Shades of a blog post from after the defeat of the Bruinooge bill to outlaw coercive abortion in our January editorial, "Time for something bolder." We call upon pro-life politicians to address the abortion issue directly, for example, by putting forth a bill to ban dilatation and evacuation abortions. It is not that we think it would be more likely to pass, but it would begin a [...]
From the January edition of The Interim: "Top 10 Canadian stories of 2010." Seven of the ten, and the complete top five are all good news stories. Some are glass-is-half-full observations, such as the push-back by pro-life students on the university campus who will not be intimidated and continue to stand up for the unborn. Other might see the harassment of students as [...]
Rod Bruinooge’s private member’s bill aimed to outlaw coercing an abortion should not have been controversial. Who, after all, could be against keeping women safe from threats that would force them to choose between their own safety and the life of the unborn child inside them? But apparently abortion supporters and defenders of the status quo cannot countenance any limit on abortion, [...]
Here are The Interim's top 10 Canadian stories of 2010. Some of them bring us hope in our battle for Life and Family issues, while others remind us there is still a lot of work to be done. 10. Formation of Parliamentary Caucus. On an April 21 press conference a group of MPs announced the creation of the non-partisan Parliamentary [...]
Let us begin by looking at holidays as they existed in earlier societies, and trying to distinguish between a few main types of holidays as they exist today. In the English language, the word “holiday” is derived from the word “holy day.” In earlier European societies, traditional holidays were usually bound up with the Christian religion – or what could be considered [...]
On Dec. 3, a little more than a month after receiving LifeCanada`s Mother Teresa Award for outstanding pro-life activism, Heather Stilwell, a culture warrior and pro-life heroine, passed away after losing a two-year battle with breast cancer. While not unexpected, the news hit pro-lifers hard. Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes told The Interim that her death is the [...]