GINTA – Why we need to continue to talk about racism
WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR with a big sigh and dutifully wished each other a better 2021. Life coaches out there will tell you that positive thinking will get things done, [Continue]
Racism
EDITORIAL – ‘Guessing game’ report has more than one lesson to teach
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN ALLEGATIONS SURFACED of B.C. frontline medical staff playing guessing games about the blood-alcohol levels of indigenous patients, they [Continue]
EDITORIAL – B.C. tourism needs more staycays, not more federal handouts
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C.TOURISM INDUSTRY wants $680 million of federal money. That’s in addition to already existing recovery plans. There’s no [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Statue vandals are no heroes; deserve stiff penalties
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE STATUE VANDALS were at it again on the weekend, splattering pink paint on likenesses of Sir John A. Macdonald, King Edward VII and [Continue]
BEPPLE – Why there’s hope for rapid changes to ingrained racism
IT WILL TAKE DECADES to change the ingrained racism embedded in our society. That’s what a well-informed, well-connected senior statesman of the community told me the [Continue]
McQUARRIE – ‘I’m not a racist but’ is an all-too familiar phrase
JUST WHEN YOU THINK things might be getting better, a post like this is shared on local social media saying: “Got a speeding ticket near a Dennys. Do I burn down the [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Some ideas for redefining street outreach and police work
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, NSBIA THERE HAS BEEN A TON of press lately about de-funding police, and changing the way that policing is done in Canada and around the [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Boomers – we didn’t defeat the man, we became the man
I AM OLD ENOUGH to have watched and been inspired by President Kennedy as he explained in a 1963 speech why desegregation of schools and universities in Alabama was [Continue]
POLICE – ‘Systemic racism is part of every institution’ – RCMP commissioner
Statement by RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki: June 12, 2020 Ottawa, Ontario As the Commissioner of the RCMP and as leader, I have the responsibility to ensure that our [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Police body cams won’t fix everything but they’ll be a start
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT LOOKS VERY MUCH as though all front-line police in Canada will be wearing body cameras in the future and it’s about time. Prime [Continue]
PETERS – Organizers of protest succeeded in spite of themselves
THURSDAY’S PROTEST AND MARCH through downtown Kamloops may have been one of the most successful cancelled events ever. Just over an hour before the Black Lives Matter [Continue]
KNOX – There’s a bunch of stuff white Canadians don’t have to put up with
OUR JOKE IS that Lindsay Wong and I are doppelgangers, because we aren’t. She’s young, female, stylish, Asian, Ivy League-educated and a bunch of other things I am not. [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: We need to allow ourselves to be proud of Canada as we fight racism
THE DEFINITION OF SYSTEMIC is something that “relates to or affects an entire system.” That’s the Meriam-Webster entry. Different dictionaries have somewhat different [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Every one of us should take the #DifferentTogether Pledge
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE NEED SOMETHING right now to reassure ourselves that the human race is capable of getting along. Something symbolic but meaningful, a [Continue]
