Reconciliation

THE POPE’S WORDS – ‘I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed’

July 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

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?

July 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

February 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

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

January 22, 2022 // 1 Comment

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

November 18, 2021 // 2 Comments

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

November 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

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]