In rural New Brunswick, a transgender woman charts a new path.

After driving in and out of the Shell station parking lot six times, Paula Danaher finally parked her 10-year-old grey SUV and sat sweating through her new belted plaid shirt dress. “The sooner you do this, the easier it’s going to be,” she told herself, lighting another smoke. The Shell station, or as the locals [...]

What happened to Lionel Desmond? An Afghanistan veteran whose war wouldn’t end.

TREV BUNGAY/FACEBOOK/THE CANADIAN PRESS Lionel Desmond, far right, was part of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Gagetown. Here, he is shown in 2007 in Afghanistan’s Panjwai district, in between patrol base Wilson and Masum Ghar. No one knows for sure why, 10 years after serving in Afghanistan, Lionel Desmond took [...]