Tanis Cortens, Feature Writer: U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati, Ohio, residence was broken into on Jan. 5. The Vance family was not at home at the time, having returned to Washington, D.C. The man accused of the crime, 26-year-old William D. DeFoor, is facing both local and federal charges. DeFoor has a history of mental health-related legal issues, beginning in 2023 [...]
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: According to the annual report on the number of abortion mills operating in the United States, there are 657 abortuaries, down from 667 the previous year. It marked the fourth consecutive decline in the number of individual abortion facilities operating in the country. As recently as 2021 there were 718 abortion mills, that last time that the number [...]
Paul Tuns: On Jan. 6, Margaret Marsilla, shared a post on her Facebook account mourning the euthanasia death of her 26-year-old son Kinao Vafaiean on Dec. 30. Marsilla wrote on Facebook: “Four years ago, here in Ontario, we were able to stop his euthanasia and get him some help. He was alive because people stepped in when he was vulnerable and not [...]
Tamara Jansen, Special to The Interim: Unless this Parliament chooses a different path, Canada will allow MAiD for people whose only condition is mental illness. That means men and women struggling with depression, trauma or overwhelming psychological pain could be steered toward death by a system that too often cannot offer timely treatment, consistent follow-up or even basic support. This is why I [...]
Paul Tuns: Andrew Lawton stands up to speak in the Chambre during Question Period. © HOC-CDCCredit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services On Dec. 5, the House of Commons debated C-218, Tamara Jansen’s private member’s bill that would put an end to the planned March 2027 expansion of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness. C-218, An Act [...]
Mary Zwicker Europe Correspondent: Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen condemned the ‘My Voice, My Choice’ initiative, saying the European Parliament should ‘give a voice to those who do not yet have one, namely the unborn children in their mothers’ wombs.’ A pro-abortion movement in Europe is pushing to expand abortion access to countries in the European Union in an alarming threat [...]
Mary Zwicker European Correspondent: There is an ongoing push by European countries to promote abortion in African nations where pro-life values still remain strongly enshrined. In recent years, various countries throughout the European Union and the United Kingdom have been working to extend abortion access to pro-life African nations, with investigative reports from the European Conservative revealing that the pro-life values of [...]
Paul Tuns: On Dec. 14, pro-life conservative José Antonio Kast won 58 per cent of the vote in the Chilean presidential election against Jeannette Jara of the Chilean Communist Party, which has ties to Cuba and Nicaragua. Kast will be sworn into office on March 11. Kast is a married Catholic and father of nine children, who had served as a city [...]
Paul Tuns On Jan. 14, beleaguered Quebec Premier François Legault, 68, announced he would step down as premier and leader of the party he founded before a provincial election later this year. Legault led the right-of-centre Coalition Avenir Quebec to two majority governments in 2018 and 2022. Seeking re-election four years ago, CAQ garnered 41 per cent of the vote, nearly as [...]