“Swimming against the current” is an understatement. Two of the most powerful and influential publicly funded organizations (the CBC and RCMP) are working against me. In my last column, I shared my renewed passion for…
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Can unbridled passion go too far? I had the privilege of attending a TEDxYouth event on May 17th, 2018. Twelve incredible youth, aged 11 to 17, presented their ideas. One of them was my 12…
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“Please help us raise money for the players and families affected. Money will go directly to families to help with any expenses incurred.” As of Monday morning, this GoFundMe campaign had amassed $11.7 million of…
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The RCMP are not speculating about the cause of the horrific crash before gathering and analyzing all the evidence. Nor should they. But I will. I think it’s important, particularly while the horror of the…
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“The crash occurred because I was texting, not because I was drunk. Now pay me the money!” That’s my blunt paraphrasing of a small claims lawsuit against ICBC. And it makes me feel sick to…
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Bring back photo radar? I made that suggestion at the tail end of my last column, which was about speed traps. Heck of a use of the word “trap”, by the way. The word is suggestive of…
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Do speed traps piss you off? It’s like shooting fish in a barrel, set up along the safest stretches of road with ridiculously low speed limits. And along boring stretches of highway where a heavy…
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Pissed off by my last column? I’m just getting started. I took aim at news media for headlines such as “Icy roads cause crashes”, but of course my primary target was driver attitudes. Blaming icy…
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My “Boxing Day Special” gift to you is to “call out” the news media for “fake news”. I cringe every time I see these “fake news” headlines which all news media seem to be guilty…
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What if the rugby player had gone too far? 21 year old Jake Taylor steps up. His actions stop an attacker’s stream of obscenities that elevated to trying to grab the 18 year old woman’s…
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