Racism

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]

HEIGHTON – Some ideas for redefining street outreach and police work

June 18, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

June 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

June 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

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

June 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

June 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

June 7, 2020 // 3 Comments

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

June 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

June 2, 2020 // 5 Comments

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]

ROTHENBURGER – What we need in this country is a special racism court

November 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

ANOTHER PERSONALITY LOST his job Friday over racist remarks. The latest offender is Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters, who resigned after revelations he used racist slurs [Continue]

LETTER – Kamloops an accommodating city but incidents do happen here

November 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Would you jump in to stop someone’s racist tirade? (Nov. 2, 2019) It was so nice to read your article regarding the incident that occured at Burnaby. I appreciate [Continue]