As the large, heavy doors of Old Montreal’s beautiful Notre Dame Basilica slowly swung open, I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Dozens of helmeted and visored riot police clutching truncheons were roaming the street in front of the church. Behind them, several hundred protestors kept back by metal barricades, were throwing various objects – glass-filled condoms, vegetables, firecrackers, bottles, eggs [...]
An organization which has saved hundreds of babies from the jaws of death, marks a decade of fighting abortion on the frontlines “In as much as you did unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.” Matt. 25:40 Choose Life Canada was founded by the Reverend Ken Campbell on December 10, 1984, the day criminal abortions were [...]
Toronto Ten thousand Canadian dollars. That’s a whole lot of money. And it’s the amount which Campaign Life Coalition Toronto is willing to pay for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the 1992 fire-bombing of the Morgentaler clinic. Some pro-life people have asked why a pro-life group would offer such a reward. I certainly don’t speak [...]
In the last couple of months, I’ve been too busy to contribute to The Interim. My excuse is that I bought a new computer to make my pro-life work more efficient. If I were to admit exactly how many hours I’ve spent in front of a screen, wrestling to learn a new system, hook up a modem and step onto the so-called [...]
In a move which caught pro-lifer observers off-guard, a judge ruled that 16 of 18 pro-life activists who were named in an Ontario lawsuit will not receive legal expenses. With the exception of Erroll Alchim, Justice George Adams ruled that the 16 other defendants must cover their own legal expenses. Jane Ubertino (also dropped from the suit), who was represented by Peter [...]
Local groups hope that victory will have domino-effect in other communities Waterloo, Ont. Recent Waterloo budget cuts have left area pro-lifers ecstatic and Planned Parenthood out of pocket. In a surprising move, Waterloo Regional Council, which represents surrounding cities, voted 13-12 against providing the country’s largest contraceptive/abortion promoting organization with its annual $32,250 grant. When local pro-life groups discovered that the vote [...]
Anti-Semitic claims “preposterous” maintains HLI president Montreal – Despite a storm of accusations, all things are go for Human Life International’s “You are the Light of the World” conference, set for Montreal in April. The controversy began in January when Stephen Scheinberg, vice-president B’nai B’rith Canada, accused world-wide pro-life group Human Life International and its founder, Rev. Paul Marx, of being anti-Semitic. [...]
Attempts to settle the Ontario government’s suit against the pro-life movement have failed and the case will now go to trial. In August 1994, Justice George Adams issued a temporary injunction which placed restrictions on pro-life activities in front of 18 locations across the province. The Attorney General’s office, representing the abortion industry, has decided it is not pleased with Justice Adams’ [...]
The pro-life movement is once again in the position of denying any links with violent protest. On New Year’s Eve, John Salvi, a 22-year-old hairdressing student from Hampton, N.H., walked into two separate Boston-area abortion centres and opened fire, killing two workers and injuring five others. He then climbed into his car, drove over 800 km to Norfolk, V.A., and sprayed another [...]
“He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.” William Congreve (1670-1729) Who shot abortionist Garson Romalis? Who bombed Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic in 1992? The pro-abortion movement, with intense media support, has incessantly pointed the finger at the pro-life movement. Now, however, it has broken with tradition, blaming the neo-Nazi movement in conjunction with pro-lifers. [...]
On Friday December 16, the Toronto Star released the findings of a Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) report called The Heritage Front Affair. The report has been tabled in the House of Commons the previous day. Among other information, the Star reported that, “the [CSIS] source believed the bombing of Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s Toronto abortion clinic in 1992 was done by a [...]
Group also initiates independent investigation into fire The president of Campaign Life Coalition says the pro-life community is tired of being blamed for something it didn’t do. Now Jim Hughes is prepared to offer big money to prove the movement’s innocence. The responsibility for the May 1992 fire-bomb which destroyed Henry Morgentaler’s Toronto abortuary has always rested squarely on the shoulders of [...]
The following is a condensation of reflections by George Gilmore, President of New Brunswick Right to Life, as told to Interim writer Doreen Beagan. The comments came following a disappointing provincial effort to block Henry Morgentaler from opening an abortuary in Fredericton. Frank McKenna’s Liberal government has since decided to appeal the ruling and the courts have granted Gilmore’s group intervenor status. [...]
The Christian Heritage Party has sorted out its leadership problems and will head into the next election with Heather Stilwell in charge. The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed an application by former leader Charles Cavilla to have a convention in June in Southern Ontario. The court also decided May 18 to set aside an injunction by Cavilla preventing the CHP from saying [...]
Pro-life activists in Nova Scotia are shedding no tears at the defeat of Tory Premier Don Cameron and his government in the provincial election held at the end of May. Leader John Savage swept his Liberals into power and CLC spokesperson Cynthia Haughn said there are “some hopeful things” about his victory. “Maybe John Savage will at least look at the issue,” [...]