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How to ensure your holiday donation gets used responsibly
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How to ensure your holiday donation gets used responsibly

Make sure your money doesn’t go to waste, or worse, benefit a charity with a history of homophobia

By Andrew Innis
Bank St: long road ahead
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Bank St: long road ahead

Businesses in recovery

By Marcus McCann
Capital Xtra Hero Awards: submit your nominations!
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Capital Xtra Hero Awards: submit your nominations!

Read up on the categories and recognize the heroes in your community

By Capital Xtra
Overcrowding at Ottawa women’s jail
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Overcrowding at Ottawa women’s jail

No movement on hooker sweeps in wake of poor conditions

By Marcus McCann
Police say Oshawa assault doesn’t qualify as hate crime
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Police say Oshawa assault doesn’t qualify as hate crime

Activists say decision sends negative message

By Krishna Rau
Alberta workshops address homophobic bullying, queer youth issues
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Alberta workshops address homophobic bullying, queer youth issues

Growing demand for the program in rural communities

By Kevin Allen
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Bob Rae’s exit will yank Liberals to the right
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Bob Rae’s exit will yank Liberals to the right

Progressives rallied around flawed candidate

By Marcus McCann
Pen pal program builds links to queer prisoners
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Pen pal program builds links to queer prisoners

Inmates face censorship, lack of resources

By Preet Bhogal
How Facebook and Web 2.0 are changing the nature of gay activism
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How Facebook and Web 2.0 are changing the nature of gay activism

Old methods haven’t fallen completely by the wayside, but groups will need to adapt to survive

By Krishna Rau
Rally in Abbotsford in support of Social Justice 12
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Rally in Abbotsford in support of Social Justice 12

Large crowd turns out for march, despite rain and last minute re-routing

By Xtra Staff
Gay man called a fag, then sucker punched
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Gay man called a fag, then sucker punched

Keep reporting, police say

By Natasha Barsotti
Anti-Harper rally draws huge crowd in Toronto
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Anti-Harper rally draws huge crowd in Toronto

Layton to Harper: ‘You can run, but you can’t hide’

By Michael Pihach, Rob Salerno
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Abbotsford city officials tell march organizers to re-route or else
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Abbotsford city officials tell march organizers to re-route or else

‘The city is creating barriers but we have resiliency and we are still going to pull through’

By Natasha Barsotti
BC prof to head first Canadian HIV/AIDS antiretroviral research network
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BC prof to head first Canadian HIV/AIDS antiretroviral research network

By Jeremy Hainsworth
Shaw responds to CRTC in OutTV dispute
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Shaw responds to CRTC in OutTV dispute

Media giant’s plan dodges much of sprit of ruling

By Matt Mills
New HIV campaign aimed at street people
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New HIV campaign aimed at street people

Posters try to dispel myths about medical treatment

By Krishna Rau
Guelph adds fuel to free speech fire
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Guelph adds fuel to free speech fire

Debates at Canadian campuses turning to banning controversial groups

By Nick Taylor-Vaisey
Former Odyssey bouncer going to jail
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Former Odyssey bouncer going to jail

Sasan Ansari gets five years for manslaughter

By Jeremy Hainsworth
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