Women are dying. More specifically, they are being killed by men. Every year on December 6th, individuals and organizations across Canada take a moment to ask why and to think about ways we can stop it. December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Parliament of Canada established it to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at L’École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. Their killer, a man, targeted the women specifically in an act of violent hatred. The massacre was a symptom -- and became a symbol -- of gender based violence, an issue that we continue to grapple with almost 30 years later.
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
I was watching this little video of Kelda Mikalson dancing with her wee ones at Music Together and it struck me that she has been part of our community for more than ten years now.
Why do people come here? It is a familiar question in social media and coffee shop chatter...
Running through my news feed on Facebook, I came across a post that a friend had shared. It said that the hospice was in need of knitted or quilted lap blankets. I immediately shared this in a message to a member of my church suggesting this might be a good ...
One more unique reason to come to the Handmade Holiday Market Saturday December 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Heartwood Hall.
This year Joanna from Heartwood Home is offering a plant “baby sitting" service...
The word patriarchy is coming up more and more frequently but many people don’t understand what it is, what it looks like, or how it works. Some people don’t think it exists at all. Those people dismiss patriarchy as fictitious or claim that if it does exist it is a natural social order. Fortunately, generations of feminists, queer advocates, and social activists have worked hard to identify it’s structures and raise awareness of the damage it does to people. Patriarchy is real and it must be dismantled because of the many ways it hurts women, children, queer folk, as well as men and boys.
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