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‘What I do with my body is none of your business’: musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland on trans rights, cult stardom and living with dementia His music was ignored for decades. Now, at 81, he is collaborating with pop stars. He and his wife talk about his extraordinary life – and facing severe illness

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Stop Bill C-12 - Migrant Rights Network Send an Email Now! Bill C-12 is a cruel and violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine: One-Year Refugee Deadline: Bill C-12 blocks anyone in Canada over one year from claiming refugee...

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Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...

Courage lives here…

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‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

Smart-Humane-Inspirational
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Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal | CBC News Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new an...

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YouTube video by Sheila E. Sheila E. - Bemba Colorá ft Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar

As I push through the first draft re-write of my upcoming book, nothin’ gets me going like these amazing women!!! Ay Dios!!!
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Advocates say N.S. falling short on treating intimate-partner violence as epidemic | CBC News Senior Nova Scotia government officials are responding to concerns that they are falling short on a commitment to treat intimate-partner violence as an epidemic.

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Doug Ford wants to lock #Ontario into sky-high 💸 nuclear bills while pushing #renewables to the sidelines.

We deserve affordable, #renewable power from wind, solar & storage 🌞💨🔋.

Time for better choices. 👉 shorturl.at/EzPFt

#onpoli #climatenews #onpoli

Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children The pioneering African country is lauded for slashing rates of mother-to-child transmission to just 1.2% and is holding trials that may now hold the key to curing young people

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Paradise Pending sequel on track!! Me ‘n the Mags taking a break in cooler weather.

Well-done Tucson!! You have saved your precious aquifer.

Janusz Dukszta Obituary - Toronto, ON Celebrate the life of Janusz Dukszta, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel.

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Act – Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence Supporting Family Caregivers and Care Providers

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San Antonio data centers guzzled 463 million gallons of water as area faced drought The heavy usage, equivalent to tens of thousands of households, comes as residents are told to conserve water.

San Antonio data centers are guzzling millions of gallons of water daily while residents are limited to watering their lawns once per week due to drought.

Make it make sense.

Canadian Forces airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time | CBC News The Canadian Armed Forces made their first humanitarian airdrop over Gaza on Monday using their own aircraft — delivering 9,800 kilograms of aid to Palestinians, according to Global Affairs Canada.

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Background photo of the ICJ building The Hague, Netherlands. Quote reads “This legal finding creates stark choices. For the Canadian government, it means eliminating supports for the oil and gas industry now, or risking having to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in compensation to developing countries later. For Canadian oil and gas companies, it means that a wave of climate-damage cases could soon be headed their way, in domestic courts in Canada and around the world." Quote attributed to “Michael Byers, Opinion piece, The Globe and Mail”.

Your move, @mark-carney.bsky.social.

⚡️ The Indigenous Women’s Conference has kicked off today in Brasilia! 🧵

Premier Eby gives $200 Million in new fossil fuel subsides to LNG terminal  - Stand.earth səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories (VANCOUVER, B.C.) – Yesterday B.C. Premier David Eby announced that his government is giving the Cedar LN...

"In the midst of the #climateemergency B.C. Premier Eby is going to hand over $200 of our taxpayer dollars to fossil fuel conglomerates."

Read about it here 👇

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

Courage lives!
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Permit revoked for MAGA musician's concert at Parks Canada site, but show will go on | CBC News Parks Canada says a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after the federal agency revoked the organizer's permit, but the show is ...

YESSS!!
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As the Senate considers voting to approve Trump's devastating funding cuts to public broadcasting, listen to the words of LeVar Burton.

The Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

Contact your senators today and urge them to oppose these cuts.

Congratulations,Winnipeg Folk Festival, on 50 years. From Janis lan, to the late Laura Smith, to Bruce Cockburn. Even me, a young Kris Purdy-singing to my biggest audience yet, hosting MainStage &workshops.An amazing experience. Big thanks to the late great Marni Kalef for the pic. We miss you!!!!

Excellent question

Why not try out one of our 2024 debuts?

Enbridge says it would pitch new Alberta-B. C. pipeline only under right conditions If pipeline companies are keen on proposing a new West Coast pipeline in the near future, they're not saying so publicly.

"More pipelines means more tankers, which means even more marine life harmed by foreign fossil fool billionaires," says our very own @annabarford.bsky.social.

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