Last week we lost, most suddenly, Ellen Frood. I had the pleasure and honour to work with Ellen from 2018 to 2024 on the Board of Sage Haven (formerly ACAWS), a service provider for people fleeing domestic violence in Port Alberni. The only picture of the two of us together that I can find is …
Category Archives: News
Press Freedom is not Negotiable – A Rewrite under Protest
(This letter was submitted to the Alberni Valley News on October 16, 2025) Dear Editor, I am a little stunned. This week, a vice president of Carpenter Media, the new American owner of the Alberni Valley News and other former Black Press papers, contacted me about a letter submitted a week earlier but not published. …
Continue reading “Press Freedom is not Negotiable – A Rewrite under Protest”
Updated Oct 14 — Small town Canadian newspapers at risk from anti-democratic Carpenter Media ownership group
(The Letter was sent to the Alberni Valley News on October 8 2025) Update: October 14th – Carpenter Media Editor Refuses to Run my Letter. Today I was phoned (I believe… it all happened a little quickly) by Senior Vice President & Group Publisher Canadian Division, Mary Kemmis. She said she is in charge of …