Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:15 Though my mother and father forsake me, The Lord will receive me. Ps. 27:10 Yes, it is unnatural, but it happens. Mothers do sometimes profoundly neglect and cruelly abandon their own children. [...]
I think of 1973, during most of which I was 21, as the last year of my youth - also the last year before the gang of university-age friends I had hung with in Halifax, for what seemed at the time forever (actually only a couple of years), began to hive off into marriages, careers, and to scatter across the continent. I [...]
Mayor acts only after threat of human rights complaint After months of lobbying and the threat of a human rights complaint, the city of Regina announced it would proclaim June 18 Heterosexual Family Pride Day. After months of stonewalling the request by Christian Truth Activists to proclaim the day, the city acted quickly after CTA executive director Bill Whatcott announced he would [...]
For Catholics and others in the Toronto area who are tired of the secularist world view peddled by the mainstream news and entertainment media, there is now an alternative on the radio. For one hour on Sunday evenings (9-10 p.m.) on 530 AM, listeners can enjoy reviews, news and analysis of current events from a Christian perspective. Fr. Marian Gil, OMI, a [...]
"Celebrate Sunday," a project of Halifax's fledgling Christian Media Association, is using a weekly program of contemporary Christian music and inspirational profiles to reach "the unchurched" via secular radio. It had its genesis when a small group of Halifax businessmen formed the Christian Media Association. Moving quickly, they incorporated, gained charitable status, and by May 1998 they were on the air in [...]
RCMP responds to complaint about guest speaker's belief that homosexual acts are sinful An Ottawa pro-life youth group with chapters at the two Ottawa universities has been under intense harassment for their efforts to set up a debate on abortion. Carleton University Womyn's [sic] Centre objected to the debate after learning that the pro-life side would be represented by famed pro-life apologist [...]
An Alliance for Life Ontario television campaign launched last fall was so successful the organization is planning on doing it again, only this time on a larger scale. The Alliance for Life (AFL) Campaign 2000 featured pro-life television advertisements broadcast on 19 TV stations penetrating all major Ontario markets, including CTV, Global and MuchMusic. The five-week campaign ran from October to December. [...]
Pro-family forces are generally pleased with the recent Robin Sharpe (or kiddie porn) ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Canada. The court upheld most of the law. Where concerns exist is over the two exceptions provided by the court (in a 6-3 split decision). The concern varies, however, depending on who you speak to. The exceptions are for "any written material [...]
A controversial decision to limit the number of live births at an Ottawa hospital sparked a protest by healthcare workers and criticism by an organization representing obstetricians and gynecologists. The Queensway-Carleton Hospital imposed a cap of 2,100 live births per year as a cost-saving measure. The hospital has demanded obstetricians sign written assurances that they will limit the number of live births [...]
A British Columbia battle over gay and lesbian books has made its way to the Supreme Court of Canada despite the fact that the applicants had missed an already extended six-month deadline to submit their appeal. The unusual decision to still let them have their day in court was granted by a panel of three justices headed by Justice L'Heureux-Dube, a well [...]
Lisa Klassen, a Grade 11 student at Central Elgin Collegiate in St Thomas, Ont., was given an "unofficial suspension" for wearing a pro-life shirt that said, "Abortion is mean." Klassen was sent home by principal Ele Gibling, who told the 16-year-old that some people found the shirt offensive. Klassen told The Interim that two days before the Oct. 25 suspension, the vice [...]
Being pro-life is, as I assume we all know, about much more than standing up for the unborn. It is about community, about family, about love. I know love. I know it very well indeed. Mum telephoned from England last week. I knew, I just knew. "I've got some bad news", she said, crying. "Dad has had a stroke." I was at [...]
Pro-life speaker shares how family life and activism really make a difference "We are called to be light and salt in our society. As the courts chip away our rights, it is clearly time for us to get real bright, and real salty!" Kathie McGann told listeners in Moncton recently, during a talk called "Changing the world from your kitchen sink." The [...]
Trend toward normalization of pedophilia mirrors psychiatry's capitulation to the gay agenda The November 20, 2000 Globe and Mail contained a compassionate editorial arguing that convicted pedophiles should not be imprisoned. The essay was written by Dr. John Bradford, who holds two high-sounding psychiatric appointments (Clinical Director of the Forensic Programme and the Sexual Behaviours Clinic at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, and Head [...]
Paul Tuns The Interim The November 25 National Post reported that a poll released in the closing days of the recent federal election campaign found "most [respondents] support abortion rights" but a closer look at the numbers - and the questions - paints a different picture. The COMPAS survey of 512 Canadians on what the Post referred to as "hot-button issues" including abortion, [...]