When two plainclothes officers approached Dr. Chris Shaw last June, it had started off like any other day for the Vancouver-based neuroscientist. Shaw had just stepped out of a café with his morning caffeine fix, and was heading to his office at a university research lab around the corner. Within moments, Shaw was flanked by the two intelligence officers from the
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posted by Sean Casey filed under Fiction,
Politics
Decades of journalism had taken their toll on Clark Kent. He’d covered every epic news event throughout his career. He reported live from the jungles of Vietnam, and watched as Falkland Islands burned. He was on-site when Iraqi tanks rolled onto Kuwaiti sand, and reported live when General Zod’s clone army from the Phantom Zone attacked Earth. For thirty years,
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I'll be reporting at The Tyee -- an independent online magazine based in Vancouver -- over the next few months.
Check out a few of my recent posts there:
Nuclear arms ban is hot again
Police conduct report shows flaws with complaint process: Pivot
Canada slow to track human trafficking: UBC legal prof
Vancouver may loan Millennium up to $100-million
Union jobs at risk in BC's
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"Pleasantly shocked" best describes my reaction to David Eby's announcement today that he is seeking a nomination for City Council for the November elections, and will be running under Vision Vancouver's flag.
If you don't know who David is, here's a quick run-down: he's a social activist lawyer who has worked with the Pivot Legal Society for the past three years,
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