Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 02:51:41 +0000
[Ryan Snelgrove, University of Waterloo and Victoria Kabetu, University of Waterloo] Despite Canada’s claim that it’s a multicultural country, that’s not the reality of one of the country’s national sports, ice hockey. For over a century, hockey has been dominated by white people at professional and amateur levels in Canada. One of the major reasons […]
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Credit to Author: Mack Lamoureux| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:53:19 +0000
Since his firing on Monday, Don Cherry has been making the rounds.
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:40:40 +0000
Don Cherry has finally gone too far. The long-time Hockey Night in Canada commentator with a knack for garish getups and controversial views was fired Monday over a remark he made about immigrants during a weekend broadcast. Cherry, 85, suggested in his “Coach’s Corner” segment Saturday night that immigrants in and around Toronto do not […]
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:40:40 +0000
Don Cherry has finally gone too far. The long-time Hockey Night in Canada commentator with a knack for garish getups and controversial views was fired Monday over a remark he made about immigrants during a weekend broadcast. Cherry, 85, suggested in his “Coach’s Corner” segment Saturday night that immigrants in and around Toronto do not […]
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Credit to Author: Manisha Krishnan| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:26:30 +0000
Rogers, CBC, and Ron MacLean have all been complicit in allowing the 85-year-old commentator to nationally broadcast his xenophobia for years.
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