Canada trying to make ice skating more “macho”?
(Toronto, Ontario) When Canadian skaters take the ice in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics, they won’t be adorned in feathers and frills.
Elaborate costumes only distract from a strong performance, according to Skate Canada CEO William Thompson.
“What we’re saying (to the skaters) is, don’t detract from the athletic performance,” Thompson said …
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(Toronto, Ontario) A Toronto man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault to allegedly having unprotected sex with another man and for not disclosing that he is HIV-positive.
Sahand Mahmoodi, 28, appeared briefly in court Friday morning to hear the charges read. He was remanded in custody awaiting trial.
He …
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(Toronto, Ontario) The Federal Court of Canada has ordered a new refugee hearing for a Nigerian gay man who says he fears for his life if he is returned home.
Norbert Okoli fled to Canada in 2005 using a fake passport. At a 2006 immigration board hearing he said that once …
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(Toronto, Ontario) No stranger to dropping the F-bomb, Ulitmate Fighting Championship president Dana White is still smarting over his use of the other F-word in a recent video blog.
He’s sorry he used the gay slur - and says he now knows better - but he’s not about to fade into …
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(Toronto, Ontario) A man who spent 31 years in prison for a murder he confessed to and then immediately recanted has been granted a new trial in a split court ruling that did not clear his name.
That means Romeo Phillion, a self-admitted pathological liar, has failed in his decades-long quest …
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(Toronto, Ontario) Controversial gay writer Scott Symons, whose scandalous life and 1967 novel “Place d’Armes” rocked Canada’s literary world, has died at age 75.
The Toronto-born author passed away at a Toronto nursing home on Monday after several years of poor health, his lawyer Marian Hebb said Wednesday.
She remembered Symons as …
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(Toronto, Ontario) A gay couple who fled Iran in 2005 to escape arrest and a possible death sentence for homosexuality have been given asylum in Canada.
The men, Ali, 32, and Mohammad, 25, arrived in Toronto Wednesday night. Their family names are being withheld to protect family members still in Iran.
The …
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(Toronto, Ontario) Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are at a higher risk of becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy than their heterosexual peers, says a new study.
The authors suggest the discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment that gay, lesbian and bisexual teens face may prompt them to indulge in more sexually …
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