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Hate crimes jump nearly 40% in London because of war, Pride clashes: Police
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Hate crimes jumped by nearly 40 per cent in London last year, with the Israel-Hamas war and clashes over gender and sexuality cited as contributing factors, new London police statistics show. London police recorded 111 hate crimes last year, up from 80 the year before and 30 five years ago, according to a report going…
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London man found guilty of weapons charge in clash with Pride attendees
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A London man who engaged in a “sword fight” with a Canadian flag during a Pride event has been found guilty of a weapons offence, but was acquitted on a second charge Friday.
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Norwich Township reverses Pride flag ban
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Norwich Township has voted to allow Pride flags on a community flagpole, overturning a controversial decision last year to ban the flags
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A defaced rainbow crosswalk, a painful question: Will it continue?
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When Wortley Pride founder Kathy Bell woke up last week to emails and messages that the community’s rainbow crosswalk had been vandalized, she was angry.
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‘Outrage’: Vandals target rainbow crosswalk in London’s Wortley Village
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A rainbow crosswalk in London’s Wortley Village neighbourhood has been defaced by vandals, a local volunteer group said Tuesday morning – the latest in a months-long string of attacks on LGBTQ symbols across Southwestern Ontario.
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With an eye to Norwich, Woodstock reviews flag rules and embraces Pride
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WOODSTOCK – Politicians here have overhauled the municipal government policy on raising flags. But it’s not what you think.
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Latest theft of Pride flag in Norwich captured on video: OPP
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Oxford County provincial police are investigating the theft of a Pride flag in Norwich Township.
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‘We celebrate love in all its forms:’ Jewish London honours Pride
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Before Sheri Krell gathered the courage to come out, she was once a camper on the location of what is now Canada’s first and only LGBTQ Jewish overnight camp.
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For Pride London, security ‘paramount’ as weekend of marquee events looms
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While Pride London festival is a time for celebration, organizers say this year’s event is a reminder of the ongoing battle for LGBTQ rights.
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Political leaders condemn anti-Pride letters sent to city residents
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Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff issued statements Friday condemning recent written attacks in letters mailed to city residents displaying Pride flags at their homes, which police are now investigating. Boddy said in the statement he and city council condemn actions which “maliciously attack the 2S-LGBTQQIAP+ community or any citizen…