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Where I grew up in Northern Alberta, hockey was a big deal. My big brother played hockey. And my dad,…

She was kind. But she was also ruthlessly attentive to my Northern Alberta dialect. Sometimes she would simply say it…

Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ journalists also are guided…

Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches up to their reach…

I like Maclean’s about as much as I like the National Post. They’re rightwing, partisan, and legacy. On my view…

When I was growing up I was bad with context. Super bad. My young logic-oriented self just did not understand…

If news orgs are serious about being good partners in mitigating misinformation, they need to link meaningfully to relevant references…

My local gym and community centre is awesome. It’s a little less than three kilometres from my home. The pool…

But here’s an old idea: what if dominant journalism, by and large and in the long run, is actually a…

Deep fakes, or the ability to manipulate people’s actions in videos, were in the news recently. Macleans wrote a very…

I campaigned during the first and second referendums we had here in BC regarding proportional representation. We won the first…

My father recently sent me these amazing resources about various risks due to earthquake around Victoria. I immediately had to…

Their (the IPCC’s) dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C says the world is now completely off track,…

From housing and affordability, transportation, childcare, and budget priorities, here is how I’m voting on October 20th in the Victoria…

Say it with me. The duty to consult Indigenous people does not conflict with the public interest…

99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early Greek and Roman writing…

Ottawa fails to find new buyer for Trans Mountain pipeline by deadline The federal government is set to become the…

Vancouver makes room for more people, charities get political, and more…

Scraps are back after a while, read on

This year, I will be asking Victoria’s municipal election candidates where they stand on letting permanent residents vote in our…

I’m loving this article written on the Sewcialists blog. It’s a blog with the goal of making the sewing community…

The Supreme Court of Canada, happily, was not moved by Trinity Western University’s claims that they weren’t hurting gay folks.…

On my view the news media in Canada have, by and large and in the long run, misrepresented the concept…

If you read Canadian journalists on the topic, you might not understand that jihad has some very nice meanings. Most…

Here’s the A Section of the Globe and Mail. It’s the BC edition for June 2nd, 2018. There are 19…

So I’ve been experimenting with microblogging on Mastadon, micro.blog and Tumblr. I decided it’s time we have our own self-hosted…

Where we wade into the “new” controversy on genetics and race, and talk about e-cigarettes, food and more

Canadian media is still hung up in the 1980s on Sikhs, is facebook really to blame for polarization, and more!

Convergent evolution, cat mass spectrometers, love jihad and more!

How a heartwarming news story about an interesting linguistic phenomenon widely mislead people that there are no words to describe…

Grizzly overpasses, alt-right scariness and more

This shall become a weekly thing again, I decree it so. Universal Family Care As millennials have kids and Baby…