RECONCILIATION – Sir John A. and the fog of cancel culture
Macdonald was a strong advocate for Indigenous Canadians. His record speaks for itself By GREG PIASETZKI Troy Media THERE IS AN ANCIENT AXIOM that “truth is the first [Continue]
Reconciliation
THE POPE’S WORDS – ‘I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed’
Full text of the apology to indigenous people delivered today (July 25, 2022) by Pope Francis in Maskwacis, Alta. Madam Governor General. Mr. Prime Minister. Dear Indigenous [Continue]
COLLINS – Do we really understand reconciliation?
THIS WAS A TOUGH COMMENTARY TO WRITE. I have long been an advocate for minority rights, especially those of Indigenous peoples. I am supportive of almost all of their efforts [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Letter critical of TRU renaming is no help for reconciliation
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M PRETTY SURE reconciliation is supposed to be a two-way street, at least in the sense that people of different shades need to get [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Kamloops has already built a bridge to reconciliation
A BRIDGE TO RECONCILIATION is within our grasp right here in Kamloops. I mean symbolically, at least, although the international attention the community received after last [Continue]
RECONCILIATION – Canada is not a half-mast nation
The price of Trudeau’s empty gesture was nothing less than a cheapening of the Canadian idea By PATRICE DUTIL Senior fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute THE TRUDEAU [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Most agree with raising flags after November 11
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 8, 2021 – As Canadians wrestle with the complexities of continuing to honour those who are buried in unmarked graves at former residential [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Plans to gut museum exhibit amount to a form of vandalism
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN IT COMES TO RECONCILIATION, there are good ideas and bad ideas. The decision by the Royal BC Museum to shut down one of its most [Continue]
PETERS – Williams Lake mayor Walt Cobb should resign over Facebook post
IT’S A SCENARIO familiar to many of us. Your grandfather or elderly uncle starts spouting off at the Thanksgiving table about all that is wrong with the world these days. [Continue]
RECONCILIATION – TteS invites Pope Francis to meet with KIRS survivors
Chief and council of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc issued the following statement today (Oct. 28, 2021) regarding the announcement that Pope Francis plans to visit Canada with [Continue]
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