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However, Indigenous people have been trying for decades to tell us about the criminal activity that occurred. The letter-writer’s attempt to speculate about the cause of death is inappropriate, and his point that other children died at a young age in this era is an attempt to minimize the terrible impact of these schools, which is incredibly harmful to survivors. He points out the stark difference himself — that non-Aboriginal children had headstones marking their graves, meaning that their parents knew how and when they died. I am ashamed and saddened not only that individuals still ...

All Underhill knew growing up what that her father, Flight Lieutenant Robert Coventry, 27, was piloting a Bristol Blenheim bomber when it lost power and crashed near Gloucester, England in September 1940. What she just discovered recently is that he stayed at the controls to prevent the aircraft from plowing into a school in the tiny hamlet of Quedgeley. And now that community plans to honour his memory. Coventry was the grandson of the 9thEarl of Coventry and the son of the Hon. Thomas George Coventry, a charming, adventurous, Eton-educated Englishman who served as Conservative MLA for Sa...

Given the outpouring of outrage over plans to make Clover Point car-free, apparently because some folks insist they will no longer be able to get close to nature, it appears city planners are missing a golden opportunity. Despite the fact most Victorians would agree the prodigious (and increasing) numbers of automobiles on our streets are responsible for the fossil-fuelled, deplorably unhealthy environment in which we find ourselves today, let me humbly suggest a plan that is financially sound and within reach: How about an elevated, multi-level parkade, built in the shape of a four leaf cl...

There must also be a rigorous business plan made public and critiqued by an independent third party. That didn’t happen a few years ago when a Commonwealth Games bid was floated, rather initial support was garnered in secret around the Capital Regional District table and endorsed without the public weighing in. The province wisely declined to provide financial support and eventually the bid fell apart. Contrary to the pitch by proponents, municipalities and local citizens will most certainly have to fund part of the budget. The pandemic, and now uncertainty around several COVID-19 varia...

Police are seeking witnesses to a crash between a minivan and a cyclist that sent one person to hospital over the weekend.