R.I.P Irene Howard (1922 – 2023)

“Irene Howard (left) wrote an important bio of  the first woman to be elected to Vancouver City Council. But she is probably best known for the memoir about her immigrant mining family.FULL STORY

 

 

New digital world

July 16th, 2021

Former staff reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, South China Morning Post and Asia Times, Michael Bociurkiw of Sidney has written Digital Pandemic: How Technology Went From Bad to Good (Self-published $24.99) that delves into how technology acted as an accelerant for many of the trends that existed previous to Covid-19: from working from home and the mass adoption of wearable technology to disruptions to travel, food delivery, health consultations and relationships. Bociurkiw is a regular contributor to CNN Opinion, CBC, CTV, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera; and is widely published in the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Globe and Mail, Forbes magazine and MSNBC.com. Past employment includes: former spokesperson for UNICEF and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and contractor for the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization. He has been a two-time TEDx speaker. Photo credit: Chrystia Chudczak.
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