GUEST COLUMN – Suffrage, the ballot and democratic governments
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist OVER THE LAST several hundred years the public demand for voting rights and the subsequent emergence of democratic governments has been a [Continue]
Local Voices
GINTA – History needs to be written and learned the way it happened
THE FOREST HAS STORIES to tell you if you happen to visit every now and then. As of late, the stories are sad, but that makes listening that much more important. We took our [Continue]
KNOX – ‘Your call is important to us, please stay on the line’
I GOT A MESSAGE from Facebook this morning. “Jack,” it began, “we care about you and the memories that you share.” Enclosed, thoughtfully, was a photo I had posted [Continue]
PETERS – Statues, reconciliation and Canada Day 2021
WE’VE SAID BEFORE that societies don’t erect statues of people they want to simply remember; they erect statues of people they want to celebrate, to venerate, to hold up [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – ‘Waiting too long for an ambulance is becoming the norm’
Excerpt from debate in the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 on ambulance response times: T. Stone: With all due respect to the Minster of Health, when someone is [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The graves of Indigenous children cry out for justice
THE DISCOVERY of children’s graves at the Kamloops residential school was not a surprise to many. What made the findings so graphic was the stunning detail of the remains [Continue]
