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Nathaniel Christopher / 27 July 2013

Only gay community centre between Vancouver and Calgary closes July 31

The Okanagan Pride Centre — the only gay community centre between Vancouver and Calgary — will close on July 31 after the property’s owner chose not to renew the lease and changes to liquor licence en...
Nathaniel Christopher / 23 July 2013

Okanagan Pride grows bigger and partners with wineries

After record attendance in 2012, the Okanagan Pride Society hopes this year’s festival will establish Kelowna as a destination for gay wine connoisseurs and their friends. The Pride festival, now in i...
Nathaniel Christopher / 11 July 2013

Is Vancouver Pride really 35 this year?

A former member of one of Vancouver’s first gay civil rights groups says the Vancouver Pride Society’s (VPS) numbering system dishonours nearly a decade of gay activism. Under the events section of it...
Nathaniel Christopher / 20 June 2013

United Church moderator-city councillor couple receive Queen’s medal

United Church Moderator Gary Paterson and his spouse, Vancouver city councillor Tim Stevenson, have been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for their respective achievements in churc...
Nathaniel Christopher / 19 June 2013

BC Supreme Court rejects Zesty’s comedian appeal

The BC Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal which found that Lorna Pardy’s complaint against comedian Guy Earle and the owners of Zesty’s restaurant was justified. Pardy...
Nathaniel Christopher / 14 June 2013

Are phys ed teachers the best people to teach sex ed in BC?

Education advocates are calling on the incoming minister of education to ensure that all BC students, regardless of location, sexual orientation or gender identity, receive comprehensive sex education...
Nathaniel Christopher / 29 May 2013

Vancouver Pride parade gets civic status

Vancouver city council voted unanimously to approve civic designation for the Pride parade May 29, along with the Vaisakhi and Chinatown Spring Festival parades. The designation means the Vancouver Pr...
Nathaniel Christopher / 22 May 2013

Start anti-homophobia education sooner, students say

Nearly three months after the adoption of their school district’s anti-homophobia policy, gay-straight alliance (GSA) members and teacher-sponsors at Thomas Haney Secondary in Maple Ridge are calling ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 May 2013

Positive Living and AIDS Vancouver to get a new building

Vancouver City Council approved a rezoning application for the Wall Financial Corporation May 15 that will provide a new home for Positive Living BC and AIDS Vancouver as well as 81 units of social ho...
Nathaniel Christopher / 3 May 2013

Two more BC school districts address homophobia

BC’s Bulkley Valley and Fraser-Cascades school districts have joined 20 others in the province in explicitly addressing homophobia in their policies. On April 23 the Fraser-Cascades district, which is...

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