Public radio in Kelowna

I’m in Kelowna this week writing a story. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of nice people. But yeah, I really wish the darn radio station would refrain from subjecting me to their frequencies. Bah! I’...

Nathaniel Christopher / 17 October 2011

UPDATE: Tribunal hearing of gay couple’s complaint against B&B begins

Oct 18, 3:30pm The BC Human Rights Tribunal concluded hearings into a complaint filed by Shaun Eadie and Brian Thomas, a gay couple who say they were discriminated against by a Grand Forks bed and bre...

Nathaniel Christopher / 16 October 2011 / 2 Comments

Nyan Cat attends Occupy Vancouver!

Yesterday I attended the Occupy Vancouver protests… because Michael Moore said so! I couldn’t summarise any coherent points into a sign message so I just wrote “Meow!” I decided against bringing the s...

Nathaniel Christopher / 13 October 2011

Is BC’s Transgender Health Program in jeopardy?

Members of the Transgender Health Program (THP) are concerned about the future of British Columbia’s transgender health service after the recent resignation of long-time director Lukas Walther. Walthe...

Nathaniel Christopher / 10 October 2011 / 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!

My sleep schedule has been quite wonky this weekend. It’s gotten to the point I’ve completely lost track of what time or even day it is. As it happens, today was Thanksgiving but I had totally forgott...

Culture and Politics

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 October 2011 / 11 Comments

The Wall-Street Protest that is “NOT” happening, according to the media is just bad Photoshopping

Okay, the thing I hate most about Facebook are all the unverified, made-up, and otherwise spammy articles, links, and photos that people seem to forward. I’ve been a journalist for over 13 years becau...

Personal

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 October 2011 / 9 Comments

10 years of nathaniel.ca!

Today marks the 10th anniversary of nathaniel.ca! w00t! Here’s a flash animation I made, but never used, for my site: I launched my first website on Angelfire back in 1997, moved over to GeoCiti...

Food and Lifestyle

Nathaniel Christopher / 20 September 2011 / 2 Comments

NEWSFLASH: Housemate enjoys cruddy no-name orange pop!

In honour of Dolly Iris I thought it’d be fun to make a personal finance post. I drink a lot of pop. I love Coke, but can tolerate Pepsi or R.C. Cola. But no name colas and non-cola pops, however, are...

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 September 2011

‘This matter will be resolved’: judge to accused

The youth charged in an alleged 2009 gaybashing off Commercial Dr appeared before Provincial Court Judge Conni Bagnall on Sept 15 to set a date for another arraignment hearing. The accused’s new lawye...

Nathaniel Christopher / 9 September 2011

Accused in alleged gaybashing says he has new lawyer

The youth charged in an alleged Dec 13, 2009, gaybashing off Commercial Dr is closer to a trial date after appearing before Provincial Court Judge Ann Ehrcke for a pretrial conference on Sept 8. The y...