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Elizabeth May marries John Kidder on Earth Day 2019

Amid the joyful din of the tolling church bells, federal Green Leader Elizabeth May said she was "deliriously happy" minutes after marrying John Kidder, a fellow Green politician and more recently a hops farmer in Ashcroft, B.C., in a ceremony that took place on Earth Day, and included a mix of Indigenous and Western symbols.
Daughters of the Vote

Daughters of the Vote face bullying, harassment

Six young women reached out to National Observer to share stories of bullying from the Daughters of the Vote event, which aims to empower young women and achieve equal representation in politics. They called from an Ottawa hotel room, where they spent much of four days hiding, crying, and trying to deal with what they describe as "a constant feeling of hostility."

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