Two wrongs don’t make a right — ignoring the real legacy of Canada’s first Prime Minister doesn’t justify vandalism, but neither is vandalism an excuse to continue to celebrate his birthday.
On Monday, hours before the annual celebration of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birthday, red paint was dumped...
“I’m calmer now that I’m chain smoking,” Arthur Milnes said, puffing on a small section of a cigarette.
Mere hours earlier on Monday, Milnes — who had organized a birthday tribute to Sir John A. Macdonald — was targeted in an act of vandalism alongside Kingston MP Mark Gerretsen.
Both Gerretsen and...
Not all attendees of this weekend’s bicentenary celebrations of Sir John A. Macdonald were celebrating.
Instead, some pointed out Macdonald’s legacy of racist policies that oppressed and killed thousands of indigenous people.
At City Hall on Sunday, as Mayor Bryan Paterson welcomed citizens to the...
Devastating changes to the global climate are imminent. As if this weren’t enough, humanity also faces the prospect of a crippling water crisis. These issues demand attention from those with the privilege to act.
In North America, the debate over climate change has approximately three outspoken factions.
The...
Last Friday, members of the First Nations, activists, environmentalists and many others held peaceful demonstrations across Canada. The Idle No More movement has swept up the nation, causing an awakening over important issues that can’t be ignored.
This is no ordinary movement; Idle No More comes...
Idle No More rally draws large crowd
The Idle No More movement arrived on campus last Friday with a rally outside of Stauffer library.
The demonstration began at noon and lasted for about an hour, and at its peak it numbered around 200 attendees and curious onlookers. The rally involved banners, placards...
Idle No More, the protest movement that’s been gaining ground both nationally and internationally since it began in December, will hit Queen’s this afternoon.
The movement “calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water,”...