Something came through my email inbox at work that I thought was a little strange. Inmates at the minimum-security prison in town are performing an adapation of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast. Details are below... William Head on Stage is proud to pre...
Author: Benjamin Yong
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Wired Words festival jumps on social media bandwagon
OK, it's pretty hard nowadays NOT to be on the wagon. But for those that are just getting hitched, the Federation of BC Writers hosted the first annual Wired Words symposium on the earlier this month at the historic Maritime Museum of British Colu...
Substitution for shark fin soup
My friend Claudia Li, founder of Shark Truth, is putting on a "sans fin soup" event inviting chefs to whip up their best shark fin soup subsitutes, and guests to try them. Based in Vancouver, their goal is to have shark fin banned in Canada ??? simi...
How your Black Press B.C. community newspaper gets to you
*This is a blogified version of my original story that you can find on the Sooke News Mirror website* Every week, thousands of people across B.C. pick up a copy of their community Black Press paper to read over breakfast, at the office or take wit...
No time for idle hands (or feet, eyes, ears, mouths)
It's been almost two months since I started working as a reporter at the Sooke News Mirror on Vancouver Island and I repeatedly get asked how the job is, to which I always reply "busy!" As basically the only other person in the office churning out...
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