Mar 5, 202418 min read
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Early in the new year is when we get the official tally from the BC Coroners Service for the number of overdose deaths the province saw...
Feb 19, 20247 min read
NO-CYCLE
In 2011, I wrote an essay about recycling. I was venting my frustration that, despite many decades of “the three Rs”, tons of emergent...
Feb 14, 20243 min read
IS THAT WHAT WE NEEDED?
I've recently written a few rants about cannabis legalization in Canada and harm reduction in BC. Exploring these themes further, I just...
Dec 5, 20236 min read
ONE THING IS CLEAR
The United States and 21 other countries pledged on Saturday at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai to triple nuclear energy...
Sep 28, 20235 min read
A GOOD WAR?
Though I bought " A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency " the moment it came out, back in 2020, only now did I finish...
Aug 1, 202311 min read
DON'T!
We moved into a new place. The first strata council meeting eventually arrived. My partner had been anticipating the event for two...
Jun 25, 202312 min read
"IF IT'S SO AVAILABLE WHY ARE PEOPLE DYING MORE THAN EVER?"
I saw a “safe supply” rally yesterday in Victoria. And I read this article about it this morning, titled “ BC mother runs across province...
May 20, 20239 min read
COMPASSION AND CLEAN DRUGS
BC’s Chief Coroner, Lisa Lapointe, came out in defence of “safe supply.” Safe supply being the tack recently adopted by the province to...
May 15, 20236 min read
USER EXPERIENCE
A true story — 5:51 AM — Me: “Hi. There’s a problem with my bill.” Them: “Thank you for contacting the [REDACTED]. Merci d'avoir...
Apr 28, 20237 min read
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
For eighty years humans have lived under the threat of a nuclear exchange between superpowers, intended or unintended. Despite the...
