Probes

Figuring Out Colonel Williams

By Brian Fawcett | February 13, 2010

The Ontario mass media, with their experienced reporters all drinking Sangria at the Winter Olympics, have let loose their cub reporters on the Colonel Russell Williams case…

More on Juxtaposition

By John Harris | November 25, 2009

John Harris loses his temper at the dooneyscafe.com editors, and then quickly regains control of it. Thus, the editors get what they asked for, and the universe continues to unfold as it should.

Yew and Me

By Renee Rodin | November 18, 2009

Renee Rodin isn’t happy about the way Vancouver is going, and she knows why…

Trudeau, He Ain’t

By Max Fawcett | July 3, 2009

Max Fawcett examines the comparisons that have been made between Michael Ignatieff and Pierre Trudeau, but finds little of substance to support them.

Intimate Sources

By Stan Persky | March 31, 2009

Stan Persky’s mini-memoir about Attila Richard Lukacs’s Polaroid studies.

Flying Backwards

By Margaret Randall | February 21, 2009

Margaret Randall casts a worried eye on the direction that the birds are flying.

Memoir

By Norbert Ruebsaat | February 4, 2009

Norbert Ruebsaat on fathers and sons.

Any Meaning in Christmas?

By Douglas Todd | December 20, 2008

Vancouver Sun ethics and religion reporter Doug Todd brings together a Christian, a Sikh, an ethnic Chinese and an atheist for a seasonal dialogue.

Pages I Have trouble With: 1. Quicksand on the Dining Room Floor

By George Bowering | September 10, 2008

George Bowering readsThe Rain Ascends by Joy Kogawa, and runs into some interesting trouble.

Always Glad to help a Fella on the Make, episode 2

By Brian Fawcett | September 10, 2008

Brian Fawcett  translates a "call for submissions" from a "new" literary magazine that was unable–or unwilling– to make clear what it really had in mind.