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Marcus McCann

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Marcus McCann is an employment and human rights lawyer, member of Queers Crash the Beat, and a part owner of Glad Day Bookshop. Before becoming a lawyer, he was the managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa.

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1000 Nails and other secrets of Gananoque

There’s more than you’d expect

June 9, 2008
City tears Bank St a new one
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City tears Bank St a new one

Traffic, busses diverted until Nov 30

June 8, 2008
Ontario will use 10-year-old SRS standards
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Ontario will use 10-year-old SRS standards

Trans activists say rules are badly out of date

June 3, 2008
Canada’s SRS mishmash
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Canada’s SRS mishmash

June 3, 2008
The Village rolls out purple sticker campaign
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The Village rolls out purple sticker campaign

Business support no longer a matter of secret ballot

June 3, 2008
Feds promise long-term hep C funding
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Feds promise long-term hep C funding

Expired program to be rolled out in coming months

May 20, 2008
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Ontario pledges to re-list SRS
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Ontario pledges to re-list SRS

Details scant; activists remain leery

May 14, 2008
Liberal MP calls Public Health cuts ‘appalling’
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Liberal MP calls Public Health cuts ‘appalling’

Harper has written off gays, says Carolyn Bennett

May 13, 2008
Gay author-accountant is finding his voice
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Gay author-accountant is finding his voice

David Richards’s first fiction explores the sensitive and the oblivious

May 13, 2008
Can we get rid of Canada’s polygamy laws?
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Can we get rid of Canada’s polygamy laws?

Sexual freedom, charter vulnerability & women’s rights at stake

May 13, 2008
Pride’s new tagline: Ottawa’s most colourful festival
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Pride’s new tagline: Ottawa’s most colourful festival

City coughs up a few more bucks; new logo unveiled

May 13, 2008
White-lipped Flaherty gives testimony on film tax credit
Power

White-lipped Flaherty gives testimony on film tax credit

Censorship concerns are ‘nonsense’, minister says

May 1, 2008
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Bring Bank St party back
Ottawa

Bring Bank St party back

Why we should offer to bring Pride back to Bank

April 22, 2008
Vancouver’s village flourishing
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Vancouver’s village flourishing

Resistance to flags was marginal

April 22, 2008
Turmoil deepens in AIDS funding crunch
Health

Turmoil deepens in AIDS funding crunch

Service groups kept in dark about fed HIV funding

April 21, 2008
RM Vaughan ‘Troubled’ at book launch
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RM Vaughan ‘Troubled’ at book launch

Former Xtra writer at International Writers Fest

April 17, 2008
John Hancocks go to Parliament Hill
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John Hancocks go to Parliament Hill

Two student petitions protest gay organ donor ban

April 15, 2008
Justin Trudeau’s impromptu speech
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Justin Trudeau’s impromptu speech

April 10, 2008
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