Canadian LGBTQ2 community members and advocates say the past year has been difficult and scary amid a notable rise in hate crimes, threats and protests against drag queens and transgender people in particular. The solution, they say, is education and support from allies to counter homophobia and anti-trans hate — particularly baseless accusations of pedophilia
A motorcyclist was injured early Wednesday morning after a collision in Scarborough. Police say it happened near Neilson and Ellesmere roads shortly after midnight. A motorcycle and a car collided in the area and police say the motorcyclist sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Roads were shut down for the police investigation but have since reopened. The car
A model with two young sons and a restaurant employee about to be promoted to manager are among the Canadians confirmed dead in a mass shooting at a country music show in Las Vegas. Tara Roe, who was 34 and lived in Okotoks, Alta., was there with her husband, Zach, and another couple for a
The Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW have reopened following a fatal crash on the Burlington Skyway this morning. The collision occurred on the busy highway shortly before 6 a.m. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said a motorcycle, pickup truck, minivan and two cars are among the vehicles involved and the driver of the motorcycle, identified as
A 71-year-old woman is critically injured after she was struck by a light pole that was knocked down by a delivery truck on Friday, Toronto police say. The incident happened in the area of Yonge Street and Hillsdale Avenue, south of Eglinton Avenue West. Police received a call about the collision at about 3:17 p.m. Toronto paramedics …
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Highway 35 is closed both directions between Highway 118 and Kushog Lake Road, police say A person is dead after a single ATV collision on Highway 35 Sunday morning, police say. On Twitter, Hailburton Highlands Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to a single ATV collision on the highway near Matabanick Road in Algonquin Township just before 7:30 …
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Brent Worrall found a community in his fellow trauma survivors. The 56-year-old from Vernon, B.C., was paralyzed by a motorcycle accident lawyer in 2011, but by then his life had already been severely impacted by years of abuse, broken bones, and drug and gambling addictions. On Monday, Worrall was in Humboldt, Sask., after travelling nearly …
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