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What really happened outside the Fairmont Hotel at the G8 University Summit protest?

"This is not an apathetic moment," activist Harsha Wallia said. Protesters were demonstrating against the move towards the privatization of Canada's universities that some believed the G8 University S

Death of Deep Throat?

Wikileaks came up in conversation at the Northern Voice conference earlier this month. Infocult blogger Bryan Alexander mentioned it to me when I asked him what he thought about the...

Meryl Streep says being a celebrity taught her to hide

Meryl Streep, speaking today at the Barnard College commencement in Manhattan, told graduates that..."If you are touched by the success fairy you are duty-bound to spread what you know around like...

Sea animals only guests in Ucuelet aquarium

Marine biologists from University of Victoria staff the Ucuelet aquarium a breath away from the sea. This is just a photographic teaser to the story I'm working on now about my weekend in Ucuelet as

In consideration of a reporter's tool kit

Before I hit the road for Uculet this afternoon, I facilitated a writing seminar for twenty  fellows from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. I thought it might be an interesting...

McLachlan gives 90 minute concert for 150 at Canon Canada lunch

"So, you're all Canadians?"  Sarah McLachlan asked. "So, I can diss Americans?" Laughter rippled through the Fairmont Hotel ballroom at Canon Canada's gala luncheon for 150 dignataries,...

Sarah McLachlan poses with Raul Pacheco at Canon's Vancouver headquarters kick-off lunch

A beloved blogger and musician, both Vancouver personalities at different stages of their careers, stand together after a stunning performance by Sarah McLachlan at the Fairmont Hotel ballroom,...

Infocult's Bryan Alexander injects brilliance into Northern Voice 2010 with jolting keynote on fearsome media, haunted spaces, E-Quaeda and I-Jihad

"Cautionary fables, soft core titillation are simply fodder for new policies, " Infocult blogger Bryan Alexander said, as he delved into his subject, "fearsome media" and "haunted spaces". So began...

Nashville under water

Many lifetimes ago, I lived in Nashville, Tennessee. I was 21 when I arrived in the city, a recent graduate of Northwestern University, eager to start my first job at The Tennessean newspaper. These...

Editorial volunteers

It started with introductions. Eleven students and recent graduates from SFU and UBC, a professional editor, and one activist, said what they read on a daily basis and what makes them passionate...
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