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Meet the Mehtas

In CBC, Prince George on 15 December 2011 tagged cbc, housing, landlords, Natalie Clancy, Prince George, tenant rights, tenants, Vancouver, Victoria Towers with 2 comments

This one feels good. As I write this, the most prominent story on CBC’s B.C. website is about some Vancouver landlords who are being taken to court by the city for years of causing problems for their tenants and refusing to pay fines when ordered. A pretty big story from those Vancouver residents who’ve been [...]

Defending the Stanley Cup riots as B.C.’s top news story

In British Columbia, CBC on 14 December 2011 tagged 2011, cbc, social media, story of the year, Vancouver, Vancouver riots with 2 comments

CBC has chosen its top B.C. news story: the Stanley Cup riots. On the surface, this seems like a pretty dismissable choice. It’s Vancouver-centric. It’s flashy, rather than substantial. It’s just hockey. But think back to when those riots started. Think back to the moment that you realized that the core of B.C.’s biggest city, [...]

City Council 101

In politics, Prince George on 5 December 2011 tagged audio, cbc, city council, Daybreak North, municipal politics, Prince George with no comments

With the recent municipal election (and the not-unexpected low voter turnout), I realized something. Even though I now have a pretty good grasp on city politics, it’s in large part due to the fact that I had to teach myself in order to cover city council meetings as part of my job at CBC. If [...]

No Magic Bullet: Tenant Rights in B.C.

In British Columbia, CBC, Prince George on 1 December 2011 tagged cbc, Daybreak North, fire, homelessness, housing, landlord, low-income, Murry Krause, Standards of Maintenance Bylaw, Tony Wedzinga, Vancouver, Victoria Towers with 4 comments

the Victoria Towers apartment, still damaged Summary: Even though the province of B.C. has a branch that can order landlords to repair or upgrade their rental units, it’s up to municipalities to make sure the work gets done. And many cities, including Prince George, have no mechanism to do this. So what are renters supposed [...]

Local Talent

In Prince George on 21 July 2011 tagged cbc, culture, events with no comments

This morning on Daybreak North we played an interview and live performance from the Arbitrarys. This is a band I’ve been covering back since my days at Over the Edge, but it’s the first time we’ve had them on CBC. It could be the last, too, since they’re about to relocate to eastern Canada. They’ve [...]

On Climbing Frozen Trees and Killing Babies

In CBC, personal, Prince George, radio on 24 February 2011 tagged cbc, Daybreak North, ice climbing, ice tree, Prince George, radio, winter with no comments

Iceclimbing – Daybreak Edition “Please don’t mess this up.” That thought kept jumping into my head as I stood on the outskirts of the city, in a complete strangers’ front yard, against the backdrop of a completely frozen tree being used for iceclimbing. That’s right. Iceclimbing. On a tree. I first got wind of this [...]

September 14, 2010

In personal on 15 September 2010 tagged cbc, CFUR, ferrets, listen bird with Comments Off

Busy day today. After staying up until 2 am grouting our tiles (so glad we had extra wood to do the halls, instead of full tile as initially planned), got up this morning for a 9 am meet and greet with the new cast of Health on the Hill. This is program on CFUR radio [...]

The BC Old Time Fiddler's Association and Changing Attitudes About Prince George

In Prince George on 23 July 2010 tagged BC Old Time Fiddler's, cbc with 3 comments

One thing I love about working at CBC is having the onus to contact random people and talk to them about what they do. You never know what you might learn. Take, for example, a story I just did on the 41st Annual BC Old Time Fiddler’s Competition here in Prince George. What sparked my [...]

Storyboard Meeting Notes

In notebook on 22 July 2010 tagged cbc, crows, doodles with Comments Off

I keep a notebook with me most of the time to jot down ideas and notes. Here’s some I took yesterday during a storyboard meeting: This isn’t as bad as it looks.

The Personal Relationships of Radio

In personal, radio on 18 July 2010 tagged cbc, Daybreak North with 2 comments

I went to going-away shindig for a coworker earlier this week. That’s not altogether unusual. What is unusual is the number of people outside of my workplace who are aware of and care about the fact that this going-away is happening. You see, it was for none other than Daybreak North host Chris Walker who, [...]