Critics Say Gay Parade Used Ruse To Include Anti-Israel Group

Critics Say Gay Parade Used Ruse To Include Anti-Israel Group
Canadian Jewish organizations are saying they will not back down after an unexpected policy reversal that will allow an anti-Israel group to participate in this year’s Toronto gay pride parade. Organizers of the annual parade, one of the largest events on Canada’s cultural calendar, backtracked this month from an earlier decision that had banned a group called Queers Against Israeli Apartheid …

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Wood Spring Offers a Getaway

Wood Spring Offers a Getaway
Next to a driveway entrance on Four Rod Road in Marilla, right at the end of Parker Road, is a little sign noting the location of Wood Spring, and stating that it was established in 1957. The half-mile driveway is bordered by trees and covered in old pine needles along the way. Cross over a 10-foot section of a creek that runs through the driveway and soon the land spreads out.

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Sign bylaw under council’s microscope

Sign bylaw under council’s microscope
Signs, signs, everywhere in Niagara-on-the-Lake there are signs, and the town is planning to get strict about enforcing the sign bylaw. At Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting, town councillors took a look at the staff’s suggestions for revisions to the current sign bylaw.

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