Friday, February 26, 2016

All in all, I'd rather have cheap, bad buses

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I've begun to treat my bus ride to work as a sign of how the day is going to go. If I have an OK seat, not too crunched, and arrive n...
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Monday, February 01, 2016

Nothing like a boat disaster to help you think about risk

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I've been thinking about my sense of travel risks since last week's boat disaster. Pangas - heavy fibreglass open boats, generally ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

A tale of three newspapers: Nanaimo, Guelph and Kelowna. Two closed, one survives

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The Guelph Mercury was selling about 9,000 papers in a metro area of 155,000 people. It closed. The Nanaimo Daily News was selling about 5,...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Ralph Sultan's very odd letter of instruction to Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant voters

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Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant, when Ralph Sultan lived there Odd. That's the only way I can describe MLA Ralph Sultan's letter on The ...
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015

The Sparwood 'Bogeyman' who slipped through the cracks

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From my piece in The Tyee today. Randall Hopley, the Sparwood bogeyman, was back in the news last week. Hopley is the scrawny loner...
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Monday, November 09, 2015

Letter from Managua: Bright lights, poor country

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If you’re in a window seat, you probably see the giant yellow trees of life before you land in Managua. They’re hard to miss. About 2...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Clark scandal is about corruption and an attack on democracy, not just FOI

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In my long-ago days running newspapers, we were preparing - once again - for a trip to the Labour Relations Board for some sort of hearing. ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015

Who, or what, is behind Postmedia's election endorsements?

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Zip on over to The Tyee to read my attempt to answer that question.
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

A good - and bleak - look at Postmedia's drift toward the rocks

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The Globe and Mail’s James Bradshaw has a good piece on Postmedia today, confirming the bleak future and lack of any real plan for Canada...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Glacier Media, and more bad news for the future of newspapers

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It’s a bad sign when even newspaper companies no longer like the business. Glacier Media’s latest quarterly report, released last week, s...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Head on over to The Tyee to read my prescription for smarter campaign coverage

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You can find it here .
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Why are people defending Evan Solomon? I'd fire him

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I’m baffled by people arguing that CBC host Evan Solomon shouldn’t have been fired. The conflict of interest seems obvious. Solomon was...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Six thoughts on that Alberta election

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Six thoughts on the Alberta election. First, this is not that wild a swing. Rachel Notley is a moderate. That’s how she got elected. And,...
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Another bleak update for Postmedia, with a shark waiting to be leaped

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It looks like Postmedia has moved into asset-strip mode, based on its latest quarterly report. The results were dismal, as they have been...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Andrew Weaver, the National Post and media accountability

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The National Post devoted just 160 words to the news it had lost a defamation suit launched by Victoria  climate scientist and Green MLA ...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

Clark backs right to unions, except for health workers

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Union rights for construction trades...  but not for these women Photo: NS News It’s tough to buy Premier Christy Clark’s sudden commi...
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Sunday, March 08, 2015

Letter from Leon: Battling the dust storms

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Looking from the square to the Iglesia el calvario on a sunny, dusty Saturday When we said were heading to Leon once our Cuso Internat...
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Saturday, March 07, 2015

In The Tyee - my piece on why journalists shouldn't be friends with the people they cover

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Journalists: Never Befriend a Source Columnist's athlete admission shows favourable coverage -- not good reporting. By  Paul Willco...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Saanich, Atwell, online noise and big issues being ignored

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   Train wreck, gong show, circus - the clichés used to describe the municipal meltdown in Saanich, Victoria´s bigger suburban neighbour, h...
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