Reblogged from Metro News:

When John McDougall joined the military 23 years ago, he would have never told anyone that he knew a gay person, let alone that he was gay.

On Friday, Master Warrant Officer McDougall stood with his partner of 18 years, David Gilbert, at a Pride Flag raising ceremony at CFB Edmonton.

The rainbow-coloured flag flying at the military base is being called a first in Canada.

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Canadian Forces Base to raise Pride flag to show support for GLBT community. with this news, proud to be Canadian.


Cuts to disabilities programs will cost jobs, providers warn.

It may seem like a one year cut, that can be regained when “economic” times improve…yet what it truly is, is setting up for the most vulnerable among us to a lifetime spiral of exclusion from society. What type of Alberta do we want to build?

Reblogged from National Post | Life:

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Pope Francis has branded Italy’s Mafia chiefs as slavemongers and told them to seek God’s mercy, a day after the Vatican beatified a Palermo priest murdered for his stance against the Cosa Nostra.

"I think of all the pain of men, women and even children who are exploited by many Mafias," the Pontiff told thousands of people during his weekly address in St Peter’s Square Sunday.

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Defunct WHA left mark on hockey

Posted: May 26, 2013 by Ty in Current Events

Defunct WHA left mark on hockey.


Funding cuts deal blow to summer camp for disabled.