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"electric word, life, it means forever and that's a mighty long time"

nothing compares 2 u

Posted on 21 April 2016 and filed under articles, main, music

Why I'm wary of "move" as a solution to problems in remote communities

I disagree with the premise that either you live in a city with an NHL team or you accept worse outcomes for you and your loved ones. I disagree with the premise that we should give up on any place that isn’t a major urban centre.

Posted on 16 April 2016 and filed under articles, big, Canada, main

Turn It Up!: A Tribute to Greg the Egg

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!

Posted on 2 April 2016 and filed under articles, CFUR, comments, main

A brief #InternationalWomensDay rant

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 […]

Posted on 8 March 2016 and filed under articles, main, misc

Perspective

Here’s a story about being a white guy in Canadian media.

Posted on 21 February 2016 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, Canada, journalism, main, media

Please leave the pub, you're making the other patrons uncomfortable

Who is allowed in to your space, and what are they allowed to say?

Posted on 30 November 2015 and filed under articles, blogging, Canada, Indigenous, main

hot take on cultural appropriation and Hallowe'en

If people from a cultural group say a costume is offensive, I just won’t wear it. There is no costume that is so important to me that it is worth making a group of people feel excluded or belittled, regardless of my own thoughts on the subject. And that’s my hot take on cultural appropriation […]

Posted on 30 October 2015 and filed under articles, main, small

This is why I deleted your comment on Facebook

An explanation.

Posted on 23 October 2015 and filed under articles, main, misc

Denying white privilege exists is like denying being tall helps you make it to the NBA

“I saw a homeless guy the other day. 6’5″. Being tall really helped him, huh?”

Posted on 23 October 2015 and filed under articles, misc

Racism doesn't end just because we had an election

When xenophobia is in play, nobody wins.

Posted on 20 October 2015 and filed under articles, big, Canada, main

Riding profile, Cariboo-Prince George: Safe No More

Could a traditional Conservative safe seat in B.C.’s interior swing left?

Posted on 17 October 2015 and filed under articles, big, links, main, outbound

Be honest: when you hear "barbaric cultural practices", which culture comes to mind?

A brown man who says he’s a Muslim rapes a woman.
A white man who says he’s an Atheist or a Christian rapes a woman.
But only one of them needs a tip line.

Posted on 8 October 2015 and filed under articles, Canada, main

These distant shores

This isn’t guilt at my privilege. It’s a stark awareness of it.

Posted on 5 September 2015 and filed under articles, big, main, personal

No one uses bike lanes

Tonight in Prince George, city council will vote on whether or not to ask staff to prepare a report on how best to come up with some new rules aimed at making it so bike lanes are left clear for bikes. At the moment there are no such rules, so oftentimes bike lanes are full […]

Posted on 31 August 2015 and filed under articles, bikes, main, Prince George

Can you lose Prince George and win the election?

Short answer: yes.

Posted on 29 August 2015 and filed under articles, main, Prince George

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