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Thank you for sharing! Avery's cord ceremony and chatting with her afterwards was the highlight of my work week.

This will be in my top list of interviews this year. Yeah, I enjoy getting the quick and accessible news out to readers. But wow, do I love getting to listen as someone shares all the little details about their passion.

As someone who rushed himself through recovery after fracturing multiple ribs, PLEASE let yourself rest properly. The longterm damage I get to deal with now is -100 out of 10, would never reccomend.

You are worth the space and time needed to heal.

Many things are bad. But total strangers I met at the park tonight offered me slices of watermelon, we talked about learning other languages, and it reminded me that kindness and little things still matter. They even insisted I take the last piece.

Railway unions gear up for negotiations as CPKC plans employee relocation The planned mass resettlement of nearly 300 workers could derail community connections and impact Revelstoke’s economy, union leaders warn.

Readers should picture me lobbing colourful language over the river as I worked on our recent Canada Pacific Kansas City story. Not directed *at* the river, just sort of in the vicinity.

#BCnews

A wide shot of a rock outcroppong jutting away from the shore of the Columbia River, with the Columbia running full and high. Blue sky with intermittent white clouds sticking close to the mountains in the background. On the rocky outcropping is a precariously balanced wooden picnic bench. On the bench is a laptop, a laptop bag and a rain coat for just in case.

My hunt to work anywhere BUT my office really should be studied.

Well, my "to be read" list just got longer.

Grateful for a literary community that looks out for each other.

Reporter here, that is the actual age range! And yeah, it threw me for a loop as well. VIDEA, sort of the main supporter of the Common Roots program set the 12–30 age range. I did ask Emma Gamson and Ruby Serrouya, youth leaders about it and they said it's created some neat mentorship moments.

The whole image is giving me hives, really. Over here panicking that my own inbox is at 25+.

Thanks! Was a piece we've had our eyes on for a while. Feels nice to finally get it out to readers.

Listening through my last couple weeks of interviews and hearing just HOW often I experience that weird, "the word was there and has now straight up ghosted," feeling* is not a good time, let me tell ya.

*A residual symptom from my encephalitis incident that's never really gone away since.

My flavour of encephalitis-induced aphasia seemingly growing superpowers the more tired I am, coupled with struggling to sleep the warmer it gets is going to make summers as a journalist exponentially fun 🫠 And by fun I mean constantly telling interviewees, "sorry, I lost a word in my question."

Me straight up telling Steve, "I could probably chat with you for another hour about this. But [city communications coordinator, who was out in the bush with us] might get mad at us."

I've been cranking out some super cool articles recently, and I hate picking favourites. But this one is up there.

Neither. That man is canonically a massive nerd. He went down an absolute rabbit hole researching vibranium, Wakanda's groundbreaking work in waterproof tech and the specs of his exact dishwasher model. It was a throwaway thought that turned into a 6 hour research binge.

Come say hi to me and check out some excellent artists and crafters.

I *desperately* want a study on this, I hear it so often the way the brain sort of mellows out within 24 hours of that first HRT treatment. I've had others explain, "it's like the body finally got something it was missing." Even I, who was terrified of starting T, experienced it.

This is one of those stories where my sources said over and over again, "thank you so much for covering this!" And me wondering why *wouldn't* I cover something like this? When I tell folks @revelstokemountaineer.com focuses our reporting on community solutions, this is exactly what I mean.

To be fair... that's how many I would remember to take a month 🙃

Most of the time I get to write news, and I love it.

Every once in a while I get to write a story, and I'm so grateful to folks for trusting me with those stories.

the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless

"Indigenous communities like Attawapiskat and Moose Cree work hard to ensure the survival of their language, cultures and land. Still, when a community constantly deals with crises like contaminated water, it slows progress and prevents healing."

Nothing about trauma recovery is easy or fair. But we cannot let that stop us from doing everything we realistically can to condition new ways of relating to ourselves & responding when we're triggered.

We cannot let how hard & unfair this is bully or dupe us into giving up.

Off I go again to review the write up of a dozen instances that a couple different community members have heard about and gone, "what the actual fu–?" To sit with a cPTSD brain and try to convince it that yeah, what happened was not cool, we should tell someone.

I am so very tired.

For the last month I have been trying to report a physician for probable medical malpractice regarding trans care and SA supports. Today I was told by the third reporting board that they weren't responsible for this after being referred to them by another board I tried to report to.

Revelstoke Outdoor Art Movement invites guests for a new season of art The ski-through art gallery at Revelstoke Mountain Resort showcases local artists through word-of-mouth.

I love this project and was so excited to find a couple pieces myself this year.

Now, it's only one of the parked office spots. You'll also find me in the Red Apple parking lot... too often.

A laptop balanced on a steering wheel, the front window of the car looking out onto the Columbia River with a row of trees lining the bank, still bare of leaves. The laptop shows a post on the Revelstoke Mountaineer website.

"Working from car" really should be a series for me.

Holy hell has visibility brought such a level of exhaustion these last couple of years. Grateful for @katelynburns.com's words as I try and keep from just entirely tapping out on this day. I have the odd safety of being quite "invisible" in the day-to-day, I don't get to hide away in that.

Libby notified me it was available for loan and then promptly crashed 😭 Got a hold placed on it eventually! 12 in line, which isn't the worst. Looking forward listening.

Love this move! And a good reminder to self that while @revelstokemountaineer.com 99.9% of the time posts links I need to check to make sure the, "add alt text before posting" setting is on.