Ross Crockford

Freelance scribbler based in Victoria, British Columbia

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

'An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechoslovakia.' By Ross Crockford. From Expanding Mindscapes: A Global History of Psychedelics, edited by @erikadyckhist and Chris Elcock, via @mitpress (free download). HT @mathewi https://t.co/7ZnOFplkAY

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@VicArtsMrktg Happy birthday to you Phil, and regards to Roy!

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@VicArtsMrktg @JoePerkinsCHEK Wish I could remember that reply ... might've been "I don't want to sit in any meeting for more than an hour in a room without a well-stocked bar." That's become my standard!

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Island Votes 2022: Tune in to CHEK News tonight starting at 9 p.m. for results and analysis from around Vancouver Island - and get live results for all of the races on our election website tonight after polls close: https://t.co/F3aKcgIPFE

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@mclean_matt Journalist's question: How long were the lines?

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@CityOfVictoria The line at Glenlyon Norfolk school is short

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Going live on @CHEK_News with Lisa Helps, @RJMersereau and @JoePerkinsCHEK at 9 pm to read the entrails of today's election. Please tune in ... and let me know how to do better.

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@alanrycroft @Adam_Stirling @CBContheisland @CTVNewsVI @CHEK_News is live at 9pm

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@Adam_Stirling Has Marshall explained why he's not identified with the VIVA slate on the ballot? His nomination papers are signed by VIVA candidates and their organizer Phipps: https://t.co/xSKWXf6jxm

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@lalipopio @rwrandall @GordonRjag @Adam_Stirling @CityOfVictoria @timescolonist Er, the City is holding 12 advanced voting opportunities at seniors' centres this year:

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@Adam_Stirling @Blyth1936 @timescolonist @jackknox @ElectionsBC Nor for me. Which is why it would be interesting to know who "found" it.

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@Brantastic5 @sarahpvictoria The decision needs to be made much sooner, during design. Rows of books and swimming pools are very heavy.

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Saturday is the last night ever for “hit-to-pass” demo racing— a demolition derby, run at highway speed— at Westshore Speedway. This spectacle can’t just disappear without acknowledgment of its weirdness, so I dug up a story I wrote about it in 1999: https://t.co/z2XB6xdtiY

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@BunjiKugashira1 @Adam_Stirling Is.

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@JonasNelson57 @fabandfamous1 @VoteYYJWilliams Biased writer here: you're right, I omitted the detail that MM also rewrites LAPs that volunteers contributed many hours to crafting ... like the OCP, which has been amended so many times since its creation that residents can't keep track

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My quick and dirty summary of the various issues raised by the City of Victoria's Missing Middle housing initiative, which goes to public hearing tomorrow night: https://t.co/WE5dT4D38q

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British Columbia isn’t testing the general public to find asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus. Here’s my investigation into the province’s odd testing “strategy” and what it might spell for us: https://t.co/c6X8KCsFYz

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@kmqyvr Clark agrees with Trudeau to spend on infrastructure. Time for a story about boondoggles. Ask me about Victoria's new bridge.