Alexandria, British Columbia news

• My Queer Hairdresser Helped Me Find The Perfect Haircut — And Myself

  21-06-2019 18:58
  Last month, my hairdresser moved salons.It was very sudden. One day I was walking past the salon in my neighbourhood and looked through the window to see her chair empty, the Polaroids of her and her girlfriend and their cat gone and replaced by someone else. I panicked. Where did she go? I had been seeing her for two years. She wasn’t just my hairdresser, she was my queer hairdresser. I needed her.  I stand by the idea that your hairdresser is one of the most important relations
  
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• Senate Approves B.C. Oil Tanker Ban, Environmental Assessment Bills

  21-06-2019 13:43
  OTTAWA — A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada’s oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.Senators passed Bill C-69, which overhauls the federal environmental assessment process for major construction projects, by a vote of 57-37.They also approved — just barely — Bill C-48, legislation barring oil tankers f
  
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