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Activists, politicians mark World AIDS Day urging criminal reform, prevention funding
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — AIDS activists are calling on the Liberals to stick with a Trudeau government promise to reform the laws on HIV disclosure, and to get Canada’s efforts to end the pandemic back on track. The HIV Network Legal Network says Canada’s stalled progress on preventing new HIV cases — especially among Indigenous people in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government expected to name new culture minister this afternoon
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will name a new minister of culture and identity this afternoon. Steven Guilbeault, the previous culture minister, quit cabinet on Thursday to protest Ottawa’s new pact with Alberta on a proposed pipeline. Guilbeault previously served as environment minister in Justin Trudeau’s government. During a previous stint as heritage minister, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mayor announces crisis unit to help homeless population during winter
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
MONTREAL — The mayor of Montreal is announcing new measures to help the city’s homeless population survive the winter. Soraya Martinez Ferrada says Montreal will open 500 new spaces in warming shelters by Christmas. She also says the city is forming a crisis unit that will meet weekly to respond to emerging needs of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not ‘gatekeep’ PrEP
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be ‘gatekeeping’ PrEP A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
MONTREAL — When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal’s “new patron saint,” Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice. As an activist, Pinzer established a community space for her fellow sex workers in 1915. Decades later, she is honoured with a black, white and hot-pink mural in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be ‘gatekeeping’ PrEP
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expanding class of drugs. The clinical guideline published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal provides 31 recommendations and 10 good practices for prescribing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner Éric Lépine says in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the driver’s failure to stop fully at an intersection as well as the blinding morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
VICTORIA — The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast. Rick Steiner, a former academic who was one of the first on the scene of the infamous disaster and has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The head of the United Nations’ HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. “My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course,” UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government’s legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed at the labour movement. Tens of thousands of Quebecers armed with noisemakers and signs marched from Place du Canada to Premier François Legault’s Montreal offices marching against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing. It has been a roller-coaster of emotions for Chow, who has gone from worry to ... Read More »
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