In the 82nd year of his life, on May 23, John L. Bennett passed away, but his memory lingers in the minds of those who knew him. Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition, is one of these, and reminisced with The Interim about his old friend with evident warmth. In the later years of their friendship, they would [...]
No doubt you could be excused for considering Hollywood to be a synonym for vice and a film festival an excuse to air all the freshest depravities of the film industry. For example, you may have been following the most prestigious film festival in the world, the Cannes, which recently awarded “Best Screenplay” to a movie centered on homosexual adultery. [...]
The Interim will be introducing Web Exclusive Articles in the upcoming months. These articles will be linked from online Pro-Life Groups across Canada.
Rick McGinnis reviews Sam Mendes’ ‘Revolutionary Road’, which offers typical Hollywood fare on the 1950s.
The Interim interviews Dr. Nathanson, the famous abortionist-turned pro-life activist.
Harley Price reviews William Gairdners’ recent works, which seek to defend universals in a relativistic age.
Returning from his visit to Israel, Interim editor Paul Tuns discusses his 3-hatted journey as tourist, journalist, and pilgrim.
A look back at many of the important moments for the pro-life and pro-family community in 2008.
Frank Mountain may have spent the last 20 years of his life confined to a wheelchair, following a 1988 car accident that left him a quadriplegic, but his physical condition never for a moment slowed him down as one of the most active, tireless, and successful activists in Canada?s pro-life movement. Pro-life Canadians are mourning the loss of the man whose peer [...]
Editor's Note: On Sept. 22, Interim Publishing released The Tyranny of Nice: How Canada Crushes Freedom in the Name of Human Rights (and Why It Matters to Americans) as an e-book (electronic book) and two weeks later as a paperback (see advertisement on page 7). Internationally reknowned columnist Mark Steyn wrote the introduction. Interim editor Paul Tuns interviewed the co-authors, Kathy Shaidle and [...]
Long-time Campaign Life Coalition supporter John Terrence (Terry) Dalton passed away on May 25 at the age of 86. Described by Paul Lauzon of the CLC Ottawa as a “lifetime supporter” of the organization, Dalton was a regular financial donor to the cause as well as a frequent letter-writer. He was involved with CLC locally from the beginning, and he would regularly [...]
Seventy-year-old Florence Bouchard is extremely candid when asked why she became active with Manitoba Campaign Life Coalition. “When my husband and I were married, we did practise contraception and I felt bad about it,” says the Francophone widow from Winnipeg. “So I wanted to do reparation. I thought one good way was to get active in the pro-life movement.” Florence was 60 [...]
Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum (Doubleday, $29.95, 224 pages) David Frum, the Canadian speechwriter to George Bush during his first term, gained international notoriety as the originator of the phrase, “Axis of Evil.” Prior to that, he was known primarily as a journalist and writer, in particular of the thoughtful Dead Right and How We Got Here. In his [...]
BEVERLY HILLS – Charlton Heston, the legendary actor and rare conservative voice in Hollywood, passed away April 7 at the age of 84 with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, by his side. Although a cause of death was not reported, in 2002 he made it public that he was diagnosed with neurological symptoms “consistent with Alzheimer’s disease.” Heston starred in The Ten [...]
The pro-life community is honouring one of their most resolute members in the Vatican, Alfonso Cardinal Trujillo, who died April 19 at the age of 72. Ordained in 1960 in Bogota, Colombia, Trujillo had served as the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family since his appointment by the late Pope John Paul II in 1990. Pope Benedict XVI wrote to [...]