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CANBERRA, Australia 鈥?Australia Parliament voted Thursday to allow same-sex marriage across the na
stanley botella tion, following a bitter debate settled by a much-criticized government survey of voters that strongly endorsed change.The public gallery in the House of Representatives erupted with applause when the bill passed. It changes the definition of marriage from solely between a man and a woman to a union of two people excluding all others. The legislation passed with a majority that wasn ;t challenged, although four lawmakers registered their opposition.What a day. What a day for love, for equality, for respect. Australia has done it, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told Parliament. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Senate passed the same legislation last week 43 votes to 12. The government later announced that same-sex couples will be able to apply to marry starting Saturday, with the first weddings potentially from Jan. 6.Champagne and tears flowed in
stanley vattenflaska the halls of Parliament House as gay celebrities including Olympic champion swimmer Ian Thorpe and actress Magda Szubanski hugged lawmakers and ordinary folk in a pa
stanley cup rty atmosphere. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW What an amazing day, I ;m a little bit delirious, it extraordinary, said Szubanski, who sat in the public gallery during Thursday daylong debate.Thorpe thanked our str Pncr Today s coronavirus news: Quebec reports woman in her 50s has died of a rare blood clot after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine; Licensed child care workers now eligible for vaccines
Vicki McKenna came to the Ministry of Healths offices with a warning.It was January 20,
stanley cup and McKenna, president of the Ontario Nurses Association, and the organizations CEO were meeting with Health Minister Christine Elliott. The nurses, troubled by the unspooling news of how COVID-19 had besieged the health care system in Wuhan and was now popping up outside of China, told the government that years of understaffing had left Ontarios nursing homes just as vulnerable. When we started to see what was happening in other jurisdictions, t
stanley cup he flags going up, we asked: What are we doing about this Are you acting on this McKenna said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The minister, she recalls, listened to their concerns and said the province was monitoring the situation.Five days after that meeting, the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Ontario. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Over the next two months, unions for front-line staff, seniors advocates and long-term care experts say they continued to sound the alarm in conversations with both the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Long-Term Care.They say the long-term care sector was overlooked as strained acute care resources were sho
stanley cup red up in response to dire international reports of overwhelmed intensive care units. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Meanwhile, the well-known cracks in Ontarios nursing home syst
