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Even though Liberals in Prince George lost, they won

Even though the Liberal candidates in Prince George lost in both ridings last night, they made huge gains for the party- taking it to levels of support not seen since 1974.

Posted on 20 October 2015 and filed under Canada, links, outbound, Prince George

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

Two Weeks in Turkey

a livebloggy travel diary type thing

Posted on 5 September 2015 and filed under links, main, outbound

Stereogum's Review of Carly Rae Jepsen's New Album is Pretty Much Perfect

“There’s this new narrative in which would-be pop stars find their voices by venturing outside the studio system, working with indie auteurs and finding themselves whole new audiences on the festival circuit. And that setup has produced some truly great music, like Solange’s True and Sky Ferreira’s Night Time, My Time. But E•MO•TION isn’t that. From a distance, it seems like it should be that. Jepsen worked with Dev Hynes and Ariel Rechtshaid on the shimmery, quick-dissolve ballad “All That” and with Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij on the burbling “Warm Blood.” But E•MO•TION doesn’t play like critic-bait — or, for that matter, like festival-bait. Instead, it plays like gleaming mall-pop turned way up past 11.”

Posted on 21 August 2015 and filed under links, music, outbound

"Not everything in life is 'like'able"

“We cannot like refugee kids wading among dead bodies. And we cannot directly tell Facebook’s algorithm that we still care about this, or find it important.”

Posted on 19 August 2015 and filed under links, outbound, social media

Teen apologizes to CBC reporter Megan Batchelor for unwanted kiss

“At the moment I thought it was kind of a joke, then I stepped in your shoes, that’s when I kind of realized that it all was not a joke at all. That’s your career — obviously it’s also your body and you have complete control of that and without anyone else’s consent, they do not have the right to do anything to anyone.” Good for him. He […]

Posted on 19 August 2015 and filed under journalism, links, outbound

Conflict isn't boring

Canada is often thought of as a nation that is safe, accommodating, and apologetic. Some might even call us boring, but Andrew Kurjata argues that, our history is anything but boring. Instead, our nation’s dark and tumultuous history has largely been erased from the collective identity. Join Andrew as he explores just some of local history in the city of Prince George that challenges our boring narrative.

Posted on 14 August 2015 and filed under Canada, main, misc, outbound, Prince George

10 Ways Not To Start A Radio Story

“Here are 10 openers I’ve heard again and again from public radio producers and podcasters. They’re easy. They’re appealing. They’re overused.”

Posted on 27 July 2015 and filed under links, outbound, radio

In defense of a loaded word

“I have never called my father Billy. I understand, like most people, that words take on meaning within a context. It might be true that you refer to your spouse as Baby. But were I to take this as license to do the same, you would most likely protest. Right names depend on right relationships, a fact so basic to human speech that without it, human language might well collapse. But as with so much of what we take as human, we seem to be in need of an African-American exception.”

Posted on 5 July 2015 and filed under links, misc, outbound

Why “Don’t Worry About Money, Just Travel” Is The Worst Advice Of All Time

Traveling for the sake of travel is not an achievement, nor is it guaranteed to make anyone a more cultured, nuanced person. (Some of the most dreadful, entitled tourists are the same people who can afford to visit three new countries each year.)

Posted on 5 July 2015 and filed under links, misc, outbound

White Supremacy is Not a Black Problem

Despite the appalling lack of diverse representation in our politics and business, and overrepresentation of people of colour in our penal system, Canada is especially susceptible to the myth that we have outgrown racism.

Posted on 5 July 2015 and filed under Canada, links, outbound

My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to use on the site

“I always knew this day would come. The day that Facebook decided my name was not real enough and summarily cut me off from my friends, family and peers and left me with the stark choice between using my legal name or using a name people would know me by.”

Posted on 29 June 2015 and filed under links, outbound

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

13 Times the Canadian Version of Buzzfeed Was *SO* the Canadian Version of Buzzfeed

Buzzfeed launched a Canadian version of their website. You can probably guess what happened next.

Posted on 11 June 2015 and filed under Canada, links, media, outbound

Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park

Councillour Murry Krause suggests we rename Prince George’s main park to recognize a troubled past.

Posted on 10 June 2015 and filed under Indigenous, links, main, outbound, Prince George

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