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A Montreal family is asking for an apology from the city after a snow plow was caught on camera crashing into multiple vehicles. The collisions took place during a major snowstorm earlier in the week. One of the family’s cars was hit so hard it is believed to be a …
Read More »Pride Toronto director weighs in on Bass apology
TORONTO – Pride Toronto executive director Sherwin Modeste says Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass’s apology for supporting anti-2SLGBTQ+ boycotts on social media was a “first step,” but adds it’s important “it goes beyond an apology.” “I think we need to start seeing a little bit more accountability in relation to …
Read More »Pope’s historic apology for residential school abuses draws mixed reaction in B.C.
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Monday was an emotional day for many residential school survivors in B.C., as the Pope apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the abuse they had to endure. For some, the gesture was a long-awaited opportunity for healing. But others told CBC News they were left …
Read More »Day school survivors worry they will be left out of whatever apology Pope makes for residential schools
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Margaret Swan’s voice becomes strained as she shares her experience at the Indian day school where she spent five years of her life. “There was so much wrong. So many wrongs done in those schools,” said Swan, a member of the Lake Manitoba First …
Read More »Why these survivors and advocates want more than an apology from the Pope
Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz has yet to decide if she’ll attend any of the events planned during the visit by Pope Francis to Canada at the end of the month. “If I do go, I would like to have a word with the Pope,” said Korkmaz, who is Cree from …
Read More »Manitoba residential school survivors hopeful about Pope’s visit, but want a say in apology
Residential school survivors met with Catholic bishops in Winnipeg Wednesday to discuss what they’d like to hear from Pope Francis when he visits Canada this summer. The Pope is expected to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in abuses suffered at the schools, but it’s the wording of that apology that was the focus of …
Read More »Linux kernel team rejects University of Minnesota researchers’ apology
Enlarge / Do not anger the penguin, for it is long of memory and slow to forgive. Last week, senior Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that all Linux patches coming from the University of Minnesota would be summarily rejected by default. This policy change came as a result of three …
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