It's 2 C and sunny.

P. is at his dad's woodworking shop. This warms my heart.

I'm in a meh mood. Heart is heavy thinking about my brother and mom + ongoing personal issues.

Today is Budget Day. The NDP government had promised the largest investment in housing and child care in B.C.'s history. Here is my colleague Rob Shaw's story. Some salient ( Read more... )

"We honor the central idea of journalism - the conviction, as my old boss Peter Kann once said, “that facts are facts; that they are ascertainable through honest, open-minded and diligent reporting; that truth is attainable by laying fact upon fact, much like the construction of a cathedral; and that truth is not merely in the eye of the beholder ( Read more... )

Two days down, so much more to go ( Read more... )

On the same day Kellyanne Conway finally admitted what we all figured - that Donald Trump has no intentions of releasing his income tax returns, audit or not audit - I try to gain solace from the amazing turnout of the Women's March on Washington and all the sister marches in numerous cities around the world, including Vancouver ( Read more... )

This is important.

Truth and Lies in the Age of Trump via the New York Times ( Read more... )

First, Trump update of the day:

The number of women who have come forward with allegations of sexual harrassment or assault against Donald Trump is now at seven. Two more women came forward today: Kristin Anderson, who alleged Trump molested her at a New York night club in the 1990s and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice candidate. Meanwhile, big ( Read more... )

"Ca-na-da! Ca-na-da!" The patriotic cheers are still echoing in my ear ( Read more... )

You don't wanna be that journalist that gets a phone call from Kevin Donovan.

CBC Power & Politics host Evan Solomon was fired yesterday, hours after the Toronto Star published an investigation that found Solomon took a secret cut of art deals. Give it a read. It's pretty damning evidence. Donovan never named his source or explained how he got the ( Read more... )

In Toronto, a three-year-old boy died of exposure after wandering outside his apartment at 4 a.m. in - 20 C weather dressed in no more than a T-shirt, nappies and winter boots ( Read more... )

I had my first session with Hannah today. We did different things and used more props, including a stool, the big round ball, and some rope things hanging from the wall. It wasn't easy and I got a little bit light-headed again despite eating a banana before hand, so perhaps it's just over-exertion because my cardio/heart isn't used to all this ( Read more... )