Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she’s been attempting to get identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive and stymied by systemic discrimination against transgender people.
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Latest vandalism of baby Jesus statue ‘just one small incident among others,’ Sudbury church says
A church in Greater Sudbury, Ont., says vandalism to a well-known statue is just one of many problems it’s been having.
The statue of Mary and baby Jesus was damaged last month at Ste-Anne-des-Pins Catholic Church on Beech Street. The same statue was damaged six years ago, and the temporary repair at the time made national headlines.
Ontario had working prototype for Covid passport system in January
The province developed a functional vaccine passport system that was tested by at least one focus group six months ago, despite Solicitor General Sylvia Jones’s rejection on Wednesday of a mechanism to verify Ontarians’ vaccination status.
Majority of Ontarians believe equalization payments are unfair: poll
Equalization payments aren’t just a problem for western Canadians, a new poll suggests, with a majority of Ontario residents finding the federal government’s redistribution of provincial wealth to be unfair.
Ontario’s grade 9 math curriculum will include “decolonial” and “anti-racist” approach
According to documents posted on the education ministry’s website, a new approach to math is needed to combat the field’s inherent white supremacy.
LEVY: It’s already over for small businesses in Ontario
Politicians are well-known for speaking out of both sides of their mouths.
At no time did we see more of that behaviour than during the past 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic when we expected our politicians to show some modicum of leadership.
Sadly, for the most part, that leadership has been lacking in so many areas.
Majority in Ontario Oppose the Crux of Bill C-10
When asked whether they support a federal government bill to promote and demote content in the results of search functions on social media sites like YouTube and Facebook, 62% of Ontario residents said they oppose this initiative. Of those, 41% said they strongly oppose the government having this power, while only 6% strongly support it.
Peterborough police won’t ticket cast & crew of CBC show for handshakes, laughter
We recently returned to the lovely little city of Peterborough, Ont., where the local constabulary take a very dim view of any sort of merriment in this day and age of COVID-19. You might recall our previous trip to Peterborough in April. We were there to cover an anti-lockdown protest staged at Confederation Square.
Two teens arrested for allegedly burning PRIDE flag
An investigation started after a video surfaced which shows a PRIDE flag in flames on the ground in what is believed to be in Mississauga.
Fully vaccinated woman died with COVID-19 at Kitchener long-term care home
Waterloo Region, which includes Kitchener, has seen a high number of cases in the past week. Health officials say the highly transmissible delta variant is playing a role in the spread of the virus, although it can take weeks to confirm that a variant of concern is specifically the delta variant. The delta variant, also known as B1617, is the variant first detected in India.
- The “vaccine” isn’t a vaccine.
- They’re trying to blame the Delta variant without proof.
- “Vaccines” are killing people.
GOLDSTEIN: Massive taxpayer subsidies powering Ontario’s electricity sector, says report
Describing Ontario’s electricity pricing system as a train wreck doesn’t do it justice.
That’s because it isn’t just one train — it’s the entire railroad — as a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute, Power Surge: The Causes of (and Solutions to) Ontario’s Electricity Price Rise Since 2006 makes clear.
Ontario passes election spending bill with notwithstanding clause
The Ontario government has passed a bill limiting third-party election advertising by employing a rarely used legislative power.
Bill 307 used the notwithstanding clause to reintroduce parts of a law struck down by a judge last week.
The clause allows legislatures to override portions of the charter for a five-year term.
‘When Is London Going to Wake Up?’ Muslims Describe the Terror of Living in Canadian City Where Family Was Killed
In the wake of the killing of the Afzaal-Salman family in London, Ontario, Muslim Canadians told VICE World News Islamophobia is palpable in their daily lives, but not enough people care.
Ontario First Nation to mark Canada Day as ‘day of mourning’
Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario will no longer recognize Canada Day as a celebration and will instead mark it as a “day of mourning” until the federal government investigates the grounds of all former residential schools.