WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Remember the sacrifices of our war veterans
“IT WAS A SHORT PEACE in a terrible war.” These were the remarks of Alfred Anderson, a Scottish veteran, recounting the events of the Christmas Truce of 1914. This [Continue]
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THE CONVERSATION – Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us
By FAIZA HIRJI McMaster University The Simpsons’ Apu may be dead, but stereotyping of South Asians most certainly is not. In fact, from the debates that preceded the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let’s stop worrying and learn to love the time change
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEELS LIKE MONDAY was a little slower to arrive than usual, doesn’t it? Might be because Daylight Saving Time came to an end for another [Continue]
TNRD – Regional district directors can disagree with each other, with respect
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD CAN POLITICIANS get along? At the federal and provincial levels, it would seem not. Even civic politics can be uncivil at [Continue]
KNOX – Synagogue slaughter proof that hatred is still among us
SEVEN YEARS AGO, after someone spray-painted ugly black swastikas on five grave markers, I wandered around Victoria’s Jewish cemetery, looking at some of the names. Here [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – When politicians cry, it doesn’t mean they’re crybabies
POLITICIANS DON’T CRY, do they? Well, yes they do. It was quite the tear fest during the final meeting of the outgoing Kamloops City council this week. I don’t recall [Continue]
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