At a press conference for her new comedy The Switch, about an unmarried middle-aged woman who decides to conceive via artificial insemination rather than waiting for the right man to come along, Jennifer Aniston sparked controversy by telling journalists, “Women are realizing more and more that you don’t have to settle, they don’t have to fiddle with a man to [...]
Keith Martin, who helped lead the Liberal crusade to include abortion in the government's maternal health initiative earlier this year -- a Liberal plan to export abortion to the mothers of the developing world -- is urging people to get behind a campaign to help save the rhino. Of course, this isn't the first time he has demonstrated a preference for animals over [...]
Allan Tam is a candidate for public school trustee in York Region District School Board. John Del Grande is a trustee on the Toronto Separate School Board who is seeking re-election. Both are deserving of victory as both are running against the Ontario Ministry of Education's equity program. See the LifeSiteNews story. Campaign Life Coalition explains the dangers of that program.
We are passing this along from one of our supportive churches (St. Rose of Lima) and Knights of Columbus Councils (13244) in Toronto: OKTOBERFEST – DINNER & DANCE: A fun event with a German & Austrian theme. SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 6pm – 12:30: Good food – good music – good fun. The Knights of Columbus Council 13244 Invite all readers of the Interim to join [...]
Rebecca Walberg briefly examines the dearth of characters who have abortions in television and movies. Pro-aborts are unhappy that there is no unabashedly pro-choice equivalent of Juno (not that it was an unabashedly pro-life movie). Walberg says the reason for this is simple: that even those who support legal abortion find the procedure distasteful and thus characters who have them generally unsympathetic. In a great analogy, [...]
Actress Patricia Neal passed away Aug. 8 at the age of 84. The Oscar-winning actress who starred in such films asBreakfast at Tiffany’s and The Day the Earth Stood Still often expressed sorrow for having an abortion at age 23 after an affair with Garry Cooper. In a life marred by tragedy, including the death of a child, a life-threatening illness, [...]
A writer who practices his art at home does not want to turn his place of residence into a library warehouse. And so, every so often, in order to maintain a dynamic equilibrium between acquisitions and dispersals, he must sift through his material and separate the transitory from the enduring. It is a practice akin to gardening in which one separates the [...]
Gay phone line goes silentCHARLOTTLETOWN- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported recently that AIDS Prince Edwards Island can no longer afford to cover the cost of the province's only gay and lesbian toll-free telephone lie.For several years, Islanders have wondered who was funding Nitro Casino für Österreichische Spieler for this service and its promotional advertisements in local newspapers.Spokespersons for AIDS PEI said the [...]
See the online ad for a list of the fantastic speakers for the Building a Global Culture of Life conference in Ottawa, October 28-30. Purchase tickets online here.
The Globe and Mail interviews filmmaker Katie Aselton, who wrote, directed, co-produced, and starred in The Freebie, a film about a couple whose relationship lacks the spark it once had when it comes to sex. To rekindle that spark, they agree that they can each have a one-night stand with no repercussions. Of course, there are repercussions. The GM's Zosia Bielski and Aselton talk about [...]
Andrea Mrozek has a post at ProWomanProLife on a lawsuit against Dr. Norman Barwin, founder of an Ottawa fertility clinic that is being sued for inseminating two women with the "wrong sperm." He is also a former president of Planned Parenthood Canada, who of course was awarded the Order of Canada in the 1990s. Says Mrozek: "I’m starting to think it really doesn’t take much to [...]
Life Chain is a peaceful and silent pro-life witness in which participants hold signs that say "Abortion hurts women," "Abortion kills children," and "Adoption -- the loving option." It is held across North America on October 2. Locations are listed here.
Click HERE for a list of LifeChain locations across Canada
Pro-life has ‘invaded’ my life: UC’s Alanna Campbell As the school year begins, many pro-lifers might be wondering what will happen next at the University of Calgary and the campus pro-life club, Campus Pro-Life. Alanna Campbell is the president of the club and ready to take on whatever the year brings. She is only 21 years old and starting her [...]
I envy people who’ve maintained a constant connection to their faith, but not just for the bedrock of moral certainty that’s been beneath their feet their entire life. If you haven’t walked a meandering path all over the political and spiritual landscape, you probably won’t have experienced the panic that overwhelms you the morning after you’ve returned from that tacitly secular, hyperbolically [...]