Finally wrote my magnum opus on social media, AI, and how tech companies seem to not understand what it means to have friends. www.wired.com/story/expire...

Solstice

July 25, 1975 🍕 Brand new in Prince George, and already promising “fine food.” That’s how Pizza Hut introduced itself to town — tucked at 1933 Queensway, phone number proudly printed, and serving up big ideas like Cavatini, spaghetti, and pizza in every possible personality

I just turned on my out of office and it shows the last time I do so was last December. Which may explain why I'm really looking forward to this break

It just went from +10C to -21C in two days, I am experiencing whiplash

Washington State set up a special unit to investigate cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. They just got their first conviction www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I don't do as much direct reporting these days but I always find it interesting to see which of my stories are the most-read at the end of every year. This year there's a *definite* theme of stories about Canada-U.S. relations.... Number one: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia said Eby was “undermining public confidence in the justice system” and his comments “reflect a troubling national trend in which politicians use the courts as punching bags to score political points.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

"we're not ratting anyone out" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New demands list just dropped. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Great interview. Gift link: wapo.st/49ixYtq

Ah. Well. Nevertheless www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Showcasing local journalism! New local CBC pages to bookmark across B.C. and the country www.cbc.ca/news/local

I really didn’t think I’d be doing this story again in 2025, but here we are www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

So wait, do 18 years old get benefits or not until they have been working for at least ten years? Do working class people deserve the same public benefits as billionaires?

"Following a careful assessment of Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport."

Looking at the OneBC insiders fight playing out on X

idk, maybe randomly deciding how to spend the remaining city contingency funds based on whoever the mayor most recently met with near the end of the year isn’t a good strategy www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/c...

The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

I knew Trump's post about Rob Reiner would make at least one of the late-night guys snap. I hope all of them do, but since his got out there first, I can now confirm that at least Seth did, and he did so perfectly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUW2...

20 B.C. hospitals operated beyond 110 per cent capacity last year. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca

It's a good point though, under their newly amended constitution, either of the two members can now unseat whoever is chosen leader at will.

I think they may be taking the “one” part too far

There are two MLAs in OneBC, and this is one of them #bcpoli

Gliding on down to the Cultural Revolution phase of things, I see

This had better be some weirdly elaborate promo for The Studio youtu.be/g8wLmj9SiKM?...

Pluribus is just trolling us with that answering machine message at this point, right?

We’ve launched a newsletter for Fort St. John and northeast B.C.! subscriptions.cbc.ca/newsletter_s...

Request: your go-to gluten free desserts or dessert recipes for guests. Thanks in advance!

The Nuxalk Nation says after a school field trip was attacked by a grizzly, their local MP didn’t reach out. But now he’s coming to the community - to talk to the local hunting club, a move Nuxalk’s chief councillor calls “tone deaf” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s the MOU everyone in B.C. is talking about www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“If we had concerns about public safety we would inform the public” - RCMP response to why they didn’t put out information after a woman in her 60s was stabbed by a stranger - who has not been arrested - and sent to hospital at 9:30 in the morning near a bus stop www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The city of Dawson Creek is in severe drought, leading to a proposal to build a $100M pipeline to ship in water from a different river. Their plan to pay for it? Sell more water to industry www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

potentially gross situation in Fernie www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The city of Dawson Creek is in severe drought, leading to a proposal to build a $100M pipeline to ship in water from a different river. Their plan to pay for it? Sell more water to industry www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Great to see a student project come to fruition!

Not sure if @clhellisen.bsky.social knows about Nanaimo bar discourse but either way this is a masterful take on it

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

Appropriate this looks like crap

It used to be cold enough this time of the year that a big storm would mostly fall as snow

Petition for US outlets to stop referring to 22 Minutes as “Canadian SNL”

Ton of highways connecting Interior of B.C. to the Lower Mainland have been closed tonight. Sheesh. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on the notwithstanding clause hasn't been updated since 2021 and it shows... It's now used every few weeks in some parts...

A billboard company that's long had anti-abortion messages along the highway near Kelowna refused to put up pro-choice ads. But now they say the anti-abortion ones are coming down, too www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Prince George, B.C., conservation group fixes deadly problem for Nechako River fish A channel at Cottonwood Island Park has been reconnected to the Nechako River, ending annual die-off www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The set of three laws will police names and pronouns in school, ban transgender girls from participating in amateur female sports, and restrict gender-affirming health care for youth under 16. Because gov't used the notwithstanding clause, they can't be challenged in court www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Success is not measured by the number of transit lines. They need to be appealing to attract lots of riders. They must be affordable, come often, have enough space on board, go to the right places and, crucially, get to their destination quickly." #transit #publictransit

In case you're wondering, "The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products."