I have lived in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, B.C. for 20 years.

I write original articles on local topics, generally topics not covered in the mainstream media. Some of these local topics may be of interest to the wider world as the Downtown Eastside is the location of North America's first Safe Injection Site and heroin give-away project -- both of which seem to have been granted immunity from criticism in the local mainstream media.

Vancouver is also the site of the upcoming the 2010 Winter Olympics.

• Stanley Cup Riot: Police Spokesman has Record of Fabricating Evidence of a Sexual Nature, 19 Nov 2011

• Canada Election: Two cancer survivors, a husband and wife team, to move into Canada’s Official Residence for the Opposition., 03 May 2011

• Canada Election: Jack Layton Supported Labor Leader Involved in Intimidation Tactics to Silence Secretary about Non-Union “Sweatshop” Operated by Union Executives, 01 May 2011

• Canada Election: Prime Minister Harper Evades Question about why he Endorsed Agitprop group that Interfered with Election Results and Harassed Bloggers, 30 Apr 2011

• Vancouver Mayor Facing Investigation for Fraud, Heads to China for Expo 2010, 08 Sep 2010

• Human Rights Trial: When is a Comic Not a Comic?, 19 Apr 2010

• Human Rights Trial: The Lesbian Who Won’t Talk, 14 Apr 2010

• Human Rights Trial: Free Speech Chilled at ‘Open Mic’ Comedy Nights at Zesty’s Restaurant, Owner Testifies, 09 Apr 2010

• ‘Ugly Dyke’ and ‘Dildo’ Insults by Comic, Leave Lesbian Attempting to Replace Human Right to Free Speech with Bogus Human Right Not to be Offended, 02 Apr 2010

• Criminal Investigation Requested into Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and City Manager Penny Ballem, 23 Feb 2010

• Riot Promised for Vancouver Olympics happened Saturday, 14 Feb 2010

• Man who Threatened Obama, Palin, and the U.S. Consulate Released in Vancouver, 12 Feb 2010

• President Obama asked to Back Bloggers at Vancouver Olympics, 12 Feb 2010

• 2010 “Poverty” Olympics Held in Vancouver, 08 Feb 2010

• “Blog Away!” to Expose Hypocrisy of Olympics Sponsors Advises Vancouver Olympics Organizer Penny Ballem, 25 Jan 2010

• Canwest Media Empire Deletes Article by Teenage Blogger/Writer Criticizing Canadian Human Rights Commissions after Lawsuit Threatened, 23 Nov 2009

• Vancouver Police Stop Fundraising for United Way, 07 Oct 2009

• Vancouver Police asked to Stop Fundraising for United Way due to Alleged Illegal Favors, 02 Oct 2009

• “A Cruel Tax”, Bill Vander Zalm tells Rally Today in Vancouver, 19 Sep 2009

• The Hundred Dollar Diet, 17 Sep 2009

• Acer Accused of Betraying Bloggers by Sponsoring Vancouver Olympics despite ‘Witch Hunt’ for Bloggers, 29 Jul 2009

• Man Collecting Beer Cans says Police Ignored Stabbing Victim Dying on Street, 24 Mar 2009

• President Obama Promotes Canada’s Top Sexual Harrassment Apologist, 20 Feb 2009

• Vancouver Community College Student Chefs Serve Free Turkey Dinner, 22 Jan 2009

• A Thousand Israel Supporters Turn Out to “Battle for Truth” Rally in Vancouver, 12 Jan 2009

• Fired! 2010 Olympic Committee Member and Vancouver City Manager Judy Rogers, 12 Dec 2008

• Content of Secretly Recorded Tape used at Rally to Oppose Toppling Canada’s Prime Minister, 09 Dec 2008

• Canada in Crisis: Union Member Opposing Liberal-NDP-Bloc Coalition was Blocked from Entering Union Rally, 06 Dec 2008

• Will Victoria’s Next Police Chief be Jamie Graham, a Man Accused of Evidence-Fabrication, Extortion, and Soviet-Style Political Psychiatry?, 18 Nov 2008

• Vancouver Election: Email Trail Raises Questions About Vision’s Commitment to “Transparency”, 15 Nov 2008

• Vancouver Election: Audrey Laferriere Watchs Michael Geller Do a Back Flip, 15 Nov 2008

• Political Psychiatry in Vancouver Raised by Candidate for Mayor, 13 Nov 2008

• Vancouver Elected Official ‘Pulls a Sarah Palin’ by Using her Private Email to Conduct Potentially Explosive Government Business, 31 Oct 2008

• Trafficking in Disruption: Supporters of Vancouver’s Cocaine and Heroin Injecting Site Hold Street Party during Rush Hour, 24 Oct 2008

• “Don’t Believe the Truth”: Oasis for Poor During Olympics to be Photo-Op for Media, 12 Oct 2008

• Dr. Laura “extremely disappointed” in Sarah Palin Pick but will Still Vote for McCain, 06 Sep 2008

• Alleged Human Rights Abuser on Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics Organizing Team, 23 Aug 2008

• Where Ya Be Headin?, 03 Aug 2008

• School Board Trustee Eleanor Gregory Switches Parties while Accused of being Soft on Soviet-Style Political Psychiatry, 11 Jun 2008

• Book Review: Lose the Belly Fat, 05 May 2008

• Blue-Scarf Housing “STANDS” Spread to 13 Vancouver Street Corners as 2010 Olympics Loom, 25 Apr 2008

• Anti Olympic Gentrification Groups Accuse Vancouver of Illegally Evading Consultation for Condo Project in Poor Neighorhood, 22 Apr 2008

• Colin Hansen “Rewarding Sexual Harassment” History at Simon Fraser University, 09 Apr 2008

• Close But No Cigar, 07 Apr 2008

• Lawyer Accuses Vancouver City Mgr. of “Dictatorial” Conduct “Contrary to the Rule of Law”, 02 Apr 2008

• Alleged “Sexual Harassment Ring” Haunts SFU MBA Program, 19 Mar 2008

• Author at Vancouver Library “Freedom to Read Week” Denies being “Jew Hater”, 28 Feb 2008

• A Game at the Poverty Olympics: Stretching the Truth, 06 Feb 2008

• Does Libby Love Libel?, 02 Feb 2008

• Human Rights Internet Investigator on Freedom of Speech: “…I don’t give it any value.”, 28 Jan 2008

• Was the Governor General Duped at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center?, 26 Jan 2008

• ‘Raise Welfare Rates to $1,300/Month’, Says Activist Group, 26 Jan 2008

• What Man Would put his Name on an SFU Dept. with an Alleged Record of Operating a Sexual Harassment Ring?, 23 Jan 2008

• Did Fraud Allegations Contribute to United Way Shortfall of $3 Million?, 20 Jan 2008

• Alberta Human Rights Commission Accused of “Applying Saudi Values” in Canada, 14 Jan 2008

• Candidates Endorsed by Author of “Poor Bashing” Win Seats on Carnegie Board of Directors, 11 Jan 2008

• Carnegie Director, Ethel Whitty, Blows Hot Air on CBC Radio Over Banned “Blogger”, 08 Jan 2008

• Mainstream Media Picks Up Banned Blogger Story, 08 Jan 2008

• Is Art Bell Hinting at a Come-back?, 07 Jan 2008

• Police Complaint Shadows BC Federation of Labour Boss at Christmas Eve Dinner, 31 Dec 2007

• New Watch from Santa Stolen in Carnegie Learning Center, 31 Dec 2007

• Let Them Eat Turkey: Vancouver Film Industry Avoids Compensating Poor Bothered by Filming, 29 Dec 2007

• Criminal Investigation Into United Way Requested, 20 Dec 2007

• Chris Kelly Asked to Resign from United Way Board, 17 Dec 2007

• The Courage of Aqsa Parvez, 14 Dec 2007

• Keifer Sutherland: Grandson of Medicare Goes to Jail, 11 Dec 2007

• Alleged Sexual Harassment History Follows SFU to India, 06 Dec 2007

• $50 Million for Simon Fraser University Department With Alleged Sexual Harassment History, 04 Dec 2007

• Shoe Give-Away at Sally Ann, 03 Dec 2007

• United Way Implicated In “Political Psychiatry” Comparable To China, 28 Nov 2007

• Vancouver Teacher Gets Wallet Stolen, 24 Nov 2007

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police Taser Elderly Stroke Survivor, 20 Nov 2007

• ‘For Better Or For Worse’ Comic Strip Creator To Divorce, 19 Nov 2007

• Fraudulent Evidence Found in United Way Police Complaint, 29 Oct 2007

• CUPE Continues to Lock Poor Out of Services in Vancouver — as Mayor Sullivan Cowers, 28 Oct 2007

• CUPE Members Return to Work But Block Computer Access to Vancouver Poor, 15 Oct 2007

• Vancouver Rookie Cop Enters Women’s Washroom With Gun Pulled, 09 Oct 2007

• Power of 21-yr Editor of Vancouver’s Left-Wing Carnegie Newsletter Curbed, 04 Oct 2007

• Vancouver Pedestrian Struck in School Crosswalk, 03 Oct 2007

• The Eat-Clean Diet: Tosca Reno Shows You Don’t Have to Be Fat and Forty-something, 01 Oct 2007

• Vancouver Teachers Demand Recycling in Schools, 27 Sep 2007

• Electrical Trolley Wire Snaps in Vancouver’s Chinatown Trapping Man in Car, 22 Sep 2007

• Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Protesters Chant: “Free the Fish; Homes for People”, 19 Sep 2007

• Murder Scene of Marilyn Whiskeyjack like “Episode of CSI”, 19 Sep 2007

• Carnegie Board Member Resigns Over Barring of Homeless Man With Link to Blogosphere, 19 Sep 2007

• Filming Abuses Land Woman In Burger King, 14 Sep 2007

• CUPE Strike: Lucy’s Labor Pains, 10 Sep 2007

• Int’l Boycott of Vancouver High School Diplomas Concealed by School Board, 05 Sep 2007

• Carnegie Learning Center Won’t Open in Sept Due to Strike, 01 Sep 2007

• Salvation Army: Hot Soup in a Five-Week Welfare Month, 28 Aug 2007

• Thief Steals Patient Information From Vancouver Clinic, 24 Aug 2007

• Law Firm Asks Homeless Man for $1,000 Retainer, 22 Aug 2007

• Striking Librarians Should Look Up “Fair”, 17 Aug 2007

• CUPE Cooks a Turkey, 13 Aug 2007

• CUPE Boss Asked to Settle with Secretary, 07 Aug 2007

• Cease & Desist Order to Target ‘Civil City’ Mgr., 07 Aug 2007

• Evidence-tampering in CUPE Police Complaint, 30 Jul 2007

• CUPE Strike Hypocritical Says Harassed Secretary, 25 Jul 2007

• CUPE Strike Chatter Overheard in Vancouver Cafeteria, 21 Jul 2007

• Is City Hall Spying on Bloggers?, 10 Jul 2007

• Art Bell Retires as Coast to Coast Radio Host, 02 Jul 2007

• City Changes Story in Barring of Elected Blogger, 01 Jul 2007

• Vancouver Mayor asked to investigate ban of elected blogger, 25 Jun 2007

• City of Vancouver bars elected blogger from Board meetings, 23 Jun 2007

• Elected Blogger gets Rough Ride at Carnegie Centre, 21 Jun 2007

• Homeless Blogger Gets Elected, 14 Jun 2007

• New baby for radio host Art Bell, 10 Jun 2007

• Election in Canada’s ‘little police state that could’, 07 Jun 2007

• Olympics “Civil City Slam” marred by hypocrisy, 28 May 2007

• Mechanic who tried to save stabbed 13 yr. old Chris Poeung, 25 May 2007

• Teenagers Visit Parking Lot Memorial for 13 yr. old, 21 May 2007

• Stabbing Near McDonalds leaves Boy, 13, Dead, 20 May 2007

• TD Bank Reimburses Robbed Man, 18 May 2007

• Black Mom gets White Justice, 16 May 2007

• Will Heather be your pick?, 13 May 2007

• “Mr. Black” community gets 10 yrs., 10 May 2007