Racism

POLICE – Masked group made ‘cowardly attempt to avoid accountability’

September 28, 2026 // 1 Comment

Statement from Superintendent Jeff Pelley in response to Sunday demonstration and intimidation tactics On Sunday September 27, 2026, at approximately 7:25 a.m., frontline [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Credit to Milobar for standing up against racism; will others?

October 27, 2024 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG for the diverse collection of candidates calling themselves BC Conservatives to run into trouble with each other. [Continue]

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]