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THE ‘215’ – Search for burial sites rules out some areas but not others

February 17, 2026 // 0 Comments

The search for possible grave sites at the Kamloops Indian Residential School has ruled out some areas but continues in others, Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Kúkwpi7 Rosanne [Continue]

JOHNSON – Curling, cheating and the controversy about ‘double touching’

February 17, 2026 // 2 Comments

ONE WOULD NOT really consider curling the bastion of sport controversy … but this is oddly where we find ourselves. Curling a very long time ago was known as a past time [Continue]

LOVE STORIES – Couples reunited across, over or under the Berlin Wall

February 14, 2026 // 1 Comment

By KELLY HIGNETT Leeds Beckett University THE PEOPLE of Berlin woke on August 13 1961 to discover that their city had been split in two. Despite the earlier cold war division [Continue]

JOHNSON – The challenge with native land claims, UNDRIP and conservatism

February 13, 2026 // 6 Comments

LET’S TAKE A PEEK at the unresolved matter of the parts of Canada that have never been ceded by treaties or modern land agreements. Note in the map above that shows all [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – American First Nations look to become Canadian

February 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

JUST AS SOME Albertans push to become part of the U.S., some American First Nations groups want to be considered as aboriginal peoples of Canada. While Albertan’s wishes of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – So many questions about the horrible shooting in Tumbler Ridge

February 11, 2026 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE HORRIBLE MASS SHOOTING at Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday (Feb. 11, 2026) has plunged the entire country into shock and mourning. Naturally, [Continue]