Yearly Archives: 2025

Three cities drop Christian Heritage Month after atheists complain

Paul Tuns: Three municipalities that declared December Chirstian Heritage Month in 2024 have reversed themselves and will not do so again. In January, The Interim reported that 56 jurisdictions in Canada, including the province of Saskatchewan, and cities such as Calgary, Mississauga, Regina, and Toronto, officially declared December “Christian Heritage Month” after an advocacy campaign by Molly Banerjei, a realtor from Toronto [...]

admin2025-04-07T12:17:33-04:00April 7, 2025|Politics, Religion|

CHP fights for right to advertise

Jonathan Van Maren: In a truly absurd story that serves as a microcosm of the battle over Canada’s soul, the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) is facing off with the City of Hamilton … over an ad that depicts a smiling young woman, and the dictionary definition: “Woman: An Adult Female.” The ad was submitted by CHP Hamilton in January 2023 to Outfront [...]

admin2025-04-07T12:08:34-04:00April 7, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture|

The Detransition Diaries

The Detransition Diaries Jennifer Lahl and Kallie Fell (Ignatius Press, $24.95, 246 pages) Documentarian Jennifer Lahl (Trans Mission) and perinatal nurse Kallie Fell have written a short, powerful, timely argument against transgender ideology. There are several short chapters on issues surrounding gender dysphoria such as “The rise of the gender-affirmation movement,” “Lessons not learned from medical abuses,” “Why is the trend higher among [...]

admin2025-04-03T10:59:25-04:00April 3, 2025|Bioethics, Society & Culture|

Anti-hate group seeks to cancel March for Life speaker

Paul Tuns: Calvin Robinson acknowledges the audience at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington D.C., on Jan. 25. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network, which has a history of targeting pro-life and pro-family organizations as hate groups, published a “smear piece” against black preacher Calvin Robinson, a featured speaker at the youth conference following the National March for Life in Ottawa this [...]

admin2025-04-03T10:33:32-04:00April 3, 2025|Abortion|

The importance of Montesquieu and his four cardinal goods

Sarah Stilton, Review: Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws: A Critical Edition Edited by W. B. Allen (Anthem Press, $215, 954 pages) There are Marxists and Lockeans, Nietzscheans and Aristotelians but there are no Montesquieuans. The knock against Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu is that he created no system, that he was not a theorizer. Montesquieu is considered a [...]

admin2025-04-02T13:08:19-04:00April 2, 2025|Politics, Reviews|

Canadian Human Rights Commission, NGO coalition express concerns about MAiD to UN

Paul Tuns Numerous organizations from Canada submitted concerns about Canada’s euthanasia regime to the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), including worries expressed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission that some people will choose so-called Medical Assistance in Dying because they cannot access adequate medical care, housing, or other supports. Canada ratified the UN Convention on the [...]

admin2025-04-02T12:59:39-04:00April 2, 2025|Euthanasia|

Baseball’s Good Samaritan

Donald DeMarco: The Fifth Annual Report on It was just another game in the long 162 marathon that is the season of baseball. Or was it? Boston Red Sox first baseman Pat Stapleton came to bat in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox with the score tied 2-2. Stapleton hit a line-drive that would have been far less memorable if [...]

admin2025-04-02T12:46:46-04:00April 2, 2025|Religion, Society & Culture|

The Chicago Canon on Free Inquiry and Expression

The Chicago Canon on Free Inquiry and Expression Edited by Tony Banout and Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago Press, $26, 228 pages) The University of Chicago is justly famous for its defense of freedom of expression and free inquiry against the censorious barbarians at the gates of academia, and within it. Over the past decade, as many universities set out to provide [...]

admin2025-04-01T12:09:16-04:00April 1, 2025|Reviews|

Carney wins Liberal leadership, calls snap election

CLC, CHP call on pro-lifers to vote conscientiously this election Paul Tuns: Campaign Life Coalition gave Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre (left) an F, People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier (center) a C+, and Christian Heritage Party leader Rod Taylor (right) an A+. Two weeks after winning the Liberal leadership, Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election for April 28. Carney, [...]

admin2025-04-01T12:10:08-04:00April 1, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

And then there was this, March 2025

Danielle Smith outraged about euthanasia Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared on the John Bachman Now Show on Newsmax in January. Toward the end of the interview, Bachman said that the increase in doctor-assisted suicide in Canada was frightening, and asked Smith for her opinion. Smith agreed that “one of the things that the federal government was allowing was a potential for [...]

admin2025-03-27T14:12:58-04:00March 27, 2025|Abortion, And then there was this..., Euthanasia, Politics, Religion|

How to Choose the Best Online Casino in Alberta

Understanding the Legal Landscape Before diving into the world of online casinos, it’s crucial to understand the legal landscape of online gambling in Alberta. The province regulates online gaming through the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC), which ensures that players have access to safe and fair gaming options. For more information about the various gambling platforms available in Alberta, you [...]

admin2025-08-20T11:21:11-04:00March 26, 2025|digital|

Lest we forget the Apostle of Life

Donald DeMarco: Fr. Paul Marx founded Human Life International. Rev. Paul Marx, was the 15th of 17 children born to devoutly religious parents, George and Elizabeth, on a dairy farm in St. Michael, Minnesota on May 8, 1920. Coincidentally, and perhaps in some way providentially, Benjamin Franklin was also the 15th of 17 children. It may also be of interest [...]

admin2025-03-25T10:10:51-04:00March 25, 2025|Abortion, Donald DeMarco, Religion|

Abortion activist who lobbied feds received funds

Paul Tuns: Pro-life researcher Patricia Maloney, who blogs at Run for Life, revealed that the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (AARC) lobbied the federal government to restrict pro-life activism by stripping pro-life groups of their charitable tax status, a policy that the Trudeau government would later propose. Maloney revealed that according to the Canadian Registry of Lobbyists, AARC director Joyce Arthur had [...]

admin2025-03-25T09:49:55-04:00March 25, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

The Supreme Court’s cross-Canada roadshow

John Carpay: In reporting on Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) Justices touring the country, the Canadian Press described it as a “roadshow,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “a theatrical performance given by a troupe on tour.” Having met with select groups in Winnipeg in 2019 and Quebec City in 2022, the judges will press the flesh of Canadians in 2025 when visiting Moncton, [...]

admin2025-03-21T09:10:21-04:00March 21, 2025|John Carpay|

Death to Woke Sports

Victor Penny: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life Donald Trump has driven a stake deep into the heart of the woke agenda. On Feb. 5, the U.S. President signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The concept is straightforward: male athletes are now banned from participating in athletic competitions that are exclusively for girls and women. [...]

admin2025-03-21T09:05:35-04:00March 21, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture, Victor Penney|

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