Follows years of student lobbying

“Numerous” sightings of flasher

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And force Parliament to enact a …Read More – Syndicated…

An interview with Annemieke Farenhorst, the University of Manitoba professor who has just been named the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (prairie region). Farenhorst talks about the lack of wo…

Toronto’s largest women’s shelter, built on a heritage-listed site, is on the hunt for a new home. Recently, one unique fundraiser helped to raise money for it.

Last Friday 300 Muay Thai kick-boxing enthusiasts flocked to the Great Hall for the second Girl Fight this year, a bid to help raise money for the largest women’s crisis and relief centre in Toronto, Nellie’s. The notion of hosting a kickboxing night to shed light on women’s issues like domestic violence may seem a [...]

A coast-to-coast round-up of remembrance

Cause of death T.B.D.

Yesterday’s decision by Herman Cain to drop out of the GOP Presidential stakes (technically, suspending, a legal loophole that allows him to reallocate donations made to him to another candidate or a PAC) really wasn’t surprising nor was th…

Minister cites recent sexual assaults

Student reports man with his pants down

This week we bring you reports from two recent events in Vancouver: a rally organized by the ‘Smile with Dignity’ campaign for universal public dental insurance, and a lecture at UBC by Professor James Struthers on trends in health-care delivery.
On Oc…

By Linda Shearman, The Canadian Press TORONTO – A study suggests the catty behaviour among women, as seen on the popular reality TV show “The Bachelor,” is pretty close to the truth. A University of Ottawa professor says her study — published in the journal Aggressive Behavior — confirms that most women use aggression against [...]

By Obert Madondo Even as the threat of eviction from Confederation Park looms larger, the Occupy Ottawa movement is getting stronger, says Arun Smith. Yesterday, the movement held simultaneous marches before four key Ottawa landmarks: …Read More …

I have found myself in a state of confusion. There’s a strange trend happening in the comics industry right now.
This week we received the news that Marvel has cancelled X-23 from its list of ongoings. Now, that was a pretty solid book but that&#…

The Brady Law in the States, which is supposed to ensure felons don’t have access to guns (they are supposed to be flagged by a background check), has proven to be a joke, the NYT reports today.   In just one state — the State of Washington — nearl…

The perils of co-ed washrooms

The Tea Party in the States got a huge slap in the face in yesterday’s off-year elections in the States.    Among the biggest ones: Voters in Ohio rejected by a huge margin a law that effectively placed public servants in a "right to work state&…

Anti-Movember editorial is offensive and just plain wrong

    You would think that contraception would be a fairly straightforward issue.  Women need reproductive autonomy and choice when planning their family.  Of course, once the religious get involved things rapidly go down hill.  Articles like the f…

I meet a lot of people. Every week someone asks me why I do not blog more about my true passion…encouraging women. While on a trip with Van Houtte Coffee in Old Montreal this past week, I was asked the question AGAIN. I decided at that moment I w…