Selling Gas to Countries actively leaving it

(This Letter was sent to the Times Colonist on January 15, 2026) Dear Editor, I am actively watching, as we all should be, the travels of our Premier and Prime Minister in Asia. Both are touting their own version of Canadian fossil energy export diversification. Let’s focus on Premier Eby, India, and the market for …

140 years ago we were connected

(This Letter was sent to the Times Colonist on November 7 2025 – It was published on November 11, 2025) Dear Editor, 140 years ago today (November 7th, 2025) the last spike was driven near Revelstoke BC, completing what is now known as the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway. It took just 4 years for …

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. …