Prominent Ottawa architect heads to court to suppress Cleveland Indians name
The Cleveland Indians faced growing pressure in Canada on Friday to ditch their name and mascot, including a court challenge.
View ArticleNeve and Rock: 215 reasons to make up for decades of failure toward...
The time of denying, delaying and obstructing the steps we must take ends now.
View ArticleGlavin: Residential schools — the truth comes out every few years, then...
For Canada’s Indigenous people, the legacy of the schools isn’t just history. It remains an open wound, and everybody else seems doomed to 'discover' the horrors of those institutions over and over again.
View ArticleValin and Switzer: Residential schools conceived in Parliament, not the pulpit
Those aspiring to be prime minister must demonstrate they have a clear action plan to address and resolve the harms caused over generations by these institutions.
View ArticleWhitman: 'We have been treated like second-class citizens in our own lands'
Today, the first annual Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is about recognizing the great harms inflicted when people of one race determine that their way of life is superior to that of another. But it...
View ArticleScott: One year after Indigenous children's remains were located at Kamloops,...
Far too many of the TRC’s Calls to Action remain unanswered. Critically, it is not only governments that need to act.
View ArticleTrudeau moves toward resolving aboriginal issues with high-profile meetings
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will publicly put his commitment to resolving aboriginal issues at the top of his priority list in the coming days, as he holds a meeting with Indigenous leaders and...
View ArticleTrudeau faces 'challenges' as missing women inquiry launched
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canada must forge ahead with a “total renewal” of its relationship with First Nations peoples.
View ArticleTrudeau will raise residential school apology with Pope Francis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will speak “directly” to the Pope about a call for him to issue an apology for the Catholic church’s role in the aboriginal residential school system.
View ArticleSutcliffe: Why I support renaming the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway
This is not about 'cancel culture.' Macdonald is still our first prime minister and his record speaks for itself, both for better and for worse. History is not changed by the naming or un-naming of a...
View ArticleToday's letters: Thoughts on this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Thursday, Sept. 30: You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com
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