ROTHENBURGER – Canadians are getting the message about T&R
ACTION, NOT JUST WORDS. We hear that a lot these days in any discussion of reconciliation, and it undoubtedly was spoken many times yesterday, for it was National Truth and [Continue]
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
EDITORIAL – Some people define truth as what they want to believe
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LAST WEEKEND I published a column about Pope Francis’ visit to Canada and what’s known as the Doctrine of Discovery. A lot of folks are [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Apologies and words; so what comes next for reconciliation?
(Image: Mel Rothenburger video) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU came, he saw, he apologized. Surely, no one has ever apologized so many times [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Yet another apology from Justin Trudeau; they’re getting tedious
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau has apologized to Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir for not showing up here on the National [Continue]
BEPPLE – Candor needed as communities discuss truth and reconciliation
TOMORROW IS National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Both truth and reconciliation are important to move forward. Looking around the region of Interior B.C., local [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]
CHARBONNEAU – Good memorials, bad memorials of residential schools
FIRST NATIONS SHOW THE WAY to reconciliation. Protestors with other agendas should pay heed. In a transformative move, Indigenous Canadians have designated the residential [Continue]
LETTER — Reconciliation has been on back burner too long
LETTER — For too long, governments have relegated fair agreements with Canada’s Aboriginal peoples to the back burner. As most of us have learned in our lifetimes, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU — Cultural genocide in Canada
COLUMN — At first I found the accusation that Canada committed genocide to be incredulous. I don’t recall Canadians marching into villages and hacking people to death [Continue]
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