In their university philosophy classes, undergraduates are sometimes asked to grapple with thought experiments. The so-called “trolley problem,” for example, places an observer in view of an out-of-control locomotive. This on-looker is also, somehow, located at a switch which will divert the runaway train’s course and reduce the number of casualties—at the cost of the moral agent making a direct intervention. What [...]
Donald DeMarco: Some time ago, I was involved in an abortion debate at the University of Waterloo before a large gathering of students who were largely “pro-choice.” I was one of the panelists, the only one who was pro-life. I was fully aware that my presence that evening was not going to be kindly received. I was pegged as “behind the times.” [...]
Paul Tuns: Kelowna Right to Life Society has been erecting billboards along B.C.’s Highway 97 for with pro-life messages for years, but now B.C. Billboards, the company that sells the ad space, said it will no longer run any advertising related to abortion. Sophie Harms, a local pro-abortion advocate, attempted to purchase pro-abortion advertising that said abortion is safe, normal, and common, [...]
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: Operation Rescue investigates and documents botched abortions, abuse and negligence, and other “wrongdoings” at American abortion mills, and in its year-end report the organization said it conducted 56 investigations in 15 states. Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, describes the process of investigating the abortion industry’s harms to women. “Many of these investigations begin with reports from dedicated sidewalk [...]
Interim Staff: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has released a doctrinal note that states monogamy is the only proper form of Christian marriage, responding to requests from various African bishops. The document, entitled Una Caro and subtitled “In praise of monogamy,” defines marriage as “an exclusive union and mutual belonging” between one man and one woman. The doctrinal note [...]
Mary Zwicker, Europe Correspondent: A self-governing territory in the EU has cast aside their formerly pro-life views in favour of more permissive abortion laws in a historic vote. On Dec. 4, 2025, the Faroe Islands, a group of self-governing islands under the Kingdom of Denmark, narrowly overturned what had been one of the most restrictive abortion laws in all of Europe when the [...]
For the mainstream media, every angle of an awful event is a programming opportunity. When mass shootings and attempted assassinations occur in the era of the 24-hour news, one expects wall-to-wall coverage, and that every last, lurid detail of the perpetrators will come into clear view. Thus, the media’s conspicuous lack of curiosity when such perpetrators are involved in, or adjacent to, [...]
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 [...]