18 h. ago This queer Toronto barbershop is changing lives one haircut at a time

In a humble, single-chair barbershop on Toronto's Danforth Avenue, haircuts are becoming moments of personal affirmation for queer and transgender clients. The Queer Barber is a QTBIPOC-owned (acronym for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) barbershop founded in 2022 by E (who uses all pronouns). The space was created with the singular purpose of offering gender-affirming haircuts in an environment where QTBIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals can simply exist without explanation or fear of being misread. "I wanted to create the kind of space I never saw in the industry. One where queer, trans, and QTBIPOC people could walk in without bracing themselves," E told blogTO, whose background consists of barbering, psychology, community care, and now social work. The shop owner is currently completing their Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto, and says everything they're learning, from trauma-informed p...

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26 h. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney almost gives B.C. dangerous leverage over national pipeline

Prime Minister Mark Carney came dangerously close to handing British Columbia a de facto veto over a national pipeline and calling it “co-operative federalism.” Canada urgently needs a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast. This pipeline would play a crucial role in diversifying Canada’s economy by giving Canada access to Asian buyers […]

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3 d. ago AFN vote against northern pipeline shows there are better ideas to move oil, Dix says

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s energy minister says a vote from chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa to uphold the oil tanker ban is more support for the provincial argument that there are better alternatives than a northern coast pipeline. Chiefs representing more than 600 First Nations voted unanimously to ask Ottawa […]

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3 d. ago New pipeline to B.C. coast may be 50% Indigenous owned, Smith says

Smith speculated the pipeline might generate $2 billion a year in revenue

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4 d. ago Indigenous groups remain split on Alberta’s pipeline pact with feds

The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation was named a key partner in Ottawa and Alberta's MOU on on Friday for a pipeline to the B.C. coast, but others have concerns.

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5 d. ago Alberta’s Smith vows to keep up fight against Ottawa despite pipeline pact

The milestone deal with Ottawa signed earlier this week clears regulatory hurdles for a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast. 

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6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: MOU's hurdles make chances of a new pipeline to Pacific coast slim

The resignation of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet (but not the Liberal caucus) on Thursday, after Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build an oil and bitumen pipeline to the Pacific coast, has made the agreement look like a bigger win for Alberta […]

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6 d. ago New poll shows British Columbians favourable to idea of pipeline — sort of

53 per cent of residents lean in favour of the idea of building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s north coast, although the backing comes with conditions, according to a recent poll

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7 d. ago CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon

CALGARY — Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don’t expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations are opposed. They write in a report that companies would have to rely on meeting the ill-defined constitutional duty to […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Highlight of Carney/Smith MOU is departure of Guilbeault from Liberal cabinet

Ding dong the witch is dead. The biggest win for Alberta as a result of Thursday’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the province and the federal government over a West Coast pipeline has to be the resignation of the detested Steven Guilbeault from the Liberal cabinet. When he was Justin Trudeau’s environment minister, Guilbeault was […]

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8 d. ago Ottawa and Alberta have struck a pipeline deal. What does it include?

The flagship proposal in the MOU is a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast that would carry an additional 300,000 to 400,000 barrels per day destined for Asia.

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8 d. ago 'A great day for Alberta': Smith, Carney sign memorandum of understanding on West Coast pipeline

The memorandum sets out how the two governments will work to build the new bitumen pipeline, which Ottawa describes as a project of national interest

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9 d. ago Oil tanker ban just one obstacle to northern B.C. pipeline as MOU expected Thursday

Ottawa and Alberta are poised to announce a memorandum of understanding, affirming support for a pipeline to the B.C. coast that's being described as 'Northern Gateway 2.0.'

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9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Despite MOU, Carney sets up West Coast pipeline push to fail

There is every indication that Carney is as anti-oil as his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, despite all his talk of building an energy superpower

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9 d. ago Carney’s Pipeline Gambit Hinges on BC and Faulty Carbon Market

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is negotiating an agreement with Alberta that “creates necessary conditions” for the future construction of a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast.

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1 week ago It’s unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks, Premier Eby tells Mark Carney

For a project he says 'doesn't actually exist,' there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast.

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1 week ago Canada Agrees to Deal That Paves Way for New Pipeline, CBC Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad terms of a deal that would support a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.

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1 week ago Carney says ‘constructive’ talks ongoing with Alberta about oil pipeline

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday addressed speculation about whether an agreement is close for a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.'s northern coast.

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2 w. ago Pipeline deal from Alberta to B.C. North Coast reportedly in the works, speculation remains

The Alberta and federal governments are said to be close to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to move forward with the project.

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2 w. ago OIL PIPELINE TO WEST COAST?: Danielle Smith’s deadline for Carney has passed

WATCH: Sun columnist Jay Goldberg on why Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to get moving with the major nation building projects Canada needs. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca.  Letters must be 250 words or […]

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