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An attempt by Canadian researchers to compare the sex lives of men who watch porn with men who never have was called off because they couldn’t find any subjects for the latter group. Scientists at the University of Montreal had to change the focus of their project after failing to find a single male aged in his 20s who hadn’t …

Posing as a reporter from a Canadian television station, comedian Mary Walsh punked Sarah Palin during a book signing, getting Palin to tell her that Canada needs to return to a U.S.-style system of health care. Walsh is the co-creator and star of This Hour Has 22 Minutes — a nightly news parody show in the same vein as The …

A lesbian U.S. Army private fled to Canada after being outed by a fellow soldier, claiming she’d received a death threat from fellow soldiers. In a first, Canadian authorities are considering her asylum request as a “persecuted political refugee.” Federal Court Justice Yves de Montigny’s order for the board to consider a gay U.S. soldier as a credible refugee candidate …

Ah, here’s a mental palate cleanser to all of the evil in the posts below. Two gays dads in Canada adopted a boy from an abusive home seven years ago. Today the kid is a dance prodigy headed for the National Ballet. Thomas Jones and Rob Gibson are acutely aware that they are setting themselves up for a barrage of …

At their annual convention held this year in St. Petersburg, Florida, members of the international group InterPride voted to name Toronto as the host city for WorldPride 2014. Stockholm came in a close second. The next WorldPride will be held in London in 2012 just prior to the Olympics. InterPride is a consortium of over 200 local gay Pride committees …

Bishop Raymond Lahey, on the lam for several days after Canadian border guards found child pornography on his laptop, yesterday surrendered to authorities. Lahey was released on $9,000 bail after turning himself in to Ottawa police on Thursday afternoon to face charges of possessing and importing child pornography. The Roman Catholic cleric, who resigned his post in Nova Scotia on …

Catholic Bishop Raymond Lahey has gone on the lam from Canadian authorities shortly after border guards found child pornography on his computer. Lehey resigned abruptly on Saturday and has not been seen since. Sgt. Brigdit Leger of the Halifax RCMP said Ottawa police officers have spoken with Lahey, though they do not know where he is. A spokeswoman for Anthony …

Several of you have written to point us to this amazing lip-sync video made by students at L’Université du Québec à Montréal. It’s all done in just one take and according to the YouTube notes, the entire production took just over two hours.

Thunder Bay, Ontario gay-bashing victim Jake Raynard speaks through multiple broken facial bones to talk about the value of the lives of LGBT people. There will be a rally against gay-bashing tonight at 6PM in Thunder Bay’s Waverly Park.

“This story isn’t just mine. I’m sure there’s many other people out there who have encountered a lot of the same problems that I have in my life, and have encountered hate-related crimes and a lot of discrimination based on that. I would urge them to come forward and make their stories known and have it so we can start …

Residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario are rallying around gay-bashing victim Jake Raynard, who was brutally beaten by a gang of men with bricks as he stood outside a gay bar this weekend. A group has formed on Facebook offering support and communicating the messages of support for the injured man, who underwent reconstructive surgury on the weekend following the attack …

A gay man in the U.S. border town of Thunder Bay, Ontario faces facial reconstruction surgery after being viciously gay-bashed by six to eight cowards with bricks. John “Jake” Raynard suffered 15 fractures to his cheekbone, a broken eye socket, a broken jaw and a broken upper palate when six to eight men surrounded him near a North Cumberland Street …

A Quebec provincial judge has ruled against a group of Christian parents who were outraged that their children were being taught about all of the world’s major religions as well as aboriginal Canadian faiths. Quebec Superior Court Justice Jean-Guy Dubois dismissed a bid by parents in Drummondville, Que., who said the course on ethics and religious culture introduced across the …

Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut chain with over 500 locations in the U.S., is sponsoring a National Organization for Marriage anti-gay event in Rhode Island, at which the featured speaker will be the reptilian Maggie Gallagher herself. Wesli Dymoke at Providence Daily Dose is floored: Yes, Tim Hortons. The Dunkin Donuts of Canada. You know, Canada — where same-sex marriage …

Early this month, a $400K donation to Toronto Pride by the Canadian federal government was criticized by conservatives, resulting in the disciplining of a member of parliament who posed with drag queens during a check presentation ceremony. Now the feds say they have no money for Divers/Cite, Montreal’s giant gay arts week. An Industry Canada spokeswoman says there are just …

Canada’s parliament is up in arms because of a CN $400K donation to Pride Toronto made from a fund designed to boost tourism. Members of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party (again!) are driving a call to discipline the MP who posed with drag queens in a check presentation ceremony. Toronto’s Pride Week may have seen its last cheque from Prime Minister …

Saskatchewan’s provincial government wants to allow its officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if they object on religious grounds. The province’s Saskatchewan Party government is seeking a legal opinion on whether its proposed legislation is in compliance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. Provincial Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan …

A little bit of encouraging news today. An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the researchers are awaiting approval to begin human trials in the U.S. “It is a very important milestone for us,” said Yong Kang, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario in London who has been working on …

Happy Canada Day to our JMG readers in the north! Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada), formerly Dominion Day (French: Le Jour de la Confédération), is Canada’s national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867 enactment of the British North America Act of 1867, which united Canada as a single country of four provinces. …

New York is seeing its coolest and wettest June in many years. The temp has rarely gotten above 70 and rainfall is already way above normal for the entire month. Here’s why: Abnormal cold across Canada has pushed the jet stream south of its usual location near the U.S.-Canada border. Instead, the jet stream is stretching from the Great Lakes …