Tag: Racism
Noted Black novelist challenges London school board stance on N-word in books
Iconic Canadian writer Lawrence Hill says a London District Catholic school board ban on teaching his and other Black writers’ books containing the N-word will essentially erase their work from the classroom curriculum. Hill â the author of 11 books, including the Book of Negroes â first expressed his thoughts in an op-ed in The […]
Lambton College international student killed in stabbing
An international student from India who was studying at Lambton College was fatally stabbed in an altercation Sunday at a Sarnia rooming house, multiple sources say. Gurasis Singh, 22, was in his first year studying business management, the Sarnia-based college confirmed in a statement Tuesday. âStudents are at the heart of Lambton College, and the […]
Tallman: Trump, Harris, U.S. politics and the Antrichrist
Is Trump the Antichrist or simply a misguided human being?
Chin brothers beat the odds as hockey stars in anti-Chinese era
An upcoming article highlights the Chin brothers’ extraordinary rise to hockey fame at the height of anti-Chinese discrimination in Canada. “We live in a different time,” writer Debbie Jiang commented on racism in sports. “The colour barrier wasn’t broken until Larry Kwong played for the New York Rangers in 1948.” Jiang said, although in present […]
Dyer: Trump will be bad, but likely survivable
The Roman empire survived for four centuries despite having many rulers worse than Donald Trump
Pearson: Courage always worth remembering
The most vital component of our Day of Remembrance is our collective belief in the right of a liberated life to endure.
London city hall starts new anti-hate campaign: ‘Action and allyship’
London city hall is rolling out a new public awareness campaign to combat hate, a provincially funded pilot program that could be a model for other communities. Â
Goderich council rejects ‘intolerance in all forms’
Motion prompted in part by resident concerns with ‘White Lives Matter’ sign
Pearson: Canadians undivided on thankfulness for our country
We’ve been observing Thanksgiving for 145 years as a country.
Small-town tensions enflamed over defiant landowner’s ‘white lives matter’ sign
GODERICH â For Patrick Corvyn, the concerns involving his hometown of Goderich began when he was driving along whatâs known as the Bluewater Highway in August. Corvyn saw a large green sign on an adjacent property that boldly stated, in white lettering: White lives matter, screw Trudeau, screw Singh, capitalism not socialism. âMy first reaction […]