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Queer Groups Comment on Planning for 2026 Pride Events

Don Martin

The Vancouver Pride Society began a series of community engagement roundtables on Sunday, Dec. 14 intended to shape the 2026 ...

Adopted Grammas

Bridget Coll

I am not a parent but I am a grandparent. I never thought I would be called Gramma Bridget until ...

Life Insurance

Chris Morrissey

Quiet, slow, gentle morningsounds of rain on the windowthe ring of the phone bursts into the tranquility —insurance!resurgence of fearsof ...

It’s the Best Day of the Year

Cyndia Cole

No, by Golly, it’s not a Holly Jolly Christmas. It’s the day after Christmas, glorious December 26, known in Canada ...

Lucy, the Cat, Back on Santa’s Knee

Lorri Rudland

“Lucy, come. We’ve got a Xmas date with Santa at the mall.” Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat,sighed. She ...

Warm Wishes

QUIRK-E

True to it’s name, QMUNITY Seniors Winter Warm Up was filled with hot drinks and warm wishes at Blenz on ...

The Babies

Stephen Hardy

Peaceful, calm, soft and restful. Those were the feelings I had sitting with them at a window table in the ...

Nearly High Noon

Judy Fletcher

Our family has moved to another farm a few miles outside of Colborne, a small town near Lake Ontario. This ...

Atmospheric River

Don Martin

To the tune of Fascinating Rhythm Apologies to the Gershwins New lyrics written after the great flood of 2021 in ...

Standing Out and Standing Up as Lesbian Feminists

Ellen Woodsworth

There were few images of what a lesbian looked like before the 1970s, though people might have discovered a couple ...