Sex worker arts festival opens in Hamilton
The Hamilton Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival launches two days of documentaries panels and performances aiming to showcase resilience and diversity. Organizer Jelena Vermilion highlights Geor gia Beyer Monica Jones and Work Safe Twerk Safe works in its lineup while panels with local sex workers close both evenings.
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Nygard Sentencing Delayed to September in Toronto Case
The sentencing for Peter Nygard, 83, on four sexual assault counts was postponed to September 9 after prosecutors cited absence of a Crown attorney and judge availability. Nygard has faced multiple health issues and prior delays amid ongoing extradition and related legal challenges across Canada and the United States.
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Parole board urged to weigh Gladue factors in Ewert case
Indigenous man Jeffrey George Ewert, 61, who killed and injured two women in British Columbia in 1984, could receive day parole after a Federal Court in Montreal ruled the Parole Board of Canada failed to consider his traumatic past and Gladue principles. The case returns to the board for a new assessment. supporters urge timely parole given his decades of rehabilitation.
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