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Publication Date: April 17, 2026 - 04:00
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Court weighs overturning rule blocking birth alert class action from suing 49 children’s aid societies
April 17, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal will now decide whether pregnant mothers targeted by controversial birth alerts — a practice that led to newborns being taken away from their families — can pursue a class-action lawsuit against 49 children's aid societies across the province.
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In November 2023, one of Quebec’s youngest mayors, then twenty-three-year-old Isabelle Lessard, stepped down mid-mandate. That summer, she’d dealt with intense wildfires that forced the evacuation of about half the town of Chapais, a northern community of about 1,500.
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Mayors and municipal councillors across Canada are stepping down from their positions in record numbers
Intensive workloads, high expectations, low salaries, and harassment incidents contribute to the increase in resignations
Some municipalities have organized educational workshops and support resources for...
April 23, 2026 - 06:30 | Sandrine Rastello | Walrus
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
I was left unsatisfied and frustrated after reading Cathrin Bradbury’s “What is Sex?” (January/February). No mention was made that a healthy sex life relies on not just affection, attraction, and chemistry, but also intensity. As a heterosexual sixty-seven-year-old woman with a vibrant sex life, I believe sexual intercourse is reliant on getting to a point where you and your partner feel so close emotionally and physically that you lose your sense of individuality, sometimes your ability to speak, and meld into each other. Here is one quote about sex I have...
April 23, 2026 - 06:29 | Readers | Walrus
Good morning. A decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its calls to action, it’s clear that Indigenous repatriation still faces many gaps in measuring progress. More on that below, along with a stalemate in the Middle East and the World Press photo of the year. But first:
April 23, 2026 - 06:02 | Kate Taylor | The Globe and Mail
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