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As CBC Radio 3 changes formats, I reflect on how it changed my life.

Posted on 14 March 2015 and filed under articles, CBC, main, music

100 years isn’t that long.

Posted on 5 March 2015 and filed under articles, big, Indigenous, main, misc, Prince George

Parties, plaza, pizzazz.

Posted on 2 March 2015 and filed under articles, main, Prince George

One week into the Canada Winter Games: is it worth it?

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

Eleven years ago, two major things were going on in my life: the first is that I was turning nineteen. The second is I had met a girl.

Posted on 17 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, main, personal

I believe in freedom of speech but I also believe in a world where people can go wherever they choose without being subjected to harassing, hateful language.

Posted on 10 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, main, media, misc

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in being sensitive to how using that freedom can affect others. I believe even those who aren’t sensitive to using that freedom should be allowed to speak. I believe we should be allowed to ignore them. I believe we should be allowed to condemn them. I believe […]

Posted on 8 January 2015 and filed under articles, main, misc, small

A premium, 45-minute-a-side cassette mixtape of some of my favourite tracks of 2014.

Posted on 2 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, comments, main, music

2014 was the year I learned about the importance of time.

Posted on 24 December 2014 and filed under articles, big, main, personal

I’ve finished listening to Serial now, and am onto the Serial thinkpieces (you can find most of the worthwhile ones via Nick Quah’s Hotpod Newsletter, editions 1-12). Most are full of praise, but there is a fair share of criticism, as well. After reading a few critical pieces, I felt prompted to Tweet this: A lot of […]

Posted on 22 December 2014 and filed under articles, journalism, main

Nick Quah: “I want, or would like, more Serials, more… Breaking Bads, more True Detectives, more Scandals, and more Game of Throneses in my headphones. In my eardrums. In my head. “In my opinion, that’s the real North Star here. Podcasts shouldn’t aspire to be the next blogging platform, vis a vis Odeo. It should […]

Posted on 20 December 2014 and filed under articles, main, outbound, radio, small

People pine for the days when John A. Macdonald could build a national railway, conveniently ignoring the head tax and dangerous conditions forced upon Chinese workers to get it done and policy of starving Aboriginal people who might get in the way.

Posted on 20 December 2014 and filed under articles, Canada, Indigenous, main

When discussing the legacy of W.A.C. Bennett’s dams, it’s important to remember the people who were swept aside – and the ongoing consequences of those decisions.

Posted on 20 December 2014 and filed under articles, British Columbia, Canada, Indigenous, main

Just as “Fear Of Missing Out” describes the anxiety people have that they’ll miss someone else’s awesome thing, “In Case You Missed It” comes from the fear that other people will miss our awesome thing.

Posted on 19 December 2014 and filed under articles, big, comments, media, misc

I thought I’d do a quick round-up of reaction to the news that former Prince George mayor Shari Green lost the bid to become the next Conservative candidate for Cariboo-Prince George.

Posted on 18 December 2014 and filed under articles, main, Prince George