9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (418+ words) Mark Carney’s disavowal of a feminist foreign policy will affect how his government enacts that policy, writes Supriya Dwivedi. Before leaving for the recently held G20 in Johannesburg, Canada had laid out its priorities, for the summit: “improving critical mineral supply…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (572+ words) Carney’s comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg illustrate a shift in rhetoric from the government of Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a fireside chat in Montreal on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada no…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (703+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre left, takes part in a flag raising ceremony with Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez marking Pride month on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. OTTAWA - Dozens of advocates for women and…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (690+ words) Prime Minister Carney said Canada still wants to defend LGBTQ+ rights and combating violence against women. MPs weigh in on Mark Carney’s comments on Canada’s feminist foreign policy Liberal MP Karina Gould and NDP MP Leah Gazan respond to Prime…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (224+ words) Parade grand marshal Fae Johnstone calls out chants through a megaphone during the Capital Pride Parade in Ottawa on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang An LGBTQ+ advocate says Canada is at critical juncture where it must decide whether…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (41+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — It is rare, the Ms. Foundation's next leader acknowledged, for a Black woman to take the helm of a major nonprofit from another Black woman. It is even rarer, she noted, for that organization to be financially…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (840+ words) The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out. The Trevor Project, the leading nonprofit for suicide prevention…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1088+ words) Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Nithya Raman, a progressive city council member, will face Mayor Karen Bass for the runoff election for Los Angeles Mayor in November. (June 8, 2026) The outcome means Spencer Pratt,…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (168+ words) “The Lowdown,” the latest series from Sterlin Harjo, is a sharp comic crime-drama, and Erasure’s Andy Bell plays Toronto. Andy Bell of Erasure plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Tuesday. One-half of hitmaking synth-pop duo Erasure, Andy Bell (no, not…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1007+ words) Now a transgender woman, she was identified at birth as a boy in San Pedro Jicayán, an Indigenous community in southern Mexico where men are largely barred from becoming weavers. Merino was expected to tend cattle or work in the…...