Racism

EDITORIAL – Words – one in particular – we could do with less of in 2022

January 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AMONG THE MANY LISTS we like to make at the turn of each year are those of popular new words. “Vax,” for example, was declared the 2021 [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Emily Murphy was a racist but her statue is safe, for now

December 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

EMILY MURPHY and John A. Macdonald were racists but Murphy’s statues won’t come down any time soon. Here’s why. Macdonald may have been one of Canada’s greatest [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Statues and burning churches – ‘we must walk together’

July 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. INDIGENOUS LEADERS on southern Vancouver Island are calling for unity and an end to violence and vandalism committed in the name of cultural [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – ‘Cancel Culture’ or, ‘The Season of Sanctimony’

June 22, 2021 // 2 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist AS A REGULAR READER of several newspapers, science-oriented magazines, and professional and letters-based publications, I occasionally think [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians divided on whether country is ‘racist’

June 21, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 21, 2021 – These are times of deep reckoning over issues of race and identity, hatred, and violence in Canada. Against the backdrop of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Man who ran down family with his truck doesn’t deserve notoriety

June 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A DESPICABLE YOUNG MAN jumped his pickup truck onto a sidewalk in London, Ont. last weekend and killed four members of an extended family. A [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Almost half of Asian Canadians identify discrimination against them as a problem

June 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 8, 2021 – As a nation eagerly looks to the weeks and months ahead to regain a closer semblance to their pre-pandemic lives, they are far more [Continue]

KNOX – A two-block stretch on the road to uncertain change

June 7, 2021 // 3 Comments

JOSEPH TRUTCH was an odious man. He was racist not only in word but in action. As B.C.’s pre-Confederation land commissioner, he was contemptuous of Indigenous people, used [Continue]

GINTA – Why we need to continue to talk about racism

January 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

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]

EDITORIAL – ‘Guessing game’ report has more than one lesson to teach

December 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

July 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

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

July 20, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

June 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

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]