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Ipsos Canada Vice President Public Affairs Sanyam Sethi discussed new polling data in an interview with Global News’ Antony Robart. The survey shows most Canadians still support gender equality, but opinions differ on whether efforts to advance women have gone too far. The divide is especially pronounced among Canadians under 35, where attitudes between men...

The Alberta government has invoked the province’s notwithstanding clause for the fourth time, passing a contentious bill that directly impacts the transgender community. Those laws will police names and pronouns in schools, ban transgender girls from participating in amateur female sports, and restrict gender affirming health care for anyone under the age of 16. Katherine...

The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing out appeals challenging Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law.

Peterborough police say a man is dead following a house fire on McDonnel Street (near Park St. North) around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday . The 27-year-old was found in the home but despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at PRHC. Two other people in the home were also taken to hospital for treatment. Madeleine McColl...

In Alberta, the government seems poised to use the notwithstanding clause to defend laws that govern the use of pronouns in schools, female sports and gender-affirming health care. If applied, it would mark the second time in a month that Premier Danielle Smith uses the constitutional clause. In late November, her government invoked the notwithstanding...

It was all on the line in the House of Commons late Monday. The federal budget and the fate of the Liberal government hung in the balance as MPs held a confidence vote that could have triggered an election. It was a roll call vote with each MP having to indicate yes or no, and...

The Supreme Court of Canada announces it will hear appeals challenging the province’s pronoun law. Sexual assault centers in the province are fighting to get back into elementary classrooms to teach prevention after being banned as part of the pronoun law. New legislation is being introduced by the Saskatchewan Government to help protect more victims...

City Council’s preliminary budget forecasts a significant hike in property taxes as city costs and spending are set to rise. The Supreme Court of Canada announces it will hear appeals challenging the province’s pronoun law. New legislation is being introduced by the Saskatchewan Government to help protect more victims of domestic violence.

Peel Regional Police are investigating after shots were fired at Shoppers World parking lot in Brampton just after 7pm Monday night. Police say a man was pronounced dead at the scene. So far no suspect descriptions have been released. Lexy Benedict reports.

Advocacy groups Skipping Stone and Egale Canada have filed a lawsuit against the province of Alberta surrounding controversial legislation that requires parental notification if a child chooses names or pronouns in school. As Skylar Peters reports, the organizations — and parents — say it could cause harm to gender-fluid children in the province.

It’s the first week of the school for most students across Canada, and it’s not quite business as usual for Alberta. As Heather Yourex-West explains, a controversial policy on pronouns, new rules on playing sports, a book ban, and a contract dispute with teachers have all gotten Alberta’s new school year off to a tumultuous...

At a press conference on Monday, Toronto police say the September shooting death of 23-year-old rapper Shakur Clarke-Sargeant, who performed as YTN Paco, was a planned attack. Investigators announced Monday that 18-year-old Duvon Ellis is wanted Canada-wide for first-degree murder, while another suspect, 21-year-old Jeavon Quashie was arrested the day after the killing. Clarke-Sargeant was pronounced...

WATCH: The fight against the pronoun consent law continues as new letter backed by the U of S Student’s Union is again calling for the law to be reappealed.

Peterborough County OPP say a woman died following a single-vehicle crash on Bensfort Road south of the city on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the crash just south of Base Line in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township around 2:45 p.m. and found a vehicle in a ditch. A hydro pole was also knocked down. Hydro One...

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at age 71. Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, was found dead in his Florida home on Thursday morning. In Clearwater, authorities responded to a call Thursday morning about a cardiac arrest. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital, the Clearwater Police Department said in a statement on Facebook.

A motorcyclist is dead following a three-vehicle crash on Lindsay Road in Selwyn Township on Friday afternoon. Around 2 p.m. emergency crews responded to the collision on Lindsay Road at Creamery Road…. Just metres from the Central Smith Creamery plant. A SUV ended up on its side, and another SUV landed near a ditch. The...

Condolences are pouring in after a beloved chef in Trent Hills died following a single vehicle crash near Hastings on Friday night. Many restaurants and businesses have identified the victim as 54-year-old Mark Andrade — a longtime chef at Capers Tap House in Campbellford. On social media, the restaurant praised him for his passion, warm...

Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, died on Thursday morning. He was 67. Madsen was found unresponsive by deputies responding to a 911 call at his Malibu home and he was pronounced dead at 8:25 a.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.

At least four people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in a shooting Wednesday night. According to reports, the shooting happened as people were leaving a venue following an album release party for a rapper. Two men aged 24 and 25 and two women were transported to local hospitals where they were...

Police say a man in his 30s was shot in a plaza near Eglinton Avenue & Cedar Drive. Police located him a few hundred metres up the road, where he was transported to hospital and later pronounced dead. Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports from the scene with witness accounts and suspect details.