Racism

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]