Tag Archives: Prom

With inflation making basic necessities a struggle for many, affording luxury items like a prom dress may not even seem like an option for families struggling to make ends meet. Prom Glitz, a local not-for-profit which provides free dresses to families who can’t afford a gown for Grade 8 graduation …

When Rebekah Patenaude was in high school, she went to prom with a male date. Not because she wanted to — she would have preferred no date at all — but because it was important to her friend.  “It was really awkward,” recalls Patenaude, 24, who started identifying as queer when she …