Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that his government would fail Indigenous women and girls “no longer,” as the report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was released. Chief Commissioner Marion Buller was firm in saying that the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls […]
A US lawmaker has had a milkshake thrown at him in an alleged attack that appears to have spread from the UK. Republican congressman Matt Gaetz was hit by the flying drink cup as he was leaving a restaurant in Pensacola, Florida, on Saturday. Amanda Kondrat’yev, 35, who ran against Mr Gaetz as a Democrat […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) Seventeen years ago, when she was in her 30s, Cindy and her female partner decided they wanted to have children. The couple spent hours poring over sperm donor profiles, finally settling on a man with a clean medical record and few health issues in his family. He was an anonymous donor, and […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is offering opening remarks and taking part in a panel at the Women Deliver 2019 conference in Vancouver on Monday. The global conference focuses on matters such as “policy changes and investments, for the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women and achieving a more equal world.” The conference comes […]
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he is expecting ‘good results’ from talks planned in Washington next week. Mexico’s president has hinted his country could tighten migration controls to defuse US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday that he was expecting “good results” from […]
A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a collision Sunday on Saskatoon’s west side. The collision between the motorcycle and a passenger vehicle happened just before 2 p.m. at 33rd Street West and Circle Drive. The vehicle was on its roof with one person trapped inside and the motorcycle was in the […]
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is calling upon Quebec to act with 21 sweeping reforms in its final report issued on Monday. The supplementary report on Quebec, which was headed by commissioner Michèle Audette, looked at the realities that First Nations women, girls, LGBTQ2 and two-spirit people face […]
Starting next year, the federal government will allow private groups to bring more LGBTQ2 refugees to Canada through a dedicated program. Under the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Partnership, up to 50 LGBTQ2 people fleeing persecution around the world can be sponsored each year. The previous cap had been 15. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen made the announcement […]
Ingrid Pfohl was just 11 years old in 1960 and remembers the sadness in her Roncesvalles home after her 13-year-old sister Helga Kaserer, a student at Fern Avenue public school, vanished on Dec. 29 of that year. “I went skating to High Park and left my sister, which was normal, and when I got back […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – US lawmakers from both parties, including several top Republicans, warned on Monday (June 3) that President Donald Trump was risking the destruction of a pending trade deal with Mexico and Canada by preparing to slap import penalties on Mexican goods. The lawmakers urged Trump to abandon his plan to levy 5 […]