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Famous high school dropouts (Dose continues to suck)

2018 | Believe it or not, this ridiculous list of “famous high school dropouts” piece was assigned to me as a NEWS story. It published in the news section. While I was at Dose, each ...

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Vancouver’s for sloths (and Dose sucked)

2018 | In the summer of 2005, the fact that Dose sucked felt so normal, I barely thought about it. Now, I think back to my time at Dose as the biggest mistake of my young life, and certainly the ...

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Memoirs worth reading?

BOOKS | Everybody thinks they’re interesting. Few people actually are. So are memoirs worth reading? Sometimes? Basically, memoirs are a bit of a crap shoot. That said, some people do have good ...

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Leslie Feist is coming up

MUSIC | Canadian everywoman Leslie Feist is straight up blowing up. Leslie Feist is hard to figure out. In many ways, she’s exactly what you’d expect from a folky singer/songwriter: she’s smart, ...

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3-Day Novel Contest under new management

WRITING | The 3-Day Novel Contest isn’t yet a money-maker, but new independent owners say, hey, you never know. Some writers spend years working on their novels. Decades, even. And sometimes that ...

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Bully: It’s the Pits

BOOKS | An interview with Paul Labonté, the artist/maker behind dog photo book Bully: It’s the Pits. The 107 is a bus line in Montreal. It’s also the adopted moniker of Paul Labonté (Paul 107), ...

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The city versus suburbs debate

CULTURE | The city versus suburbs debate is all about spin, but which environment is truly “better” and can better even be quantified? When you pit cramped quarters, noise, and crime against open ...

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Caring is creepy

My effing Internet has been going down on and off for two days now and it’s driving. me. crazy. It’s sort of sad to realize how attached I am (or maybe how addicted I am) to my technology, but at ...

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Broken Flowers movie review

FILM | Broken Flowers is a snooze-fest. I screened Broken Flowers on July 27th, 2005 at the 5th Ave. Cinemas in Vancouver. That was just about a week ago, and already I’m struggling to remember ...

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Interview with Lee Marshall (behind the voices)

VOICES | Interview with Lee Marshall. In 2005, Dose had me profile several voice actors for a series called “behind the voices”. Most of my work went to waste because the profiles were cut down ...

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Interview with Don Berns (behind the voices)

VOICES | Interview with Don Berns. In 2005, Dose had me profile several voice actors for a series called “behind the voices”. Most of my work went to waste because the profiles were cut down more ...

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Interview with Tamara Plener (behind the voices)

VOICES | Interview with Tamara Plener. In 2005, Dose had me profile several voice actors for a series called “behind the voices”. Most of my work went to waste because the profiles were cut down ...

The Write Cup

MIPP Double Finalist

Fourscore

Poetry weekend no. 23

Qwerty 51: Post & Beam

Famous high school dropouts (Dose continues to suck)

Vancouver’s for sloths (and Dose sucked)

Memoirs worth reading?

Leslie Feist is coming up

3-Day Novel Contest under new management

Bully: It’s the Pits

The city versus suburbs debate

Caring is creepy

Broken Flowers movie review

Interview with Lee Marshall (behind the voices)

Interview with Don Berns (behind the voices)

Interview with Tamara Plener (behind the voices)