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Canada’s ‘discriminatory’ blood ban being replaced by screening based on sexual behaviour for all donors

By Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — A policy change years in the making, on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services’ submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community.

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Canadian MPs unanimously back motion calling Russian attacks in Ukraine a ‘genocide’

By Sarah Turnbull, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — Canadian members of Parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to label Russia’s attacks in Ukraine a “genocide.” The vote was triggered after NDP MP and foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson presented a motion asking that the House recognize that

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