-03-24T14:31:17-04:00March 24, 2007|Profiles|
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