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Jan Damery is running for mayor. But some people apparently aren't happy about it.

Days ahead of the municipal election, a group rallied at Olympic Plaza in Calgary to show support for the women running.

The Anthill by Julianne Pachico 12 May, 2021 01:00 Second Place by Rachel Cusk The Anthill by Julianne Pachico is published in hardback by Faber & Faber, priced £12.99 (ebook £8.99. Available May 6 JULIANNE Pachico's The Anthill follows childhood friends born in Medellin, Colombia; Lina is returning after two decades away, while Matty stayed throughout the intervening period of national violence. From the start, their reunion is marked by caginess and deception. Are they hiding from suspicion, or is this just the emotional impact of years apart? The mysteries gradua...

IN storage at an outside facility of the New York Historical Society’s art archives, away from public view, the portrait of a deeply influential Scottish-American woman sits. The portrait’s subject is at rest in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio under an elegant but worn tombstone that reads, “I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my fortune, my reputation and my life.” The grave is that of a remarkable Scottish woman: Frances Wright, born in Dundee in 1795. On April 6, the United States and Canada celebrate “Tartan Day.” The day honours Scotti...

By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) As celebrations of International Women’s Day continue after March 8th, Sierra Leonean women and girls can draw a lot of inspiration from their history. Historically, the country’s women contributed hugely to the political, socio-economic, educational, and civil rights development of the nation.From Madam Lehbu, who became Queen of Upper Gaura in 1891 following the establishment of the Province of Freedom in 1787 (what is now known as Freetown); the Sherbro Queen Yamacouba, who was a signatory to the treaty of 1787 which ceded the land to the British; Mad...