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Taylor Hyatt The Interim is a voice for those without one. The unborn babies killed by abortion. The aged, disabled, and others vulnerable to euthanasia. The voter who holds traditional, Christian values to be true but has no outlet for these views. We stand with you who dearly love life and want moral normalcy defended in the public arena of [...]

2014-07-29T12:50:56-04:00July 29, 2014|Announcements, Features, Pro-Life|

Mary Wagner found guilty, but released

Mary Wagner stands with supporters outside the courthouse after her release June 12th. After almost two years, Mary Wagner’s trial on charges of mischief and failure to comply with probation orders came to an end in a north Toronto courtroom June 12, with her stepping out to freedom amid hugs and congratulations from about three dozen supporters. But the case [...]

2014-07-29T12:44:39-04:00July 29, 2014|Activism, Announcements, Features, Pro-Life|

Prayer sustains sidewalk counselors

Most pro-life people are familiar with sidewalk counselors, activists who spend time outside of abortion facilities, praying, and attempting to offer support to the women going inside. However, much of the attention they receive comes from very good or very bad news. What is the day-to-day experience of a sidewalk counselor like? Enza Rattenni, executive director and sidewalk counselor at Aid to [...]

2014-07-29T13:38:09-04:00July 27, 2014|Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups|

Marrying my passion for writing and pro-life

I’ve always loved words. The power they have over so many areas of our daily lives – including our perception of what is right, good, and just – is fascinating. Working for The Interim enabled me to combine two of my biggest passions: writing and pro-life advocacy. I discovered one of the best ways that my skills and talents could benefit the [...]

2014-07-30T07:16:23-04:00July 26, 2014|Pro-Life|

University of Calgary allows students to appeal misconduct charges

The University of Calgary has allowed seven students to appeal charges of non-academic misconduct, filed four years ago after they set up a pro-life display on campus. According to a press release from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, the decision was made by the Student Discipline Appeal Committee of the Board of Governors on June 17. It “is a response to [...]

2014-07-21T07:14:30-04:00July 21, 2014|Human rights, Pro-Life, Youth Activism|

Polish documentary about Mary Wagner being made

A team of Polish filmmakers is making a documentary featuring Mary Wagner. The film, commissioned and funded by a Polish businessman, is being directed by Grzegorz Braun, who is known for his documentaries about controversial political issues. Zdzisław Sajuk, production manager for the documentary, told The Interim that the film will discuss abortion as a cultural, religious, and philosophical issue, while showing [...]

2014-06-30T08:16:18-04:00June 30, 2014|Activism, Pro-Life|

Judge turns down Wagner application to have experts testify to humanity of unborn

Mary Wagner The judge in Mary Wagner’s current trial has turned down a defence application to have expert witnesses testify to the humanity of the unborn. Charles Lugosi, Wagner’s lawyer, had made the application during two days of hearings before Justice Fergus O’Donnell at the Ontario Court of Justice on May 13 and 14. His intention was to have two [...]

2014-06-30T07:42:22-04:00June 16, 2014|Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Multi-faceted attacks on life in our society

Sara Omaiche Editor’s Note: Essay contest administrator Dan DiRocco provided translation from French to English for this essay. Sara Omaiche is from Windsor and was third in the Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship contest. A society that strives for utopia, should it not promote life over death? It took several centuries of heated debate to establish a movement uniting people and [...]

2014-06-03T17:39:35-04:00May 31, 2014|Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship, Pro-Life|

CLC National Convention stresses message of no exceptions

Rebecca Kiessling talked about the personhood movement in the United States and what difference personhood laws could make in the abortion debate. About 200 people attended the Campaign Life Coalition banquet dinner and national convention, entitled, “Every human being deserves equal protection,” at the Woodbine Banquet and Convention Hall in northeast Toronto on April 4-5. The banquet speaker on the [...]

2014-05-16T10:49:51-04:00May 16, 2014|Announcements, Events, Features, Pro-Life|

Q & A with Fr. Luc Payette

Originally from Quebec, Fr. Luc Payette was ordained to the priesthood in 1992 for the Hamilton Diocese in Ontario. He has served at several parishes in the Diocese and is currently the pastor at Mary Immaculate Parish in Chepstow, Ont. He is the Spiritual Director for Business for Life, a not-for-profit association of Canadian business and professional people who are committed to [...]

2014-05-02T07:37:06-04:00April 30, 2014|Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Religion|

Mary Wagner trial challenging status of unborn child in Canadian law put off to May 13

In a relatively brief court appearance Feb. 28, Mary Wagner was remanded to May 13 and 14 for the continuation of her trial, in which she is moving to challenge the current status of human being in Canadian law as applying only to those fully born. She is being tried after pleading not guilty to one count of mischief and three of [...]

2014-05-02T07:24:23-04:00April 30, 2014|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Understanding and abolishing the culture of death

Shikha Patel Editor’s Note: Shikha Patel is a student at Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in Markham, Ont., and was second in the Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship contest. Canada, the land of the free. We live in a country fundamentally envisioned as a society of diversity, equality, and tolerance. However, upon closer observation, it becomes evident that in order to [...]

Both sides put abortion ads on Halifax transit

Signs4Life placed these signs on bus shelters in Halifax in the Fall of 2013. Pro-life and pro-abortion signs are appearing on Halifax Metro Transit buses and bus shelters. The pro-life organization, Signs4Life, first put up ads on bus shelters in October 2013 depicting a baby with the caption, “Luc was born today but his life began nine months ago.” The [...]

2014-04-18T07:14:52-04:00April 18, 2014|Activism, Pro-Life|

CLC National Convention stresses message of no exceptions

  Rebecca Kiessling talked about the personhood movement in the United States and what difference personhood laws could make in the abortion debate. About 200 people attended the Campaign Life Coalition banquet dinner and national convention, entitled, “Every human being deserves equal protection,” at the Woodbine Banquet and Convention Hall in northeast Toronto on April 4-5. The banquet speaker on [...]

2014-05-16T10:41:52-04:00April 16, 2014|Announcements, Events, Features, Issues, Pro-Life|

Woman kept alive on life support to deliver unborn child

Iver Benson was born two months after him mother was put on artificial respiration in order to save the unborn child's life. A pregnant woman from Victoria, B.C. who was declared “brain dead” was put on life support until the birth of her baby. In December, 32-year-old Robyn Benson suffered a massive, irreversible brain hemorrhage while 22 weeks pregnant with [...]

2014-03-31T15:55:59-04:00March 31, 2014|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|
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