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Shaylin Lussier went home and screamed after the student’s town voted for a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property. Lussier, a member of the gay-straight alliance in Westlock, Alta., had spearheaded efforts to get a Pride crosswalk painted last year for the first time in the …
Read More »Newly announced Manitoba solar glass project raising red flags for advocates – Winnipeg
A project given the green light by the government of Manitoba is raising red flags for environmental and land advocates. On Wednesday, the province said yes to a solar glass project by Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) that will see silica sand mined from Hollow Water First Nation, Man., and processed …
Read More »Church holds ‘influence’ over Ontario community that voted down Pride flags, locals say
On a recent weekday afternoon, the main street in Norwich Township was bustling with people chatting at the local cafe, eating at the deli, or browsing through shops. But residents say all that changes on Sundays, when the community in southwestern Ontario largely closes for the Christian day of rest, …
Read More »‘Red flags’ for money laundering raised in B.C. misconduct findings on honorary consul for Ukraine
A lawyer who also serves as the honorary consul for Ukraine in Vancouver committed professional misconduct when he helped complete 15 real estate deals referred to him by a convicted drug trafficker, the Law Society of B.C. Tribunal has found. Lubomir (Mir) Ihor Huculak failed to make reasonable inquiries about …
Read More »Small Ontario town rallies to replace Pride decorations after flags cut up, destroyed
People in the town of Minto, Ont., are supporting the local LGBTQ community after Pride decorations were cut up and destroyed in acts of vandalism that police are calling hate-motivated crimes. Between June 4 and 13, Pride flags at schools in Listowel, Harriston, Drayton and Mapleton were torn down, cut up and shredded, …
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