Pro-lifers report mixed results in U.S. mid-term election Despite some setbacks for individual pro-life politicians, there were a number of victories in state-level ballot initiatives in the U.S. mid-term elections Nov. 3. The most notable was the stunning victory against doctor-assisted suicide in Michigan, where two out of three of voters rejected Proposal B, which would have allowed doctors "to prescribe medication [...]
On Nov. 19, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Jill Hamilton upheld an earlier decision dismissing murder charges in a suspected euthanasia case. In February, Nova Scotia Provincial Court Judge Hughes Randall granted a discharge to Dr. Nancy Morrison, who is alleged to have killed patient Paul Mills last year at the Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. Judge Randall ruled that [...]
Arrest of grandmothers galvanizes pro-lifers On Oct. 24 and Nov. 21, Ontario pro-lifers picketed the constituency offices of about 90 MPPs across the province, protesting the government's "bubble-zone" injunction prohibiting free speech and free assembly outside abortion centres. Campaign Life Coalition Ontario president Mary Ellen Douglas told The Interim the purpose of the protest was to pressure the current Progressive Conservative government to [...]
Convicted 'mercy-killer' plans to appeal latest decision to the Supreme Court On Nov. 23, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that Robert Latimer must serve the mandatory life sentence, with no chance of parole for 10 years, for the "mercy killing" of his 12-year-old daughter Tracy in 1993. The decision overturns a lower court ruling last year, in which Mr. Justice [...]
Toronto radio talk show host Michael Coren has made the jump to television. It wasn't that difficult, because the format is largely the same - discussing current events with guests and taking listeners' telephone calls. For those who enjoy his radio show, don't worry, he'll continue doing that on a nightly basis, too. Michael Coren Live, which premiered during the first week [...]
For three days in mid-February, people from all over the country will meet in Ottawa to hear speakers and to discuss and vote on political principles at the United Alternative Assembly. Some pro-lifers see the convention as a new opportunity to significantly influence what may be a major emerging force on the Canadian political scene. The United Alternative Assembly runs this coming [...]
Voters in many municipalities in Alberta had their chance to decide whether or not they wanted video lottery terminals, and in the province's two largest cities, Edmonton and Calgary, they decided yes, they do. In fact, VLTs, labelled the crack cocaine of gambling by critics, were kept by all but six of the 31 communities that voted on the issue. The communities [...]
The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is promising to extend full and equal rights to homosexual partners in every area of law except marriage. Dalton McGuinty said if he is elected premier, his government would pass legislation to extend full benefits, pension, spousal leave and adoption rights to same-sex couples. He stopped short of endorsing homosexual marriage, however, because it falls [...]
Pro-life movement condemns attack on Slepian Police in Canada and the U.S. are on the trail of James Charles Kopp, said to be a material witness - but not a suspect - in the slaying of Buffalo ob-gyn Barnett Slepian. Slepian was shot in the back through his kitchen window, by a sniper hiding in the bushes outside, on Oct. 23. Slepian [...]
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada will pick a new leader this fall, but the candidates hold out little hope for pro-life, pro-family Canadians. Seeking the leadership are former prime minister Joe Clark, backroom advisor Hugh Segal, former Manitoba cabinet minister Brian Pallister, Québec lawyer Michael Fortier, and Saskatchewan farmer and free-trade opponent David Orchard. If the Oct. 24 vote fails to [...]
On Sept. 2, police in 12 countries simultaneously arrested almost 50 people. The sting, dubbed Operation Cathedral, was described by authorities as "the most extensive child pornography sting in history." Begun by the British National Crime Squad six months ago, it uncovered a database with more than 100,000 pornographic photographs. Police have seized "boxes of pornography, various software materials, and hardware," 8mm [...]
In May 1996, conservatives of all stripes and political parties met in Calgary at a Winds of Change conference. Their purpose was to find common ground, in order to "unite the right." Christian Heritage Party leader Ron Gray went to the conference but was refused entry. He says many fiscal conservatives don't want moral conservatives as part of their coalition. He says [...]
A Liberal MP is working to give relief to parents who forgo careers to stay at home with their children. MP Paul Szabo (Mississagua South), is the chairperson of a Liberal caucus committee exploring ways to address the issue of unpaid work in the home. He says parents who stay at home to take care of preschool children are entitled to equal [...]
Shortly after his 1996 re-election, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori initiated an ambitious program of population control, featuring "sex education" and sterilization in the heavily Roman Catholic country. Critics of the program see population control as a trade-off with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and foreign governments for much-needed economic aid. American G. Joseph Rees, a Congressional committee staff aide, went [...]
Earlier this spring, pro-life evangelist Ken Campbell purchased a full-page ad in The Globe and Mail. The ad condemned the "bathhouse morality" of many homosexuals, and argued against the recent Vriend decision, in which the Supreme Court of Canada forced Alberta to add "sexual orientation" to its human rights legislation. In the ad, Campbell said the ruling is an "assault on the [...]