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Feminists urge continuing fight of slain Iraqi-Canadian, Yanar Mohammed
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (1186+ words) Posted Mar 28, 2026 07:00:11 AM. OTTAWA " Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality. Toronto resident Yanar Mohammed…...
Abortion, MAID, CBC: Here's what Conservatives are debating at Calgary convention
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (940+ words) Posted Jan 30, 2026 05:11:49 PM. CALGARY " Hundreds of party delegates from across the country have assembled in Calgary for the federal Conservative party's national convention. Leader Pierre Poilievre will face a vote on his leadership Friday. Delegates are also set to debate…...
MPs swipe at Carney's claim that Canada has no feminist foreign policy
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (716+ words) Posted Nov 24, 2025 02:13:39 PM. OTTAWA " Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Canada does not have a "feminist foreign policy" spilled into the political arena Monday, drawing both criticism and praise. "Prime Minister Carney is making it very clear he is no…...
Carney says Canada upholding values but drops talk of 'feminist foreign policy"
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (668+ words) Posted Nov 23, 2025 06:29:21 AM. JOHANNESBURG " Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada no longer has a feminist foreign policy, but still wants to uphold values on the world stage that include LGBTQ+ rights and combating violence against women. "Yes we have that…...
Feminist lawyer Pamela Cross among authors shortlisted for $60,000 Donner Prize
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (796+ words) Pamela Cross's book about what can be done to prevent intimate partner violence is among the works shortlisted for the $60,000 Donner Prize. The Ontario lawyer and women's advocate is a finalist with "And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic…...
Book Review: David Denby profiles 4 'eminent’ Jews who profoundly changed post-WWII American culture
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (499+ words) When Lytton Strachey set out to write "Eminent Victorians" in 1918, he sought to enliven the stuffy Victorian conventions of biographical writing by portraying his subjects with warts and all. In his new book "Eminent Jews," David Denby pays tribute to…...