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Seven mothers united in grief over losing their children to gun violence or excessive use of force by police will put their message in the spotlight tonight when they deliver a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The group known as the Mothers of the Movement includes Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, who was shot while walking in his neighborhood in 2012, and Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, whose death in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 at the hands of a police officer set off nationwide protests. Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner Offer Emotional...

CBC head quits after defecation, bestiality remarks Wed Sep 20, 8:25 AM ET OTTAWA (Reuters) - The chairman of the publicly funded Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has resigned after remarks about bestiality and ruminations about defecation, Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda said on Tuesday. Guy Fournier created an uproar in Canada's Lebanese community and in the media when he claimed that Lebanon allowed men to have sexual relations with female animals, but reserved the death penalty for those who did so with male animals. In comments made in May, and replayed in a CBC weekend interview, he talked at length about...

CBC chairman facing ridicule in Quebec Comments about bestiality and bowel movements cause uproar Graeme Hamilton National Post Tuesday, September 19, 2006 MONTREAL - CBC chairman Guy Fournier has become the target of anger and derision in his home province after falsely claiming that Lebanon permits bestiality and for granting a lengthy interview on the joys of bowel movements. CREDIT: Pierre Obendrauf, CanWest News Service CBC chairman Guy Fournier recently told a French-language radiostation that bowel movements are better than sex. He also infuriatedLebanese Canadians when he claimed that Lebanon permits bestiality. On Sunday night, Mr. Fournier, appeared on...