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Why Prince George city council decided to spend up to $35,000 to go to China

This afternoon I made a post called “Council and China” where I wrote about Mayor Shari Green’s proposal to spend $35,000 on a four-person trip to China. From it: So it will be interesting to see how Green justifies the cost of a foreign relations trip while the core services review has the city actively […]

Posted on 15 October 2012 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George

Council and China

I really haven’t been posting much on Prince George city council lately, but this is worth sharing. As reported by Opinion250, at tonight’s meeting mayor Shari Green is going to be asking council to approve up to $35 thousand dollars for a four person delegation consisting of herself, two councillors and one staff person to […]

Posted on 15 October 2012 and filed under comments, Prince George

30 seconds

How to make people listen to a two-and-half hour show in 30 seconds.

Posted on 11 October 2012 and filed under articles, CBC, comments

High school French is a massive wasted opportunity

Forget grammar, maybe we should learn how to speak the language first.

Posted on 9 October 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, misc

Why don't grocery stores use a single line-up?

There’s nothing worse than choosing the line behind the person looking for a brand of cigarettes that doesn’t exist.

Posted on 25 August 2012 and filed under comments, misc

The time I got a death threat

Not me specifically. Just everyone involved in an organization I was part of. It was made online, via social media, with someone essentially saying he knew where we lived and he would kill us and burn our cars and other unsavory things. This post is not a slam to police because once we contacted them […]

Posted on 21 August 2012 and filed under articles, comments, personal

Let's make a list of great northern B.C. musicians

From Williams Lake to Atlin, who are the most exciting musical acts?

Posted on 9 August 2012 and filed under comments, music, Prince George

Unplugging

Click. Click. Refresh. Breaking the habit.

Posted on 7 August 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, personal

Prince George's Transit Future

I want the bus to work. I take the bus in part because I want to prove that there is a market for it. I encourage people to try to take it where possible. But it’s just so hard.

Posted on 29 June 2012 and filed under comments, Prince George, transit

Knowing your focus

Here’s a post where I criticize my ability to do my job.

Posted on 13 June 2012 and filed under articles, comments, journalism, radio

Cleaning up the blog

Just, you know, changing a few things.

Posted on 8 June 2012 and filed under comments, meta

I don’t know anything about bicycles

Biking is not difficult. That’s why whenever people want to describe how easy something is, they say “It’s just like riding a bike.”

Posted on 26 May 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, bikes, comments, main

Processing

In the aftermath of a deadly blast.

Posted on 26 April 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, personal

Game Changer

Whether it succeeds or fails, an ambitious real estate project will change the future of northern B.C.

Posted on 12 April 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George

Correction: Downtown Parking

A correction to an earlier post, clarifying how costs and revenues of free downtown parking in Prince George is calculated.

Posted on 6 April 2012 and filed under comments, Prince George

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