It was 23.6°C in Prince George yesterday, breaking a 103-year-old record of 21.1 in 1913.
I’m sure your mom/wife/sister/daughter/grandma/aunt are awesome. The women in my family are awesome. Yours probably are, too. But too often the mother/wife/daughter thing is used by men who cannot think of any women in the public space whom they admire or respect. Literally when American presidential candidates were asked which woman they would like to […]
Every year, I find it’s a helpful exercise to look back on some of my output from the past 365 days to see what resonates. Some of that is the stuff that resonates with me, personally, and some of it is what resonated with people more widely. I’m happy to see that this year, more […]
Alright, so every New Year’s I like to do a little personal “best of” highlighting work I’m proud of from the past year. I’m going to do that again, but I wanted to give a shout out to other people, first. I’ve said it before and I’ve said it again, journalism doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When […]
I live in the same neighbourhood I grew up in. A few blocks away from both my childhood home and current home, there is a small business plaza. When I was a kid it had ((all of these are partial lists, based on memory)) : a convenience store a pub a bakery a deli a […]
An explanation.
“I saw a homeless guy the other day. 6’5″. Being tall really helped him, huh?”
Canada is often thought of as a nation that is safe, accommodating, and apologetic. Some might even call us boring, but Andrew Kurjata argues that, our history is anything but boring. Instead, our nation’s dark and tumultuous history has largely been erased from the collective identity. Join Andrew as he explores just some of local history in the city of Prince George that challenges our boring narrative.
“I have never called my father Billy. I understand, like most people, that words take on meaning within a context. It might be true that you refer to your spouse as Baby. But were I to take this as license to do the same, you would most likely protest. Right names depend on right relationships, a fact so basic to human speech that without it, human language might well collapse. But as with so much of what we take as human, we seem to be in need of an African-American exception.”
Traveling for the sake of travel is not an achievement, nor is it guaranteed to make anyone a more cultured, nuanced person. (Some of the most dreadful, entitled tourists are the same people who can afford to visit three new countries each year.)
Apropos of nothing.
“Come and get some lemonade!”
One of the discoveries of audio production discoveries I’m most grateful for is the layers of sound hidden in silence. This morning I went outside to record some bird song, but as soon as I had my headphones and microphone on, I started hearing whole new layers of crows, distant traffic, early-morning chores, a helicopter. […]
After nine months of filling in as the producer at Daybreak North, I’m going back to associate producer today. People have been asking me how I feel about the move. The best way I can describe it is it’s like when you’ve been working and studying for weeks, but now you’ve finished all your exams, […]
Ad nauseam
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