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Secularism Bill 21 Law Upheld in Quebec's Highest Court

jerrym — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:52:58 +0000

Quebec's Court of Appeal was upheld today in its entirety, thereby overthrowing a lower court ruling that English schools could employ teachers wearing religious symbols. An appeal to Canada's Supreme Court is expected.

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québec

Premier Moe's government asks court to punish indigenous man for revealing youth detention centre used torture on him

jerrym — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 01:18:00 +0000

Premier Scott Moe's government has asked Saskatchewan's provincial court to penalize an Anishinabe man for "allegedly breaching court rules following the publication of information and video from inside a youth jail showing staff immobilizing him with a full body restraint device while he wept, hyperventilated and asked for death." The indigenous man, Matthew Michel, alleges in his lawsuit against the province of Saskatchewan that he continues to suffer lasting trauma because of "the repeated use of a full-body restraint device whil

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Indigenous Issues and Culture

Counter protests to anti-trans children protests being organized

jerrym — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:34:02 +0000

Counter protest to the "1MillionMarch4Children" anti-trans children protests are being organized. "Amost two-thirds of LGBTQ students don't feel safe at school, compared with 11 per cent of heterosexual students, and attempts to erase them from school curriculums are hateful."

Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday.

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activism

Female brains and the imposition of gender norms, ideals, and ideology

Pondering — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:17:44 +0000

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/wellness/can-you-tell-which-brains-are-male-neither-can-these-n471751

“Our study demonstrates that although there are sex/gender differences in brain structure, brains do not fall into two classes, one typical of males and the other typical of females, nor are they aligned along a ‘male brain–female brain’ continuum,” Daphna Joel of Tel Aviv University and colleagues wrote.

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feminism

He planned to blow up a mosque, but found salvation there instead

Jaydub — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:47:45 +0000

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/stranger-at-the-gate-1.6743300

He planned to blow up a mosque, but found salvation there instead

To say that Mac McKinney used to be Islamophobic would be an understatement.

Until about 16 years ago, the U.S. army veteran believed that Muslims were inherently evil, and that he had to do everything in his power to protect his partner and step-daughter from their encroachment on American society.

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anti-racism news and initiatives

Music

Jaydub — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:32:07 +0000

Does anyone here play a musical instrument? I've never had any talent, but I'm hoping to learn to play the Harmonica or Bass Guitar.

I would prefer to play Jazz or Blue.

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humanities & culture

Secrecy just an excuse to hid bad behavior

NorthReport — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:35:15 +0000

CSIS officer fired for complaining publicly about agency’s lack of covid-19 masking

https://globalnews.ca/news/9512498/csis-officer-fired-covid-masking-complaint/

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international news and politics

Don’t Be A Left Lane Hog

NorthReport — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:09:34 +0000

Vancouver now is the second worst city on the planet in terms of traffic after Mexico City

For commuters the major obstacle to getting to their destination by car on time is the drivers, particularily truck drivers, who clutter up the left lane.

I am sure that if you are being followed by another vehicle, that unless you are turning left, you only used the left lane for passing another vehicle, your travel time to get to your destination would be reduced by 50%, and there would be a lot fewer accidents on the roads.

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alberta and british columbia

'Dilbert'

NorthReport — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:33:19 +0000

Hundreds of newspapers drop ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/business/dilbert-comic-strip-racist-tirad...

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anti-racism news and initiatives

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NorthReport — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:21:16 +0000

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international news and politics