Susan Brownmiller’s “Against Our Will” has influenced our laws. Yet the judge who cited it in his sex assault ruling was criticized. I just finished reading Susan Brownmiller’s book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. It was on my mind because defence lawyers pointed to it, along with 12 …
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Indigenous students get early glimpse of grad school life
Intensive summer program pairs 22 indigenous students from across Canada with researchers at McMaster University Growing up on a reserve on Manitoulin Island, Shanna Peltier thought her dream of going to grad school would remain just that — a dream. But that dream is now a little closer to reality …
Read More »Weekend events call for empty stomachs and dancing shoes
Taste of the Danforth and beyond in a list of what’s going down in Toronto this weekend. Get outside, Toronto! Temperatures will be headed back to their normal highs of 27 C and with that a pleasant weekend to enjoy street eats and dancing on the streets with events scattered …
Read More »Rio’s poor watch Olympic opening from roof
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – In the hills that hug Maracana Stadium, many Brazilians saw the flash and glitz of the opening ceremony for the Olympics from rooftops with exposed wiring and water pipes, amid trash-filled streets separated from the spectacle by a highway and train tracks. Mangueira is but …
Read More »13 dead, 6 injured as fire hits bar in French city
PARIS (AP) – A fast-moving fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the northwest French city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Saturday. More than 80 firefighters battled the early Saturday blaze at the downtown bar in …
Read More »PM Modi to interact with nation in first-ever ‘Town Hall’ today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the nation on Saturday at an indoor stadium here, in a first-ever Town Hall by an Indian prime minister. The event marks two years of MyGov, the government`s citizen engagement platform. A new app will be launched to allow mobile users …
Read More »Gujarat CM-designate Vijay Rupani meets Governor to stake claim to form govt
Ahmedabad: Vijay Rupani, who was on Friday nominated as the next chief minister of Gujarat by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday met Governor OP Kohli to stake claim to form the government. Vijay Rupani along with Nitin Patel – who will be the deputy CM – called …
Read More »Omar Abdullah takes jibe at PM Modi, says when will Centre wake up to crisis in Kashmir
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the situation in the Valley which he termed as heart breaking and worrying. “Heart breaking & worrying in equal measure. At what point will the Centre (read Hon PM) wake up to the …
Read More »Ludhiana woman says NRI father made rape bid before hitting her, killing self
The 22-year-old girl who was hospitalised on Thursday after her NRI father allegedly slit her throat before killing himself, has claimed that he had tried to rape her. She also accused her father of forcibly solemnising marriage with her. Basti Jodhewal station house officer Ashok Kumar said, on the complaint …
Read More »Harsimrat Badal makes girls wait for bicycles in searing heat
The girl students of three government schools had to wait for almost extra two hours in searing heat to get bicycles under state government’s Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme as Bathinda MP and union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal turned up late at all the schools. Even, the students of government girls’ …
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