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Amazon is fast and cheap but it doesn’t open on Friday night to help launch a self-published magazine with poetry readings and tea.

Posted on 22 March 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, cities, comments, main, Prince George

Library archives, Google searches and research projects, oh my!

Posted on 1 March 2014 and filed under articles, journalism, main, Prince George, radio

I heard rumours that in the 1920s, there was an African-American actor who had run a business in downtown Prince George. With a bit of delving I discovered Charles Sagar, an pioneer of the African-American theatre movement who later came to Prince George to cut hair on a floating barge. He also fought back against a city council who ordered police to clean up “N******town”. Here’s what I found out.

Posted on 28 February 2014 and filed under links, outbound, Prince George

When is music useful to underscore an emotion, and when is it emotional fascism?

Posted on 28 February 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, radio

A few months ago, Glitch was terrified of humans.

Posted on 27 February 2014 and filed under main, photos

When an old story gets new information, is it better to amend the original post, or delete and replace?

Posted on 26 February 2014 and filed under comments, main, social media

After four years of eating at every non-franchise restaurant in Prince George, a local blogger is singling out the best in the bunch.

Posted on 25 February 2014 and filed under links, main, outbound, Prince George

Why I’m changing my online profiles to say I live in Lheidli T’enneh, and why you might want to, too.

Posted on 24 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, Indigenous, main, Prince George

What a difference a month (and some internal analysis) makes.

Posted on 23 February 2014 and filed under Prince George

Compete in a race without training, deliver a speech without practicing. What’s the worst that could happen?

Posted on 22 February 2014 and filed under main, personal

This can’t be the end of radio…. can it?

Posted on 21 February 2014 and filed under links, main, nocomments, outbound, radio

Some other interesting thoughts on bike riding and car culture.

Posted on 21 February 2014 and filed under bikes, links, main, nocomments

2015 is a big year for the City of Prince George. The city will be celebrating its 100th birthday, the Canada Winter Games arrives, and the University of Northern BC turns 25.

Posted on 20 February 2014 and filed under CBC, main, nocomments, outbound, Prince George

When an SUV swerved to hit me, I realized riding a bike in a car-dominated culture is an inherantly political act.

Posted on 19 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, bikes, cities, comments, design, main

1.25 million people die on the roads every year, and yet we accept that number without much question. It doesn’t need to be this way says road safety expert Ian Johnston.

Posted on 3 February 2014 and filed under links, main, outbound