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The chair of Hamilton’s LGBTQ2 advisory board has been formally reprimanded by city council in response to a code of conduct complaint to the city’s integrity commissioner. The reprimand focused on a report from the commissioner that claimed Cameron Kroetsch ignored advice from the city clerk and posted to Twitter an unredacted version of a motion that ident…
On Tuesday, 36 senators from across Canada signed a call for access to reproductive rights in New Brunswick after Premier Blaine Higgs said funding Clinic 554 would be a “slippery slope.” Fredericton’s Clinic 554, which serves as an abortion clinic, a family practice and a resource for LGBTQ2+ patients across the province, is set to close at the end of the m…
While KW seems to be lacking dedicated LGBTQ+ bar spaces, one initiative is looking to tackle that. Dyke Bar Takeover KW, launched by Reba Joy, is an initiative that partners with local artists and venues to create pop-up events across the region. “Our mission at Dyke Bar Takeover KW is to create more regular spaces for queer womxn to find community, to feel…
You’ve probably heard of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the reality TV show where drag queens compete in challenges such as singing, dancing, designing outfits, and acting to earn the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” RuPaul and the queens have garnered much more attention and praise over the last few years, as the series entered mainstream culture, and…
Campus Life News Rotaract Club’s Consent Carnival fosters conversation on sexual health online From “Jeopardy” to contraceptive “Pictionary”, the Rotaract Club provides a unique and fun opportunity for students to learn about consent The Consent Carnival, an activity-based event aiming to bring awareness and understanding of consent and sexual health to camp…
Casual sex and dating during COVID-19 can feel a little bit like bringing a hookup to your room in New Residence Hall, except this time, instead of asking for their ID and signature, you’re requesting information about their contacts, soliciting a detailed travel log, or inviting them to join your exclusive bubble. Seven months into a pandemic, it’s natural …
Annual Elk Valley Pride Festival paints the town rainbow Published 1:00 am Friday, September 25, 2020 Decked out in rainbow wigs, hats, sweaters and flags, revelers collected at Fernie’s City Hall on Sept. 24 to kick off this year’s Elk Valley Pride Festival. Maintaining high spirits despite the rain, festivities began with the raising of Pride and Transgend…
Abstract: Newcomer from New Brunswick, Pierre moved to Yellowknife. He moved into a condominium perched on a rocky piton overlooking Great Slave Lake. Meanwhile, Thomas began his great kayak trip to the Arctic.
Racialized students at Ryerson say they feel unseen and unheard when it comes to reporting harassment and racism Words by Abeer Khan Illustrations by Laila Amer CONTENT WARNING: This article contains mentions of sexual violence, abuse and trauma. I n June, during a surge in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, Nikita Sankreacha fell into a right-wing rabbi…
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Kelowna Pride Week begins on Friday Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Usually scheduled to launch in June, this year’s Kelowna Pride Festival instead will be kicking off on Friday, Sept. 18. Kelowna Pride Society stated in a release that since March, members were monitoring, planning and rescheduling the festival to make sure it still happened,…
By Rhea Singh Justice For Soli “I still remember that night in vivid detail,” said Yusuf Faqiri. “As I’m processing all of this, I see my mom and dad in pain and my sibling in pain.” Faqiri is the oldest of five siblings, one of whom was Soleiman Faqiri, who on Dec. 15, 2016 died following an altercation with prison guards at Central East Correctional Centre…
FYAN fills gaps in youth programming Published 1:00 pm Sunday, September 13, 2020 With organized sports and other school-based youth programming cancelled for the foreseeable future, the Fernie Youth Action Network (FYAN) is going forward with a number of fall events to keep kids safe and busy after school. “We found out this week that there won’t be as much…
Preparations underway for the 2020 Elk Valley Pride Festival Published 1:00 am Saturday, September 12, 2020 The Elk Valley Pride Festival is just around the corner, promising four days of spirited, colourful fun. Running from Sept. 24 until Sept. 27, festival organizers have devised a number of creative ways to maintain the highly anticipated in-person progr…
WATCH: Okanagan youth put film skills to the COVID test Published 11:00 pm Friday, September 11, 2020 Before students got back to class, some local youth had a chance to put their storytelling skills to the test and feature life amid COVID-19. Matias Hartwig and Ryan Hudson are two young Vernon filmmakers who produced documentaries and films, despite the res…
Keith Haring on Creativity, Self-Doubt, and the Love of Life in the Face of Death By Maria Popova “Life loves the liver of it,” Maya Angelou observed as she contemplated the meaning of life in 1977, exhorting: “You must live and life will be good to you.” That spring, the teenage Keith Haring (May 4, 1958–February 16, 1990) — who would grow up to revolutioni…
THE WEST BLOCK Episode 52, Season 9 Sunday, August 30, 2020 Host: Mercedes Stephenson Guests: Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole Panel: Natalie Pon, Sarbjit Kaur Location: Toronto, Ontario Unidentified Male: “All right, next prime minister!” Mercedes Stephenson: This week on The West Block: Re-tooling the Conservative Party. Conservative Party leader Eri…
More than 150 Calgarians came together Saturday to demonstrate the need to defund the police and shift funds to social supports. Raricanow, DefundYYC and Idle No More organized the protest, joining other events across the country. Calgary’s protest drew people from the LGBTQ and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) communities to Sien Lok Park for …
The 203 Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity is pushing for the University of New Brunswick to adopt a Chosen Name Policy for September 2020. In a press release, Co-Chairs of the Centre Sabine LeBel and Megan Hill note that UNB began development of a chosen name policy in 2016 and reached its final stage of development this year. However, they are concerne…
Forty people attended a rally in Rothesay on Thursday afternoon with the aim of furthering the conversation around funding Clinic 554. The clinic – which offers a range of LGBT healthcare and New Brunswick’s only out-of-hospital access to abortion services – has become an election issue, with PC Leader Blaine Higgs remaining adamant that his government was n…