Aaron Cully Drake is a former newspaper reporter and editor.
“Freddy’s voice is spot-on—slightly self-deprecating and in equal parts awe and confusion as he interacts with a world whose social codes he, as an autistic person, doesn’t fully comprehend. ‘I’m an acquired taste, like fine wine, or olives, even,’ he says.” FULL STORY
“We’re now having to deal in 2026 with issues that might have been remedied effectively 170 years ago, but were… FULL STORY
“HBC understood that its presence in New Caledonia was largely based on bluff and that a failure to uphold its… FULL STORY
“[Twenty-six years ago,] Canada was trailing 2 to 1 when Carlo Corazzin tied the score on a stunning bicycle kick,… FULL STORY
Bear with me for a moment while I shake my fist at this cloud. There are, no doubt, many things… FULL STORY
When he died in 2023, BC environmentalist David Garrick, known to friends and colleagues as “Walrus,” left more than 100… FULL STORY
In Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine, Textiles, Nourishment, and Ceremony (New Society $24.99), Geraldine… FULL STORY
Edgy is a word that’s been blunted by overuse to describe art, music or writing that’s gratuitously bizarre; superficial stunts… FULL STORY
“[With] the realization that we had an art form, something to be proud of, this put me on a beautiful… FULL STORY
[Betty Baxter’s] dedication to making sports better for women athletes shines through on every page. She continues to respond to… FULL STORY
“[My grandfather’s intention] was to bear witness to, ‘the dehumanizing nature of conflict.’ His hope for humanity was that by… FULL STORY
“Cell phones carry ten times more bacteria than most toilet seats. Yet, ironically, unlike the bathroom, people rarely clean or… FULL STORY
“When the CBC went searching for the Greatest Canadian two decades ago, with more than one million citizens voting, [David]… FULL STORY
“… during her teen years, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho suffered from an eating disorder. She became so emaciated, her parents returned… FULL STORY
“… this memoir has a much wider audience—all of us. It is a truism that, as we age, our lives… FULL STORY
“I was not afraid of losing a partner. If my parents became distant, I felt I could handle that. However,… FULL STORY
“It is seldom that we hear from an artist’s muse. [Theresa] Kishkan reclaims autonomy by humanizing herself to the viewer… FULL STORY
Book review of author M.A.C. Farrant’s 2026 title, Seventy-Two Seasons: A memoir about noticing.
“It’s easy to forget that up to the 1950s travel by ferries and other passenger vehicles was crucial for the… FULL STORY
“I told her I had a friend back in Canada that had sent some money and wanted me to give… FULL STORY
