The Kanata Santa Clause Parade is making its comeback this year, but one group will not be participating because of its secularism policy.
Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley said he reached out to several community groups to let them know the parade was returning and to invite them to participate, but the local Girl Guides replied to say they would not be coming."We got a response from the Girl Guides that Girl Guides Canada does not allow them to be part of a Christmas parade," he told CTV News Ottawa.
Girl Guides Canada was not available for an interview with CTV News Ottawa on Monday, but repeated its commitment to secularism in a statement from CEO Shannon Benner. Several local Girl Guide leaders confirmed that they would not be participating in the parade because of the policy."I couldn't believe it at first. I said please check. Apparently, there is something being sent out to all the groups to tell them that they can't do that," he said."In my case, I have to tell my two granddaughters that they can't be in the parade but their brother can, because he's in the Scouts," said Hubley.is taking place Saturday, Nov.
Many Sudbury hockey parents are upset after they showed up to the Sudbury Community Arena on Saturday to piles of garbage left in the stands from the Wolves game the night before.A 47-year-old North Bay woman is charged with stabbing a gas station employee during an alleged robbery for cigarettes on the weekend, police say.A regular seasonal tire swap is what keeps mechanics hard at work this time of year as drivers scramble to get their winter tires installed before the snow arrives.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is warning residents of southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan that the mild temperatures experienced so far this fall are coming to an end, and the first shot of accumulating snow is expected this week.An Indigenous man found guilty of murder in 1974 will ask a judge in a Winnipeg courtroom today to grant him bail pending a decision from the federal justice minister to quash his conviction.
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