โHe shattered myths that had often been perpetuated about New Democrats.. He showed that we could manage the economy, could govern and we could be a stable majority government.โ
https://t.co/NDQFOIscHn
often. Of they way they influenced my approach to my work and how they taught me how to trust my gut.
There are much more important stories attached to this case than mine. Any many victims. Some gone and many still with us.
Sometimes the universe works in mysterious ways.
I'm flying to Vancouver tmrw. I've been obsessively checking Kim's feed since she broke the story of the assault. In many ways, this case really shaped what kind of journalist I became. I didn't cover it, it was before my time. But Kim taught my j school law class and that's /1
where I met Lorimer Shenher. She asked him to speak to us. I hung on his every word, much like I did Kim's. I've read multiple books on this case, including Shenher's 'That Lonely Section of Hell' and when I became a reporter covering crime I found myself thinking of them both /2
for @thewalrus, I wrote about the misguided, self-serving attempts by Canadian employers to cover up their institutional problems by strategically positioning Indigenous people in front of them. https://t.co/knXRpkHoJD
โThe whole element of the coastal city, the phenomenal ocean impact that I received, was very dominant in subsequent decisions about what is a positive living experience,โ he says. โAnd that was a basis for looking at locating in Vancouver.โ ๐ฒ๐
https://t.co/q3cu1wk6zi
Can we please stop with the Sunshine List reporting? $100K is not what it once was and turning this into a story does nothing for progress when it comes to incomes of any size ๐
If there's anything the past year has shown with the sharp rise of anti-LGBTQ2S+ policy in Canada, we need strong journalism challenging it, without the false veil of both-sidesism mainstream press so often defaults to.
And Xtra is going to have to do that with less people.