We are a species of contrasts

My editorial published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, September 15, 2010.I wrote this before I left Kitimat for my wedding in New Westminster to help support the upcoming Terry Fox run, unfortunately the run was cancelled due to lack of interest.Oh well.The next Terry Fox Run is scheduled for September 16, 2012. I love science …

Well, that went well

My editorial, published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, September 8, 2010. The Joint Review Panel organizers did one thing particularly well. They allowed people, in as much as it is possible, in such an artificial environment to feel comfortable and speak in their own way. Interacting with government can be intimidating, in some cases intentionally …

August 18 – District of Kitimat council meeting

Published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, August 18, 2010.Read the Related Links below for the complete story. When the agenda item, Kitamaat Village Council – Request for Apology (Verbal – Mayor Monaghan), was introduced, Councillor Feldhoff asked if this was not something which could be done in camera, and wondered why it was on the …

August 18 – Randy Halyk’s letter

Published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, August 18, 2010.Read the Related Links below for the complete story. Kitimat Councillor Randy Halyk has published correspondence implicating the provincial government worked to both reopen and maintain the Eurocan closure. The provincial government worked with the Viability Group to reopen the Eurocan paper mill, but letters from Kitamaat …

August 18 – A bridge too far

Published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, August 18, 2010.Read the Related Links below for the complete story. After weeks of negotiation between Kitimat Mayor Monaghan and Kitamaat Councillor Ellis Ross, a proposed apology from Kitimat council to the Haisla came to nought. Conversations between Mayor Monaghan and Councillor Ross lead to Chief Councillor Dolores Pollard’s …

We should get to know each other

If I normally include a video at the end of a blog post and call it “related video”, but this post starts with a video and the post is about the video, therefore does it follow that the posted video is “unrelated”? Yeah, don’t waste too much time trying to parse that last sentence because …

I haven’t said a lot of dumb things

I’ve said a lot of dumb and even some offensive things because sometimes my brain pops the clutch while my mouth is still in gear. These some of the things I didn’t say. [No, I’m not just scraping the bottom of the barrel desperately trying to put together something to throw up on the Internet …