Woolwich Councilor Faces Backlash Over Offensive Comments About Rainbow Crossing
A councilor in Woolwich Township in southwestern Ontario is facing backlash from some colleagues and community members for his comments against a proposal for a rainbow crosswalk. On Monday, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the five councilors and the borough’s mayor, they discussed a letter from the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington. The letter, signed by the group’s executive director Helen Fishburn, said it supports a local request for a rainbow crosswalk in Elmira, Ont....