Toward a World that Works for Everyone
When I wrote recently that rumors were flying fast and thick, I asked myself , by way of reminder, what my major criterion for coverage of world affairs was. Not very long after, Mike Quinsey made this very relevant comment. “It is the normal outcome to ensure that people become aware of what has been […]
By Amir Ali, Daily Hive, June 24, 2021 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/over-700-unmarked-graves-saskatchewan The Cowessess First Nation announced today that preliminary findings reveal 751 unmarked graves have been discovered at a former Saskatchewan residential school. This comes just one month after the tragic discovery of 215 children buried at a former Kamloops residential school. The Nation points out that […]
Accountability Thanks to David Hawkins. ‘Tip of the iceberg.’ By Katie Dangerfield. Global News, May 28, 2021 (https://globalnews.ca/news/7901509/kamloops-bc-residential-school-burial-site/) At least 4,100 children have died while attending residential schools in Canada. And in the wake of the horrific news from Kamloops, B.C. — where 215 children were recently found buried at a former residential school — […]
International Media Advisory Breaking News from the International Tribunal of Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) – Rev. Kevin Annett, Canadian Field Secretary May 28, 2021 International Tribunal protests destruction of crime scene evidence in Kamloops – Human rights observers are dispatched to protect mass grave of aboriginal children as Cease and Desist notice is issued […]
A short, cryptic message from Simon Parkes, who’s usually well informed: March 24, 2021 We are now entering a crucial phase. The next few days are of the greatest importance – It must be noticeable that commentators in the know are having to hold back information in regard to The Return of the King [Trump] […]
City of Vancouver website: https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/rezoning-for-new-indigenous-led-housing-project-approved-by-council.aspx Proposal addresses urgent need for urban Indigenous-led and managed new permanent social and supportive housing, and shelter beds in the Downtown Eastside. We are pleased to be working alongside the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society and BC Housing to put reconciliation into action. ~ Mayor Kennedy Stewart, February 17 2021 […]
By Jason Jaacks, Emergence Magazine, December 18, 2020 https://emergencemagazine.org/story/border-nation/ Many Americans, I am led to believe, imagine the US-Mexico border as a dusty wasteland brimming with drug traffickers, migrant caravans, and Border Patrol agents. But experiencing the Sonoran Desert through Ofelia Rivas’s eyes, one gets the sense of a great ecological and cultural unity—an uninterrupted […]
