Pride organizations across Canada are urging Ottawa to provide $9 million in new funding, citing rising costs and declining corporate support that they say threaten events nationwide.
Pride organizations in B.C. have said this year’s festivities are a way of celebrating community and pushing back against a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.Â
Mount Allison placed first in the small university category. McGill placed first in the large group, for universities with more than 30,000 students. Simon Fraser placed first in the medium group, for universities with between 10,000 and 30,000 students.
B.C.’s three main party leaders clashed over affordability, health care and Indigenous rights in a heated televised election debate Wednesday evening.