Dr. Gregor Wolbring defies the ‘inducements to euthanasia' society presents to the disabled By Sue Careless The Interim Dr. Gregor Wolbring is not a man to mess with. The bushy-bearded professor of biochemistry is an academic with a wickedly sarcastic edge. His forceful presence can be disarming. With a thick German accent and deep booming voice, he is not what you envision [...]
The following letter was printed in The St. Catharines Standard shortly after the March for Life events in Ottawa May 10-11. It is reprinted here with permission. By Mary-Lou Bratko The Interim A week ago today is an anniversary for me - an anniversary of newly acquired knowledge, of newly acquired friends, of a completely new outlook on life. Last week, I [...]
Church leader challenges Prime Miniter Chrétien on upport for abortion In a homily delivered May 31, Ottawa's Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Gervais issued an unprecedented challenge to the Liberal Party of Canada and the government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, for their support of abortion. The homily was given at a Mass for the Feast of the Visitation, in which Catholics commemorate [...]
Long leaves key policy questions unanswered Analysis by David Curtin The Interim *Note: this on line version contains a few corrections to the original printed version Campaign Life Coalition's recent survey of the Canadian Alliance leadership candidates affirms what The Interim reported last month: that Preston Manning and Stockwell Day are acceptable or even promising on life and family issues, but that [...]
One way to appreciate the force of the argument for "Justice for the Unborn," is to compare and contrast the ways in which Canadian laws and the judicial system treat the cases of (a) a man who has first tortured, and later murdered, a series of victims (often children), having first videotaped the torture scenes, and (b) the deliberate killing, by abortion, [...]
For those who may not have heard, Wednesday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. Apart from professional journalists, most people would not classify the event among the more significant commemorations of the year. But we all ought to do so - not least because freedom of the press is being violated in our own fair Dominion. Yes, the right of citizens [...]
It has been with a heavy heart that we have reported in the last two months on the support of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), and other Catholic organizations, for the pro-abortion World March of Women in the Year 2000. The Catholic Church is a crucial ally - indeed, it is truly the world leader - in the fight for [...]
By Michael Trolly The Interim On Tuesday, April 18, Campaign Life Coalition Youth (CLCY) held its first major event, a candlelight vigil that united pro-life Canadian youth from coast to coast. The demonstrations took place between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, local time, regardless of weather, in front of a hospital that commits abortions. The National Campus Life Network [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim The 14-year fight against a dubious lawsuit has forced a prominent American pro-lifer to put up his own home as bond while the case winds its way through the courts. Joseph Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League of Chicago, is still fighting a lawsuit launched by the National Organization of Women (NOW) in 1986. [...]
By David Curtin The Interim Pro-lifers across North America are mourning the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, at 80 years of age May 3. The cardinal was widely considered the most outstanding pro-life religious leader on the continent. He preached in defense of the sacredness of human life fearlessly and frequently, both in his sermons [...]
By Catherine Fournier The Interim I saw a woman get hit by a car yesterday. Stopped at a red light, I absentmindedly watched a woman in her late sixties cross the road in front of me. With only a little more attention - which became more focused as I realized what was going to happen - I watched the car making a [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Alberta has now bypassed Ontario in terms of progress on the matter of protecting the job security of health care workers who refuse to participate in abortion procedures. On March 1, Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA, Julius Yankowsky (Edmonton Beverly-Clareview), introduced in the provincial legislature a Private Member's Bill 212 that would protect health care workers who refuse [...]
Analysis by Paul Tuns The Interim The Canadian Alliance leadership race features three candidates - former Reform leader Preston Manning, former Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day and Ontario Tory strategist Tom Long - who all claim to be "pro-life" but who take three distinct approaches to the issue. Also running is British Columbia MP Dr. Keith Martin, who describes himself as "pro-choice". from [...]
Those of you following the ongoing saga of free speech and open debate on abortion here in the People's Republic of British Columbia should not be at all surprised at the recent pronouncement by Vancouver Crown Council. You know, the folks ordained by the powers that be to see that the Criminal Code of Canada is enforced. Well it seems that police [...]