4+ week, 2+ day ago   (711+ words) Former councillor Mike Layton is deciding whether to run for Toronto city council in the upcoming October election. Mike Layton was first elected to Toronto city council in 2010, and decided not to run for re-election in 2022. Mike Layton, former Toronto…...

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…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (903+ words) Brandon Valenzuela was known for strong defence and spotty offence during his days in the minor leagues. With the Jays, he has stepped up and was second on the club with a.790 OPS entering Friday’s home game against the Yankees. When…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (712+ words) Liberal MP Rob Oliphant arrives for a meeting of the Liberal caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday, May 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang OTTAWA - Global activists for gender and sexual minorities are urging Canada to double its aid…...

3+ mon, 3+ 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,…...

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…...

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…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (134+ words) Toronto Star Robinson, the No. 8 overall draft pick in 2023, was a 2025 first-team Associated Press All-Pro selection. He also was a Pro Bowl selection for the second consecutive season. In 2025, Robinson’s third season, the running back became the third player in…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (363+ words) The upper house gave final approval for the legislation following its passage last month by the lower house, and it goes next to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for his expected signature before becoming law. The bill makes the “propaganda of…...