Taking the new SkyTrain
So… On the weekend my brother and I took a ride on the new Canada Line SkyTrain in Vancouver. We rode the train from Vancouver City Centre to Bridgeport in Richmond. The trains are wider than co...
Author: Nathaniel Christopher
I am a resident of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, who has been blogging here for nearly 25 years. I enjoy sharing my thoughts and feelings on my own online platform. From 1998 until 2017, I worked as a journalist, and I have posted most of my articles in the 'News' section of this website.
‘Please Mr Obama, lift this ban now’: Rooney
An Aug 16 rally in support of lifting all travel restrictions on HIV positive visitors to the United States took place at the Peace Arch at the Canada-US border. Canadian Martin Rooney, who was denied...
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Mark Leduc and me
On Wednesday, July 22 former Canadian boxer Mark Leduc passed away in Toronto at the age of 47. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He came out in 1994, shortly...
Nathaniel.ca reader responds!!
I got this email last night in response to an article I wrote in 2006. I don’t know this person, and am not sure how or why they stumbled on my site but it’s cool to get feedback… I ...
My grandmother’s last known address
When I learned my grandmother’s name yesterday they also gave me her last known address. Unfortunately, that’s all the information they have on her. They don’t have an age, medical h...
Glendora Brooks
“I never answer the phone before noon,” I grumble to my housemate. “It’s nothing but bad news.” “Or, it could be mail!” He retorts. Just before work this morn...
Georgia Adoption Regunion Registry
One day before I die I’ll learn the name of my father’s mother. I’ll come from work fresh off the bike, and I’ll make out a message on my voice mail between the impatient meows of my cat. I don’t reco...
Pride sees 7th Pride director resign in six months
Sandra Laframboise resigned as vice president of the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) May 13, making her the seventh director to resign since the society’s November AGM. She says her resignation was spur...
Building a gazebo on Vancouver Island
This weekend my friend Dave and I worked on a gazebo in his mother’s back yard. When I say “worked” I actually mean “constructed”. His mother lives in a secluded area just north of Nanaimo. He needed ...
Nanaimo to get new gay bar
I normally don’t post my published articles on my blog… but I think some of my Nanaimo readers might find it interesting. It appears in the current issue of Xtra West. Nathaniel Christophe...