Fertility Inc. is a multi-part series by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that delves into the Wild West of the egg-freezing industry, its aggressive marketing, the high cost and the chances of an eventual successful pregnancy. Read More
It seems that achieving that elusive Democratic Senate majority, and the promise of a Trump impeachment it represents override the party’s previous feminist principles. In a cringe-inducing interview on CNN, Jodi Kantor, #MeToo reporter at the New York Times, got on her metaphorical hands and knees to scrub Platner’s muddy footprints from Maine’s clean, pine-scented…
WARNING: This article includes graphic details of sexual assaults and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone impacted by it. A Hamilton man has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting seven women, in a case that involved him recording and posting his actions online. Bryan Hayward, 37, was in the…
“Increasingly prominent” anti-feminist ideologies are leading to growing harms against women and girls in Canada, parliamentarians warn in a new report that urges more government action to combat extremism and the so-called “manosphere.” The report from the House of Commons status of women committee comes after a months-long study on the effect of the largely…
Fertility Inc. is a multi-part series by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that delves into the Wild West of the egg-freezing industry: its aggressive marketing, its high costs, and the chances of an eventual successful pregnancy. Read More
Lesley Fraser says she lost eight months of her life after suffering a serious concussion from being struck by a ball in gym class at work. The injury left Fraser, an education program assistant in Nova Scotia, with debilitating headaches, and she fell into the depths of depression. “I was listless, I didn’t have any…
Downtown Winnipeg’s new income-based transitional housing for women escaping domestic violence is fully occupied, with an additional facility set for completion in the coming weeks, the Manitoba government announced. Standing Eagle, the first of the two projects, opened last January and has 11 units – five two-bedroom homes and six three-bedroom homes, the province said…
New Ontario research shows women with traumatic brain injuries are far less likely than men to be admitted for trauma care, raising questions about why patients with similar, life-altering injuries may be receiving less-specialized treatment. Published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study analyzed a decade of data from more than 55,000 adult…