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Without our local paper, there are literally tens of thousands of dollars we wouldn’t have known were being spent.

Posted on 1 October 2020 and filed under articles, big, journalism, main, Prince George

With the pending removal of the Four Seasons Pool, the city of Prince George has the chance to add to its civic identity.

Posted on 15 September 2020 and filed under articles, big, Prince George, Thimbleberry

First, let’s get this out of the way: Kelly Road Secondary School was not named for John Kelly, at least not directly. I guarantee you that all of us have given more thought to this school’s name over the past few months than anyone did at the time it was originally created.

Posted on 30 April 2020 and filed under articles, big, main, Prince George

The lives lost on flight PS752 is a national tragedy, but also many local ones.

Posted on 11 January 2020 and filed under articles, big, Canada, main

With the pending closure of the Northern, Prince George’s oldest department store, I am feeling sadness for the loss of their seasonal window displays. Here’s why.

Posted on 21 December 2019 and filed under articles, cities, Prince George

This should not be up for debate.

Posted on 31 March 2019 and filed under articles, Canada, media

When people talk about the closure of small-town newspapers it’s often on the subject of things like holding city hall to account and how we need investigative reporting that no one else will do. Which is true. But I also think the simple act of chronicling a community is important, and that happens in the non-news sections of a paper as much as in the headlines.

Posted on 22 December 2018 and filed under articles, big, main, Thimbleberry

Some words on walking.

Posted on 23 September 2018 and filed under articles, cities, main, ramblings

In 2012 I was veering towards burnout. I course-corrected. Then in 2018 I found myself on the same path.

Posted on 14 September 2018 and filed under articles, main, personal

Are trust and voice allies or at odds?

Posted on 1 September 2018 and filed under articles, big, main, media

Adjusting to the new normal.

Posted on 19 August 2018 and filed under articles, Canada, main

Rainbow flags and crosswalks aren’t symbols of a tolerant community. They’re symbols of the people who refused to let it off the hook for being intolerant, and demanded better.

Posted on 7 July 2018 and filed under articles, Prince George

It’s not a place, it’s a state of mind.

Posted on 6 April 2018 and filed under articles, Canada, ideas

I’m writing late today because I’ve just restored my Wordpress install after I’m pretty sure an extension I installed to help me upgrade my site to https screwed up my htaccess file.
If that sentence doesn’t make sense to you, then it’s a pretty good demonstration of the problem of the internet becoming too complicated.

Posted on 28 February 2018 and filed under articles, blogging, how to

He was no angel.

Posted on 15 February 2018 and filed under articles, Canada