Canada’s comedy legends celebrated in Hamilton as hall of fame dream gets revived

A comic with a dream 20 years in the making to create a Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame is hoping he’ll soon be a step closer, as he brings comedians together to drum up support for the project this week in Hamilton.  The Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame Festival kicked off Wednesday night, with the finals … Read more

These Indigenous artists are putting queer love in the spotlight

Unreserved53:492SLGBTQ+ Love Songs When Melody McKiver came across a collection of Indigenous love songs transcribed by anthropologists in the early 1900s, the title of one stood out to her: I Don’t Need You Anymore. “Our ancestors had breakup songs too,” said McKiver, an assistant professor of Indigenous music at the University of Manitoba who is … Read more

Police investigating video featuring Nigerians claiming to belong to LGBTQ community

The Nigerian police said they are investigating a video clip where some people who featured on it claimed to be members of the Nigerian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson of the Force headquarters, described those who featured in the video as “criminals”, adding that their actions were punishable under … Read more