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In Saskatoon, residents protested in front of bridal shop to support a woman who was shunned from being served because of her gender identity. 

In a report by CBC News, residents staged a peaceful protest in front of Jenny's bridal shop on Saturday to support Rohit Singh. 

Singh was turned down from the shop because she is transgender.

Protesters held up signs were asking people to boycott the Bridal shop.

Singh arrived at the rally, thanking the residents.

She said she never thought a crowd like that would come and support her. 

She added she was happier than her own wedding day. 

At the protest, there was also a call for reform on transgender rights. 

Protester Miki Mappin says that Saskatchewan's human rights law needs to address discrimination towards transgender people. 

Mappin says the current language used in Saskatchewan's human rights law to protect the transgendered is too vague.

150 signatures were collected in a petition to address the issue.

STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES 

Despite a 1.5 billion dollar plan, and a positive review by Jean Charest last month, a new government report shows that Québec has barely put a dent in its climate change goal. 

According to the Gazette, back in 2006, the province projected it would eliminate 14.5 megatonnes of green-house gas emissions by the end of 2012. By March, it has cut less than two megatonnes. 

Quebec said it would have programs related to energy efficiency, public transit, methane capture from landfills, speed-limiting devices for trucks and municipal evaluations for emissions.

Parts of the plan related to transportation of merchandise only reached 8 per cent of its projected cut.

Another program to reduce emissions from municipalities, agriculture and forestry did even worse, reaching less than one per cent.

Other programs only began in 2009, and their results have yet to be seen.

However, according to the Association Quebecoise de Lutte contre la Pollution Atmospherique, the results so far will make it difficult for the province to reach its 2020 emission targets.

Yet the Parti Quebecois government has promised to raise the reduction target to 25 per cent below 1990 emissions by 2020.

AQLPA president, Andre Belisle says the government will have to work twice as hard to achieve such a goal.

Flickr Photo by: Spacemanbobby

STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER

USA | Narrative | US Premiere | SPOTLIGHT | 2012 | 100 min

DIRECTOR Daniel Algrant

SCREENWRITERS Daniel Algrant, David Brendel, Emma Sheanshang

PRODUCERS Patrick Milling Smith, John Hart, Frederick Zollo, Amy Nauiokas

CINEMATOGRAPHER Andrij Parekh

WITH Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Rosenfeld, Isabelle McNally, Kate Nash

The late great Tim Buckley was a great and unique and innovative musician during the late sixties and early seventies, he was quite young and did not necessarily hit international success but is still loved to this day by many. Daniel Algrant’s film concentrates on the life of his son Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) who has been asked to play some of his late father’s music at the tribute concert being thrown in his father’s honor in New York City. Jeff did not have the most loving relationship with his father because Tim was always on the road performing his music, instead of pursuing his fatherly duties. Now as a young man, Jeff shows a lot of built up anger towards his father’s version of love which creates a slight hesitation to participate but, a short plane ride later, Jeff is in New York on a journey to know more about what kind of man his father might have been, and what kind man he could become himself. A young intern named Allie (played by the very talented and charming Imogen Poots) challenges Jeff, which is exactly what he needs to rise up and transform into the man he was always meant to be. 

Penn Badgley gives his best performance yet, undergoing a mature and interesting transformation, his vocals are pleasantly strong and his a cappella version of Def Leppard song is extremely charismatic, I could not look away, he has proved himself as leading man. Through flashbacks we are able to see Tim making all the tough decisions, trying to balance his crazed new life, Ben Rosenfeld beautifully portrays Tim Buckley in a misunderstood almost tragic kind of perspective as a young naïve musician who is more in love with creating and living through music than his family. Director Daniel Algrant successfully paints an emotionally charged homage to the Buckley’s with strong performances, finesse and one hell of a soundtrack!

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Andrea Boulet
@AndreaMtl

Hosted by: Catlin Spencer

Stories by: Saturn De Los Angeles, Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Catlin Spencer

Produced by: Spoon Jung