CANADA DAY QUIZ – How much do you know about our National Flag?
Our national flag has managed to become a subject of controversy. To lighten things up a bit on Canada Day, here’s a fun quiz about the flag. Answers are at the bottom. [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Please, put the protests on hold tomorrow at Canada Day
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIANS WILL CELEBRATE their country tomorrow, and “celebrate” is the key word. Maybe the excitement of getting outside for the annual [Continue]
EDITORIAL – City’s decision to take fireworks out of Canada Day is hasty
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT BUYING the City’s reasons for cancelling the fireworks display at this year’s Canada Day celebrations. Certainly, it’s great [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Canceling Canada Day won’t solve what ails our country
EACH JULY 1, we traditionally celebrate the diversity of our community and of our country. The usual celebrations at Riverside Park won’t happen this year, cancelled again [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]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Things to know about ourselves on Canada Day
The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]
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