Paying attention

I've been doing some research on Honduras for a project, and, while it's early days, I'm working toward a theory that would see ...

We're finishing a brief trip back to Canada to visit friends and families and so my partner could pick up an honourary degree from the U...

Dr. Jody Paterson: 'There's nothing saintly or special about social justice - it's just work.' We're back from Hondu...

I’ve been reading about land occupations and protests in the Honduran papers since April 18, when several thousand campesinos and supp...

It's been a stretch without posting, and I'm not sure why. But today I headed to the piscina to help Jody on an outing with the orp...

I meant to do a post last week, when the the New York Times carried a story saying the U.S. was taking the war on drugs into Honduras. DE...

Back from a two-day annual planning meeting with OCDIH, the agency I'm to help in Honduras, and I must say it went brilliantly. I su...

From New York Times I wrote not long ago about the plan - or hope, anyway - for charter cities in Honduras. The idea is that all the cur...

Having been in the provincial press gallery during the collapse of public confidence in Glen Clark and the NDP, I can claim some familiarity...

I might have considered MLA John van Dongen's questions on the $6-million payment of the legal fees of  Dave Basi and Bob Virk in the B....

My dad passed his driving test on his 87th birthday Friday in Medicine Hat. My mum passed her's earlier this year. Good going for both...

Three months ago, when I was new in Honduras, I probably would have dismissed the 'charter cities' idea pitched in a column in toda...

Four thoughts on the byelection results. First, New Democrats should obviously be pleased. Tidy campaigns, two wins, no apparent effect from...

Independent MLA Bob Simpson yesterday raised questions about a government document forecasting half the forest jobs in the Interior would d...

There's no end of baffling stories in Honduran newspapers. Today, I read about a three-toed sloth - endangered here - rescued from a San...

I bought a T-shirt yesterday, my first clothing purchase in Honduras. It was overdue. We packed the night before we left, weighed our bags a...

We've made it through our first Semana Santa - Easter Week - in Copan Ruinas. It's a fascinating phenomenon. For starters, it's ...

North Shore News reporter Benjamin Alldritt has a great column on getting kicked out of a Christy Clark rally here . Allldrit got a personal...

Charlie Smith identifies one of Christy Clark's big problems in a Georgia Straight piece today. "With most politicians," Smit...

So, we have a woman who comes once a week to clean and do our laundry in the pila on the terrace. Pilas are a Honduran staple - a large conc...