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The year Prince George got its swag on

Maybe it was the winter games. Maybe it’s the centennial. Maybe it’s the fact that the Cougars have a new set of owners. I don’t know what it is exactly, but somehow it feels like the city of Prince George has changed this year. I’ve suspected it for a while, but now I’m calling it: 2015 […]

Posted on 21 August 2015 and filed under articles, comments, main, Prince George

Bike lanes

A comment from a story about the city of Prince George considering making it illegal to park in bike lanes: “I personally do not see a big need for bike lanes to begin with. I see very few bike riders utilizing these bike lanes.” People aren’t using bike lanes that often have cars parked in them, […]

Posted on 20 August 2015 and filed under articles, bikes, Prince George

I'd be more interested in reading pieces about Canada in the New York Times if they weren't written by Canadians

Canadians care more about what Canadians have to say about Canada if they are saying it to Americans.

Posted on 20 August 2015 and filed under articles, Canada, media

Yeah, um, Apple Music is way too complicated. I'm sticking with Rdio

Apple Music hasn’t decided if it’s a stream or a store, if it’s online or software, and it’s a mess.

Posted on 1 July 2015 and filed under articles, comments, main, music, reviews

Carly Rae Sremmurd – I Really Got No Type (Almost Mainstream Really Terrible Mix)

no one else was doing it, so I did it, poorly

Posted on 24 June 2015 and filed under articles, main, music

Why all those headlines about Aboriginal women knowing their killer are a little misleading

Aboriginal women and girls are more likely to be killed, but spouses or family members are less likely to be involved than in the homicides of other Canadian females. But that’s not in the headlines.

Posted on 20 June 2015 and filed under articles, big, comments, Indigenous, main, media

The night a park was renamed

tweeting the transition from “Fort George Park” to “Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park”

Posted on 16 June 2015 and filed under articles, Indigenous, links, main, outbound, Prince George

Hello, let’s talk about a park

Why giving civic space its indigenous name is everything and nothing.

Posted on 14 June 2015 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, main, Prince George

Is 2015 a bad year for music, or am I just getting old?

Compared to past years, I’m finding very little in the way of new tunes that I unequivocally love.

Posted on 8 June 2015 and filed under articles, comments, main, music, personal

So a magazine called you a name: a survival guide from Canada's Most Dangerous City™

did a magazine call your city “boring”!?!?! this survival guide will help you get through it!

Posted on 27 May 2015 and filed under articles, big, British Columbia, main

Why wasn't I consulted? (a working theory)

The people were consulted. The people said they weren’t consulted. What happened?

Posted on 26 May 2015 and filed under articles, cities, main, Prince George

City council takes the bus

Some of them had never been on it before.

Posted on 23 May 2015 and filed under articles, cities, links, main, outbound, Prince George

Journalism 2015

So yesterday, 241 people at CBC stations across the country, including a few I know, were told their jobs are “redundant”. That brings the total for this year alone to 1,400 cut jobs. I remember when I started at CBC. We had tens of millions more in our budget. We had a robust slate of […]

Posted on 17 April 2015 and filed under articles, big, Canada, CBC, journalism, main

Meisner

Remembering a broadcasting legend.

Posted on 2 April 2015 and filed under articles, big, journalism, main, personal, Prince George

The case for Comic Sans in Prince George

We’re a city with a giant wooden lumberjack for our mascot and a moose on our official coat of arms. Let’s embrace Comic Sans.

Posted on 1 April 2015 and filed under articles, design, main, Prince George

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