| Bernie Saunders is the author of Shut Out: The Game That Did Not Love Me Black and the fifth Black player to play for a National Hockey League team. | | I love Willie O’Ree, the first Black person to play in the National Hockey League. I can’t imagine the amount of racism that he faced trying to realize his dream of playing in the NHL in the 1950s, and so I am happy that the league has rescued him from obscurity, and that it seemingly finds a new way to recognize him every Black History Month. He is called the Jackie Robinson of hockey, and that is technically correct; when he suited up for the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958, he made history, 10 years after Larry Kwong broke the colour barrier with the New York Rangers. |  | | | | Justin Tang/The Canadian Press | More stories below advertisement | | | | Brian Gable /The Globe and Mail | | Think of online banking. You pick up your phone or turn on your computer. You check your savings, your credit card, your mortgage, your investments. All the data is there, and access is always available, wherever you are. And it’s secure. | | | | | Keep your Opinions sharp and informed. Get the Opinion newsletter. Sign up today. | Rihanna republic | Re As Barbados Heads Toward A Republic, Some Wonder Why It Matters (Online, Nov. 28): It matters because Barbadians want their head of state to be Barbadian. Similarly, a majority of Canadians want our head of state to be Canadian: A 2020 Ipsos poll showed 53 per cent of Canadians want to sever ties with the British monarchy after Queen Elizabeth dies. | | | | | More columns from across The Globe | | | | | Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press | | |
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