EDITORIAL – Pope’s apology was an imperfect but momentous gesture
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CRITICISM OF THE POPE’S APOLOGY began as soon as it was delivered yesterday. It “fell short,” as many said. I’m trying to understand [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER: The pope’s apology and the question of unmarked graves
POPE FRANCIS FACES A TALL ORDER after he arrives in Canada tomorrow for what he describes as a “penitential pilgrimage.” Job One during his week-long visit is a second [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Return of $500,000 donation raises an important question
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ‘SINS OF THE FATHER’ is a saying derived from Biblical references commonly understood as meaning the sins of one generation are [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The new indigenous stereotypes
FINDING UNMARKED BURIAL SITES outside the former Kamloops residential school more than a year ago ignited global awareness of Indigenous concerns, but it has not left the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – With Pope’s apology in hand, ‘now the hard work begins’
INDIGENOUS DELEGATES to the Vatican must be feeling a great sense of satisfaction, happiness, even relief as they wing their way home. Pope Francis has apologized. [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Stick to waving the Maple Leaf, leave the colour orange alone
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CANADIAN FLAG belongs to all Canadians. I get it. So if truckers want to wave the Maple Leaf at their convoy protest — and thousands [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Painful decisions coming on burial grounds search
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WILLIAMS LAKE FIRST NATION revealed the results yesterday of its investigation into possible burial sites on the grounds of St. Joseph’s [Continue]
BEPPLE – It’s time for the settler community to shine light on itself
YESTERDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022, the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) released its preliminary results of their first phase of investigations into St. Joseph’s Mission [Continue]
LETTER – A family connection with the historic cemetery at Marieval
Re: Editorial, ‘Let’s hope 2022 will tell us more about the missing children.’ An interesting tie I have to Marieval. My great grandfather, William [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let’s hope 2022 will tell us more about the missing children
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT AT ALL A SURPRISE that residential school gravesite discoveries are the biggest news story of 2021. Editors of Canadian Press [Continue]
PETERS – Instead of honouring Indigenous children, the PM flew by
MAYBE YOU DIDN’T AND DON’T want Justin Trudeau to come to Kamloops. That’s fair. There are plenty of reasons residents would want him to stay away. But the Tk’emlups [Continue]
EDITORIAL – National reconciliation day is more than just another stat
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TOMORROW’S A HOLIDAY and some people aren’t at all sure what it’s about. The federal government has declared Sept. 30 as a new stat [Continue]
PETERS – Federal parties wasted another opportunity on reconciliation
IN LATE MAY, when the terrible discovery of children’s bodies on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was made known, it cast reconciliation with [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Statues and burning churches – ‘we must walk together’
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]
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