Saturday, December 20, 2025
ADVT 
National

Winnipeg Couple Ask To Go Ahead To Vote Because Wife Has C-Section Scheduled

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Oct, 2015 11:43 AM
    WINNIPEG — Gillian Taronno wasn't going to let giving birth to triplets stop her from voting.
     
    She and her husband Sandy went this morning to a polling station in the riding of Winnipeg South Centre.
     
    Gillian asked those in line inside Harrow United Church if they could go ahead to vote.
     
    She told them it was because she had to have a C-section at 9 a.m. to deliver her three babies.
     
    People in line replied yes in unison and motioned them to move ahead to the front of the line.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Rape Kit Inaccessibility A Hurdle To Justice For Victims In Canada: Advocates

    Rape Kit Inaccessibility A Hurdle To Justice For Victims In Canada: Advocates
    When Susan Chapelle awoke in a stranger's home, her head pounding and her clothes on backwards, she didn't even consider reporting her rape.

    Rape Kit Inaccessibility A Hurdle To Justice For Victims In Canada: Advocates

    American Actor Randy Quaid Expected In Vermont Court To Face Charge Connected To Vandalism Case

    American Actor Randy Quaid Expected In Vermont Court To Face Charge Connected To Vandalism Case
    The 65-year-old Quaid was taken into custody Friday night while trying to cross into the United States from Canada. He was detained by troopers in Vermont after Canadian officials said he'd be deported.

    American Actor Randy Quaid Expected In Vermont Court To Face Charge Connected To Vandalism Case

    School Board Battle: Edmonton Catholic Struggles To Create LGBT Policy

    School Board Battle: Edmonton Catholic Struggles To Create LGBT Policy
    EDMONTON — It started earlier this year when a seven-year-old transgender girl wanted to use the girl's washroom in her Catholic school.

    School Board Battle: Edmonton Catholic Struggles To Create LGBT Policy

    Justin Trudeau Faces Renewed Attack In Noisy Start To Final Week Of Federal Campaign

    Justin Trudeau Faces Renewed Attack In Noisy Start To Final Week Of Federal Campaign
    OTTAWA — There weren't any whistles, but there were more than a few bells as the marathon federal election campaign entered its final week Monday.

    Justin Trudeau Faces Renewed Attack In Noisy Start To Final Week Of Federal Campaign

    Shawna Pandya, Indian-Origin Doctor In Edmonton May Get Trip To Space

    Shawna Pandya, Indian-Origin Doctor In Edmonton May Get Trip To Space
    An Indian-origin neurosurgeon is training for a scientist-astronaut project that may give her a chance to travel in space, a media report said.

    Shawna Pandya, Indian-Origin Doctor In Edmonton May Get Trip To Space

    Ontario Conservative Fred Slade Says Campaign Office Vandalized

    Ontario Conservative Fred Slade Says Campaign Office Vandalized
    An Ontario Conservative candidate says his campaign office was vandalized. Fred Slade is running in the federal riding of Sudbury.

    Ontario Conservative Fred Slade Says Campaign Office Vandalized