#OTD in 2022, I spoke with architecture critic Alex Bozikovic, co-author of 305 Lost Buildings of Canada. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/07/03/b...

What do you do when you have a day off in the middle of the week? Go to the record store, of course! Picked up the new Death Cab for Cutie. It’s a bit of a grower but it definitely has potential. Smart, well-crafted, and almost poppy (for them anyway). #vinyl

Happy Canada Day! Here's 10 of my favourite interviews with classic Canadian rock bands over the years Elbows Up!

Happy #CanadaDay! Here is a list of 10 Canadian reads from the #NewsRadioBookshelf from the past year. Each in their own way, they tell the story of our country. johnackermann.substack.com/p/10-canada-...

Listening to Big Sugar’s 1998 album Heated, a fine soundtrack to this #CanadaDay. Gordie Johnson and company are in fine form here!

This fall, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to remain in Canada or vote in another referendum on separation. How did we get here? And where could this lead? Those are some of the questions Tyler Dawson explores in The Republic of Alberta. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/01/b...

Today: Vancouver Heritage Foundation celebrates its 100th and 101st #PlacesThatMatter plaques. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/29/v...

Remembering the prime minister's swimming pool and other foolish games. #canpoli johnackermann.substack.com/p/rememberin...

BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay announces her caucus leadership team. #bcpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

It was a sea of red crossing Burrard Inlet this morning. #Canada

#OTD in 2024, I spoke with Patrick Brode, author of Traitor By Default: The Trials of Kanao Inouye, The Kamloops Kid. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/23/b...

#OTD in 2025, I spoke with Tom Hawthorn, author of Play Ball! The Amazing Stories and Captivating Characters Who Have Made Baseball a Winning Ticket in Vancouver for Over 100 Years. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/22/i...

Father’s Day hits a little different this year. First one without him.

Happy Solstice.

Roy Henry Vickers has made a career out of reflecting the rugged beauty of B.C. Now, he has returned with a new book, looking back at a half-century of his artwork. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/21/b...

#OTD in 2023, I spoke with Gregor Craigie about his book, Radio Jet Lag. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/18/r...

#OTD in 2020, I spoke with Lisa Napoli — author of Up All Night: Ted Turner, @cnn.com and the Birth of 24-Hour News. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social youtu.be/KA9FmwVmYpg?...

Angine de Poitrine! Happy to finally have this on vinyl! Weird microtonal guitar jams from Quebec and I am so here for it! #vinyl

Sunday listening with Muddy Waters. “The Real Folk Blues” is a compilation originally released in 1966. This cassette is the 1987 reissue. Classic stuff.

#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Charles Demers about Noonday Dark:  A Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery #2, the second of two novels about the mystery-solving psychologist he based on his own therapist. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/06/12/v...

#OTD in 2013, I talked to J.J. Caithcart about Black Sabbath’s “13” album. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2013/06/10/o...

The 37th season of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival kicks off this week. It all gets started on Tuesday night with The Merry Wives of Windsor, followed by Macbeth on Wednesday night. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/08/v...

#OTD in 2025, I spoke with Andrew Coyne about his book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/08/b...

Few people know the Stanley Cup Final better than retired NHL referee Bill McCreary. Now, he is sharing some of his insights in a new book, Stories from Ice Level: A Great NHL Referee Tells All. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/07/n...

‘Doors Open Richmond’ celebrates the culture and diversity of the Island By Nature this weekend. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/05/d...

#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Lynda Gray, author of First Nations 101: Tons of Stuff You Need to Know. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/06/05/c...

#OTD in 2025, Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space and later a Justin Trudeau-era cabinet minister, passed away at 76. I spoke to him about his memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride, in 2024. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/b...

The amazing Mr. Gaze turned his passion into a staple of Canada’s cultural scene. If you’ve never been, go. If you’re visiting #Vancouver it’s well worth your time.

Today is publication day for The Road to Bard, the new memoir from Christopher Gaze, founding artistic director of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival. Read my review here. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social

#OTD in 2024, I spoke with former CIBC World Markets chief economist turned bestselling author Jeff Rubin about A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/01/c...

Another one crossed off the concert bucket list: @theblackkeys.bsky.social And on my birthday too!

No jokes about her having “a total eclipse of the heart” please.

Kerry-Lynne Findlay carries the first ballot of the BC Conservative leadership race. But no candidate received more than 50 per cent of the vote so there will be a second ballot.#bcpoli

Listening to the new Boards of Canada on new release day is a beautiful thing. Inferno has elements of the classic Boards of Canada sound while also stretching into new areas of sonic terrain. This will definitely take more than a few listens to fully digest! #vinyl

This is indeed very sad news. David was a gift.

Sad to hear about the passing of Sunshine Coast writer and humourist David Roche who I spoke with in 2024 about his memoir, Standing at the Back Door of Happiness (And How I Unlocked It). #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/08/25/b...

WATCH: Mark Stockbrocks, the 2026 Courage To Come Back Award recipient in the Medical category, in his own words. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social youtu.be/u1whNcQYWNc?...

Our series of Courage To Come Back award profiles concludes with a look at Mark Stockbrocks of Vancouver, the 2026 recipient in the Medical category. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/28/c...

WATCH: Jacob Bredenhof, the 2026 Courage To Come Back Award recipient in the Young Adult category, in his own words. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social youtu.be/lzTRGTrb1fY

New: Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announces details of an energy agreement between Canada and Germany that would see as much as one million tons of liquefied natural gas shipped overseas from BC. #bcpoli #canpoli

Our series of Courage To Come Back profiles continues with a look at Jacob Bredenhof of Abbotsford, the 2026 recipient of the Young Adult award. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/27/c...

Our series of Courage To Come Back award profiles continues with a look at Cole Izsak of White Rock, the 2026 recipient in the Addiction category. @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/26/c...

Give it up for the great Sonny Rollins, the legendary saxophonist who passed away Monday at the age of 95. Rock audiences will know him best for soloing on “Waiting on a Friend” and “Slave” by The Rolling Stones. #RIP youtu.be/MKLVmBOOqVU?...

Our series of Courage To Come Back award profiles begins with a look at Laurie Edmundson of Abbotsford, the recipient in the Mental Health category. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/25/c...

The 37th season of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival kicks off June 9th at Vanier Park. Now, comes a new book by the man who started it all, artistic director Christopher Gaze. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/24/b...

40 years ago today, AC/DC released 'Who Made Who', the soundtrack to Stephen King’s 'Maximum Overdrive'. Featuring new tracks alongside classic cuts, it marked a thunderous return and asked the ultimate question: who’s really in control, man or machine?

#OTD in 2021, I spoke with R. Bruce McDonald, author of Sisters of The Ice: The True Story of How St. Roch and North Star of Herschel Island Protected Canadian Arctic Sovereignty. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/05/23/b...

#OTD in 2022, I spoke with the great Grant Lawrence about his book, Return to Solitude:  More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit, and Others. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/05/22/b...

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