Published Sunday, June 27, 2021 4:28PM EDT Hundreds of members of the LGBTQ2S+ community and their allies marked Pride on Sunday with a rally calling for the defunding of the police. The No Pride in Policing Coalition organized the event, which began at Nathan Phillips Square. The group then marched through downtown streets waving rainbow and trans flags and carrying signs, including one that read, We must change everything. Creating liveable queer, trans and two spirit lives without police and prisons. Ravyn Wngz with Black Lives Matter Toronto said the rally is to reignite demands to defund the police and ensure that the fight will continue until abolition.
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Hundreds of protesters mark 1 year since death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet during police call
Hundreds of protesters in downtown Toronto on Monday marked nearly one year since Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death from a 24th floor apartment balcony last spring while police were in her home.
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Korchinski-Paquet, 29, fell to her death from a 24th floor balcony while police were in her home
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Posted: May 24, 2021 4:30 PM ET | Last Updated: May 24
The protesters gathered on the grounds of Queen s Park for a memorial in honour of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, 29, who died on May 27, 2020.(Martin Trainor/CBC)
Hundreds of protesters in downtown Toronto on Monday marked nearly one year since Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death from a 24th floor apartment balcony last spring while police were in her home.
Sex work advocates calling for stop to proposed Ontario human trafficking bill
by Michelle LePage
Last Updated May 11, 2021 at 9:58 pm EDT
Queen s Park in Toronto as seen in an undated file photo. CITYNEWS/Hugues Cormier
Advocates are calling on the Ford government to withdraw a proposed human trafficking bill, saying it gives police more power to conduct surveillance on sex workers and discriminate against racialized communities.
Bill 251, the Combatting Human Trafficking Act, is expected to be debated on Wednesday.
If passed, the government says it would give law enforcement more tools to locate victims and charge traffickers, by allowing access to hotel guest registries without a court order and increasing fines.