Mar 1, 2010 Posted by Kim Werker

This is my home.

I’ve spent much of this afternoon trying to write about the Olympics – not in the I-was-there way I’ve been doing, but to sum up my emotional experience of the Games. I can’t do it. It’s too much. But I can sort of cobble some thoughts together. Vancouver is my home. It’s the home I chose for myself and it’s the place where I feel safe. Having felt very much not at... read more

Aug 27, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Talk to Me (Us All) About Health Care: Open Thread

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Let’s talk about health care. You know I’m happy with the care I receive here in British Columbia; I don’t think the system’s perfect, but I’ve had no major complaints about it, and it compares favorably against the care I got when I lived in the U.S. But I don’t want to talk about my personal experience. I have a nagging knot in... read more

Jul 1, 2008 Posted by Kim Werker

iPhone in Canada: Zoiks!

We know I’ve wanted an iPhone heartily. I’ve blogged about it, Twittered about it, talked about it, dreamed about it. We know it’s coming to Canada two days after my birthday. What we didn’t know until last week was how Rogers (the only company in Canada that supports the network the iPhone uses) was going to price its plans. In short, the plans are fairly appalling (even more so in... read more