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The Trudeau government is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ community organizations to boost security measures at Pride parades and other events this summer.

Catholic school boards in Halton and Hamilton are flying Pride flags over their schools and other buildings for the first time this month, a victory for LGBTQ+ advocates after strenuous opposition from some trustees.

Catholic school boards across Ontario are wrestling with the question of whether and how to celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ pride within a religion that still sees gay people as suffering their identity, making some critics again question their public funding.

The Catholic school board in Halton rejected an effort to get its schools to fly the Pride flag this June and to display signs confirming its classrooms are safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students and staff year-round, a move the student who started the push called “an act of cowardice.”

In a column published in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, Watson writes that it was a "mistake" not coming out sooner.

A Canadian couple says their decision to donate $60 million — the bulk of their wealth — to a fund aimed at promoting Arctic innovation was inspired by a deep love for the Far North and the people who live there.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had the honour of raising the distinctive rainbow banner on the Hill for the first time at a celebration attended by MPs from all federal parties.