Brent Jolly

  • Finding safe spaces: addressing LGBTQ youth homelessness

    [Kate Miller, Louise Smith and Alex Abramovich pictured outside the YMCA Sprott House in Toronto on Jan. 14, 2016. PHOTO: YMCA of Greater Toronto]

  • Trudeau heads to Washington with glitz and packed agenda

    Canada and the United States are poised to make significant progress this week on an agreement that will help create a more seamless way of sharing the personal information of people travelling between the two countries during the prime minister’s official visit in Washington, D.C., says a former Canadian diplomat. “This is an issue that has been discussed for a long time and that, frankly, Canada hasn’t yet followed through on implementing despite promises to the contrary,” says Colin Robertson, vice-president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, in Ottawa. In 2011, then-prime minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama announced a comprehensive plan called the Beyond the Border Declaration and Action Plan.

  • Sierra Leone officially declared 'Ebola free'

    After more than 18 months, and at least 4000 deaths at the hands of the deadly disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the country free of Ebola.

  • Do celebrity endorsements in elections actually make a difference at the polls?

    Wayne Gretzky, Donald Sutherland and Pamela Anderson have weighed in on specific policies or candidates during the 2015 federal election.

  • UN unanimously adopts resolution to combat illegal wildlife trafficking

    In a rare show of unanimous support, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that commits countries to increase their collective efforts to address wildlife poaching.

  • Senators object to bill that nixes pensions from convicted politicians

    A piece of legislation that would see pensions pulled from MPs and senators who are convicted of an indictable offence is set to die on the vine when the impending federal election is called later this summer.