{"id":33961,"date":"2023-01-31T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=33961"},"modified":"2023-01-31T09:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:49:56","slug":"column-mps-news-and-views-with-darrell-samson-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=33961","title":{"rendered":"COLUMN: MPs News and Views with Darrell Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;25&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By MP Darrell Samson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blackhistory-e1675172942117.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33964\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black History month image. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLACK HISTORY MONTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The month of February is a time to celebrate the many contributions of Black Canadians to our history, identity, and strength as a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are home to the largest indigenous Black Community in Canada, making February a particularly special month here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black History month recognizes the sacrifices and perseverance of racial equality in Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Black History Month!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Free-Skate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32726\" width=\"361\" height=\"284\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FAMILY DAY <\/strong><strong>SKATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: Monday February 20th, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location: Sackville Arena, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/local?lid=YN1226x14227847113175980332&amp;id=YN1226x14227847113175980332&amp;q=Sackville+Arena+(LDRA)&amp;name=Sackville+Arena+(LDRA)&amp;cp=44.7772102355957%7e-63.66959762573242&amp;ppois=44.7772102355957_-63.66959762573242_Sackville+Arena+(LDRA)\">91 First Lake Dr, Lower Sackville NS B4C 2S8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bring your helmet!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;25&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;25&#8243;] By MP Darrell Samson BLACK HISTORY MONTH The month of February is a time to celebrate the many contributions of Black Canadians to our history, identity, and strength as a nation. We are home to the largest indigenous Black Community in Canada, making February a particularly special month here. Black History month recognizes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,997],"tags":[1923,1883,93,2,362,116,48,627],"class_list":["post-33961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column","category-columns","tag-canada","tag-column","tag-darrell-samson","tag-fall-river","tag-federal-government","tag-justin-trudeau","tag-n-s","tag-sackville-preston-chezzetcook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}