Paying attention

I’ve done a lot of business analysis exercises over the years, but never one where African killer bees showed up on the list of threats and ...

Lively read from Harvey Oberfeld on the controversy over Christy Clark's refusal to take questions from the media at a Vancouver photo ...

I spent the last two days at a workshop for small producers, mostly agricultural, in Honduras. (I'll write something in the next day or ...

Great news, my partner said. I'm going along with a church group doing a water project to see how it works, and you can come. CASM, the ...

It's been a big news week in Honduras. Joe Biden was in town. And what everybody wanted to talk about was the war on drugs. Some wanted ...

There has been a remarkable amount of vitriol from those who blame the current educational mess on the Liberal government or the B.C. Teache...

I'm reading the Honduran newspapers every day - either El Tiempo or La Prensa - to work on my Spanish and learn about the country. Some ...

Maybe Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger should try to be an elected representative in Honduras. His lack of understanding of the importance an indep...

The Liberal government’s ministry service plans are supposed to provide accountable. They set out key goals, plans to reach them and - impor...

UPDATE: Canada made La Prensa today, with a story that we're offering 200 two-year jobs in the meat-packing industry to Hondurans, who c...

From the cutting edge of home decor.... We're settling in, happily, to the new digs in Copan Ruinas. On Tuesday, two guys with a truck ...

I can't resist a few comments on the B.C. budget from some 4,700 kms away First, I wonder if the budget is the last for Premier Christy ...

I’ve been parsing my way through the papers, diccionario in hand, reading about the Honduran prison fire that killed 359 people on Valentine...

Sitting in our new place in Copan Ruinas, I’m struck by how far I’ve travelled to get back to where I started. Our apartment has a table, tw...

I have come to Honduras and seen the future of hockey - or street hockey, at least. An innovation borrowed from the Maya could add life to t...

There’s a certain amount of self-discovery tied into my current effort to learn Spanish, and reminders of past failings. I’ve hurled myself ...

There’s a lot that can be said about the downside of the home-stay experience. But I won’t say it; after all, nine-year-old Carlos is learni...