Paul Tuns: Linda Gibbons was in court on August 20 to work out details for her upcoming trial after being charged with violating Ontario’s “Safe Access to Abortion Services Act,” a 2017 law that established a 50-150 metre anti-free speech “bubble zone” around abortion mills. Gibbons will return to provincial court on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m., when she will be handed [...]
Fulton Sheen (Cluny, US$20, 233 pages) In 1940, Bishop Fulton Sheen, wrote Freedom Under God, a meditation on the extremisms of liberalism and totalitarianism that idolized the individual and society respectively with no appreciation of the interdependency of the individual and society. Both extremes were guilty of making “redemption and brotherly love” irrelevant, although in different ways. Christianity, Bishop Sheen, the popular [...]
Antoine Campagnon, translated by Catherine Porter (Belknap Press, $29.95, 168 pages) A Summer with Pascal is a light, breezy introduction by Antoine Campagnon to one of the most important Christian apologists, Blaise Pascal. Campagnon, who has written about other French writers (Montaigne, Proust) turns his eye to the 17th century writer who famously gave us Pascal’s Wager, which posits that it is [...]
The UK gambling market is famous for its innovation and strict regulation, making it one of the most trusted places for players worldwide. Among all casino games, slots have undergone the most dramatic transformation over the last two decades. From simple fruit machines to complex video slots with cinematic features, the evolution of online slots shows how technology and creativity continue to [...]
Leire Douros: Tracy Polewczuk of Quebec was born with spina bifida, a birth defect that causes weak bones. Recently she told CTV that twice she was told of her eligibility to be euthanized despite not initiating the topic herself. Several years ago, Polewczuk suffered an accident which caused her leg to break. She hasn’t been able to heal properly which requires her [...]
Paul Tuns: New Cardus report says that medicalized killing of patients is now ‘routine’ According to Alex Schadenberg, there were approximately 15,280 euthanasia deaths in 2023 and a total of more than 60,000 from when so-called Medical Assistance in Dying was legalized in Canada in 2016 through to the end of last year. Based on data released from Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Nova [...]
By J.M. Glover: Dermot Kearney: Pro-life hero Dr. Dermot Kearney, a British Catholic cardiologist who spoke at the National March for Life in May, has been honoured for his work on the medical abortion pill reversal (APR). (See The Interim, June 2024.) In April, he received the Anton Neuwirth Prize for the Protection of Life Award in Slovakia “for providing medical care [...]
Luka Granic: This year, the Silent No More Awareness Campaign marks 20 years in Canada, and in an exclusive interview with The Interim, Angelina Steenstra, the national coordinator for Canada as well as the regional coordinator for the Province of Ontario for Silent No More, reflected on the influence of the organization over the past two decades. Steenstra said, “The point of [...]
Nathalie Comrie: According to several news reports, laxed rules surrounding the abortion pill is making it easier for men to coerce women into having abortions, sometimes without their knowledge. In one case in September 2013, John Welden from Tampa forged a prescription using his pharmacist father's notepad to obtain the misoprostol pill. He then deceived his partner into taking the pill. ABC [...]
Luka Granic and Paul Tuns: Abortion advocates claim not only is abortion a human or civil right but that it is medical care for women, but recent incidents show that the care provided women seeking abortions is anything but caring or respectful of women. Hope Clinic is an abortion mill based in Granite City, Illinois which has become notorious for botched abortions and [...]
Rory Leishman: Former president and convicted felon Donald Trump is not and never has been, a sincere pro-lifer. As evidence, consider some of the serious damage he has done to the pro-life movement over the past year. Last September, he denounced Florida Governor Ron DiSantis for signing into law a bill banning abortion after six weeks. In Trump’s misguided opinion, the bill [...]
John Carpay: Bad laws are the result of bad politics. Bad politics result from a rotten culture. A rotten culture emerges when too many people embrace bad ideas. A complete description of all the bad ideas that are now wrecking Canada’s culture, society, and economy would fill many volumes. But here follows a partial list. “Most parents are dangerous and abusive.” This [...]
Things slow down in the summer months, and all our lives are touched by this welcome change of pace. The arrival of the season may herald the end of academic classes—bringing with it more precious time with children and grandchildren. It may mark a season of office vacations or adjusted summer schedules, or simply a spirit of reprieve and relaxation in the [...]
Paul Tuns: A short, animated video, “It’s OK,” created by Choice42 shows how preborn victims of abortion are used to create fetal cell lines used in the medical and cosmetics industries. The 4:39 video, which can be viewed for free at Choice42’s website or on YouTube, starts with doctors taking tissue from “Ellie” a baby killed through abortion more than 60 years [...]
Joanna Alphonso: Treatments for anti-aging, psoriasis, and eczema may be tainted by the use of fetal tissue originating from aborted babies. Human Life International (HLI) produced Which Cosmetics Use Fetal Cells, a free e-book outlining the use of fetal cells in cosmetics. According to their United States-based research, they have not found any companies that use fetal cells in their products. They [...]