Ontario government proposes changes to marriage law
By Interim Staff The Doug Ford government said it will amend Bill 213, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, which amends 29 laws. It [...]
Pope Francis sows confusion with comments about civil unions
By Paul Tuns In late October, the news media was in a frenzy that the Catholic Church had apparently changed its doctrine on same-sex sexual [...]
Poland court throws out abortion exemption
By Interim Staff On Oct. 22, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared a law that permitted abortion for preborn children diagnosed with “fetal defect or incurable [...]
And then there was this – Dec 2020
Canada CTV News reported that Nancy Russell, a 90-year-old nursing home resident in British Columbia, was killed by euthanasia because she did not want to [...]
Catholic trustee faces continued attacks over LGBQT views
By Paul Tuns Last November, Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Michael Del Grande offered a reductio ad absurdum motion to amend the board’s code [...]
Mary Stopes changes name
By Paul Tuns London-based abortion giant Marie Stopes International changed its name last month to MSI Reproductive Choice in an attempt to distance itself from [...]
CLC Saskatchewan sees opportunity following provincial election
By Interim Staff The right-of-center Saskatchewan Party won re-election, garnering nearly 61 per cent of the vote and 48 of 61 seats in the provincial [...]
NDP win majority, CHP improve in BC election
By Interim Staff The NDP called an early election in an attempt to win a majority, and on Oct. 24 won 57 of 87 seats [...]
All inclusive
Interim writer, Joe Campbell, Light is Right By Joe Campbell When she called by, he was watching the news on one of the [...]
Never-ending war on a virus
Interim writer, John Carpay, Law Matters By John Carpay Prime Minister Trudeau and other politicians have threatened to kill Christmas. While they cannot [...]
All knees and elbows
Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey By Josie Luetke René Descartes’ infamous adage “I think, therefore I am” at first strikes one as [...]
Canada should join the Geneva Consensus Declaration
Matthew Wojciechowski Commentary On Oct. 22, the United States, along with 32 other nations, signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a historic joint agreement reaffirming that [...]
The right and censorship
Interim writer, Andrew Lawton, Laying Down the Lawton By Andrew Lawton This column started out as a friendly Twitter exchange with my editor. [...]
Conversion therapy ban passes second reading
Pro-family, faith groups concerned about broad implications of C-6 By Interim Staff On Oct. 28, the Trudeau government’s C-6, which, if it becomes law, prohibits [...]
Books for Christmas
The Interim invited a number of pro-life leaders and contributors to the paper to suggest a book or two that would make a great Christmas [...]
It’s getting harder to be an artist
Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements By Rick McGinnis Artists don’t have a monopoly on bad ideas – there are plenty of those to [...]
Christmas-themed comics to distract from COVID this season
By Michael Taube Family gatherings will undoubtedly be smaller and more intimate this year. We’ll have to regularly wash our hands, and maintain proper amounts [...]
Keep porn out of kid’s gaze
In September, Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne (Independent Senators Group) introduced her private member’s bill, S-203, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit [...]
Euthanasia bill being rushed through Parliament
Doctors, disability groups call for better support for vulnerable people By Paul Tuns Pro-life, religious, and disabilities groups have expressed opposition to the government’s expansion [...]
Considerations on the ethics of vaccines
Interim writer, Rory Leishman, National Affairs By Rory Leishman In a press release on August 25, the World Health Organization (WHO) certified that [...]
Demography and destiny
Low fertility rates, not over-population, present challenge “Demography is destiny,” the French sociologist Auguste Comte reportedly said. Population trends – fertility rates, infant survival, ageing, [...]
The population balm
Paul Tuns, Editor of The Interim Newspaper By Paul Tuns A parable of Saint Matthew’s Gospel describes a master who, before going on [...]
Life Chain 2020
Send us your Life Chain 2020 images. Email ptuns@theinterim.com
Developments: Interim and news
We are working to bring more graphics and make the paper more pleasing to read, and that process is underway as you will see in [...]
Looking up — not left, right
Interim writer, Josie Luetke , Talk Turkey By Josie Luetke Being somewhat of a political nomad, I was eager to read James Mumford’s [...]