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Author: David Ebner
Publication Date: January 26, 2026 - 06:00
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Advocacy groups to argue Alberta transgender legislation amounts to criminal prohibition
January 26, 2026
Advocacy groups are attempting a new legal strategy to combat an Alberta law that prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming health care to transgender youth – legislation the provincial government has shielded with the Charter’s notwithstanding clause,
Last June, Egale Canada, Skipping Stone Foundation and five youth and their parents won a court injunction to put a pause on the law as they pursued a legal challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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A 54-year-old woman was struck by a snowplow while walking through a car dealership parking lot early Monday morning. Police say she died in hospital from her injuries.
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Routine vaccinations help prevent outbreaks and protect those most at risk
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is reminding families across the city about the importance of keeping routine childhood vaccinations up to date and ensuring that...
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The modern Winter Olympics are a relative newcomer to the pantheon. The original Games, held in Olympia in honour of Zeus, began in 776 BC and were abolished some 1,200 years later by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
The modern summer games kicked off in Athens in 1896, but the Winter Olympics didn’t begin until 1924. The first of those was in
Chamonix, France...
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