Calgary – September 6, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 401 recently participated in Calgary’s most successful PRIDE parade to date. Float entrants in the parade rose to 80 from approximately 60 in 2012. And while final numbers are not yet confirmed, initial reports indicate that the event drew even more Calgarians than last year’s 30,000 attendees.
Halifax – August 8, 2013 – UFCW Canada activists from across Nova Scotia, and throughout the Maritimes, recently gathered in Halifax to participate in the East Coast's largest PRIDE celebration.
Toronto – July 2, 2013 – UFCW Canada activists from Locals 175 & 633 and 1000A once again joined Toronto’s LGBT community and thousands of tourists, families and merrymakers at North America’s largest PRIDE week, held this year from June 21 to 30.
Edmonton – June 19, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 401 activists recently took pride in Edmonton by standing with more than 30,000 community members in the city’s most successful PRIDE parade ever.
Toronto – June 12, 2013 – Every year Pride is celebrated across the country as one of Canada’s biggest and most colourful annual festivals. It features exciting street fairs, marches, parades, picnics, and concerts. Each event provides an inclusive experience, which is why Pride is a popular attraction among Canadians and thousands of visitors from around the world.
Quebec City – January 2, 2013 – Louise Lefebvre is the recently elected President of UFCW Canada Local 503.
Sister Lefebvre is a long-time UFCW Canada activist who first became active in the labour movement shortly after starting work as a cashier at Steinberg in 1978.
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