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Written on 27 Dec, 2011 at 12:39 in
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Tony Gosgnach Special to The Interim After three months in prison, Linda Gibbons was found not guilty on a charge of disobeying a court order and released from custody to the hugs of supporters in a downtown Toronto courtroom Nov. 4. Justice Alphonse T. Lacavera determined Sheriff Peter Krause improperly read the text of an outdated injunction when he directed that she be arrested outside the Morgentaler Clinic (known corporately as “Lexogest Inc.”) abortion site this past Aug. 4.
Krause, he said, read the words of an ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Dec, 2011 at 12:14 in
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Peter Baklinski and Paul Tuns Parents concerned over the radical direction the Burnaby School District has been taking were encouraged by the Nov. 19 school board election results, even though none of their five nominees made the final cut for the position of school board trustee.
“Burnaby voters have stated loud and clear that they need Burnaby Parents’ Voice on the scene to bring forward policy and proposals that will ensure parental authority over our own children and promote respect for all,” said Homara Ahmad, one ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Oct, 2011 at 9:41 in
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Peter Baklinski Special to The Interim Supporters note she puts unborn ahead of herself
Pro-life prisoner of conscience Mary Wagner was sentenced in court Sept. 13 for peacefully entering a Toronto abortion facility last December to witness about the value of human life to mothers who were waiting to abort their children.
On Sept. 12, Wagner, who provided her own defense, was found guilty by Judge William Bassel in Toronto’s Old City Hall of “unlawful use” ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Oct, 2011 at 8:01 in
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Paul Tuns On Sept. 9, an Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench judge gave a now 25-year-old perpetrator a suspended sentence after her conviction for a six-year-old murder of a newborn was reduced to an infanticide conviction. Pro-lifers both pointed to the intellectual consistency of the ruling and expressed horror over the message the light punishment sends about the value of human life.
In April 2005, then 19-year-old Katrina Effert of Wetaskiwin in central Alberta, gave birth to a baby boy, strangled him to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 11:24 in
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Pauline Kosalka Two regional pro-life conferences will be held in Ontario in late October and early November.
The first one will be in Kingston on Oct. 29. The eastern Ontario conference will feature speakers such as Jim Hughes, national president of the Campaign Life Coalition; Steve Jalsevac, managing director of LifeSiteNews; John-Henry Westen, editor of LifeSiteNews; Paul Tuns, editor of The Interim; Alissa Golob, director of Campaign Life Coalition Youth. The conference will include a special tribute to the late pro-life hero Father ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 10:25 in
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John Henry Westen A Montreal priest has turned away young pro-life pilgrims from entering the city’s basilica because their message in defense of the unborn was too political.
Wearing stylish jeans and a white button-down shirt, Fr. Robert Gagne, insisted that the young people walking across Canada to promote the pro-life message could not enter the famous Basilica to pray because of the ‘pro-life’ message emblazoned on their T-shirts.
The historic Notre Dame Basilica, run by the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Jul, 2011 at 18:10 in
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Patrick Craine Special to The Interim After 28 months of uninterrupted imprisonment for witnessing outside a Toronto abortion facility, pro-life prisoner of conscience Linda Gibbons was set free June 3.
The great-grandmother had been in prison since January 2009, when she was arrested outside the downtown Toronto Scott Clinic abortuary, which is protected by a 1994 court “temporary” injunction banning pro-life activity within a specified zone.
She has remained behind bars because she refuses to accept a bail condition that requires her to stay away from the abortion ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Jul, 2011 at 8:22 in
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Linda Gibbons Special to The Interim Editor’s Note: This is a letter dated May 7 from Linda Gibbons to Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes after Fr. Ted Colleton died and while Gibbons was still in jail. It is reprinted with permission.
Greetings in the God of All. Comfort. I pray this finds each of you well and blessed in your labours for life.
I’m sorry Father Ted is not joining you at the March for Life dinner this ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 14:06 in
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Tony Gosgnach Special to The Interim Linda Gibbons now awaits Supreme Court date
On April 12, a provincial court judge dismissed a defence application for a stay of proceedings on the basis of abuse of process with regard to a charge of disobeying a court order laid against Linda Gibbons in January 2009. Madam Justice Mara Beth Greene then found Gibbons guilty of the charge, after an agreed statement of facts was read to the court, and sentenced her to one day in jail, in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 14:01 in
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Interim Staff On March 28, after spending 48 days in jail awaiting trial, pro-life activist Mary Wagner had her day in court. She was arrested and charged with mischief in February after allegedly entering the Choice in Health Clinic, and offering assistance to pregnant women seeking abortions at the Toronto abortion facility.
Wagner was arrested Feb. 9 after peacefully handing out roses to pregnant mothers entering the abortion centre. On a small card with each rose, Wagner wrote: “you were made to love and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 13:51 in
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Editor’s Note: Statement read by pro-life activist Mary Wagner in court during his trial for mischief, March 28.
Your Honour,
I stand before you accused of mischief. The Crown has presented the case against me, having argued to the effect that I did interfere with the enjoyment or operation of a lawful “business.” Were I to try to defend myself by arguing that I did not interfere, I would be neglecting the dignity of the little ones and their mothers, who are ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 2011 at 9:24 in
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Pauline Kosalka The 40 Days for Life campaign in Toronto was a great success. Five weeks into the campaign, the organizer for 40 Days for Life Toronto reported that at least three babies had been saved.
40 Days for Life is a worldwide campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the evil of abortion through prayer and fasting, a vigil in front of an abortion facility, and community outreach. The Spring 2011 campaign ran from March 9 to April 17. In Toronto, the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 13:14 in
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Interim Staff
More than 120 people participated in the kickoff rally for 40 Days for Life in Kitchener to hear several guest speakers and hear inspirational music as they prepared for the Lenten vigil to pray for an end to abortion.
Retired auxiliary bishop Matthew Ustrzycki of the Hamilton diocese and Debbie Fisher of the Silent No More Awareness campaign spoke and Critical Mass provided musical entertainment.
Bishop Ustrzycki said abortion and other social ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 12:49 in
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Tony Gosgnach On Monday, March 7, a downtown Toronto courtroom took a trip back in time to the early 1990s and the days of NDP rule in Ontario, when the government of premier Bob Rae and attorney general Marion Boyd attempted to squelch pro-life activism throughout the province by way of a wide-ranging court injunction. It was part of the first day of a hearing into an abuse of process application within the trial of Linda Gibbons on a charge of disobeying ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 12:47 in
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Paul Tuns Linda Gibbons, who has been arrested more than 20 times in connection to activities near a Toronto abortuary, will get her day in court. The Supreme Court of Canada, that is.
Gibbons, who prays outside abortion the Scott abortuary on Gerrard Street in downtown Toronto and counsels women to not kill their babies, has never been charged with violating the 1994 “temporary” injunction that outlaws any pro-life activity within 60 feet of specifically named abortion facilities. Pro-life leaders assume that this ... (Continue reading)
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