New News: 4 Years & Growing

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e-KNOW

Mostly we learn from one another. If we want to know more about the context we inhabit, there is the occasionally wonderful institution called "news".

 

In many developed countries, organizations which tell their communities what's happening enjoy special privileges. "News", properly presented, tells us about things that matter to us about which we would otherwise not know. It makes living together possible -- hence the privilege.

 

Given the general retreat of genuine journalism, we were surprised to watch a new journalistic publication emerge in our own small part of the world:

 

 

Ian Cobb is the editor and owner of e-KNOW. As luck would have it, we talked with him near the occasion of e-KNOW's 4th anniversary.

 

 

Some years ago, (Sir) Harry Evans quoted for us Lord Northcliffe's incisive comment:

 

“News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.”

 

Evans repeated that quote at a reception in his honor at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, celebrating the publication of his memoir My Paper Chase in 2009. Harry Evan is simply one of the best reporter/editors we have ever met. If, as do we, you think that authentic, quality journalism is important, read his book. You might also enjoy watching Sir Harry's performance at the reception. It is very informative.

 

Elected Representatives

Mayor Don McCormick

The SunMine is up and operating and the Sullivan Mine will never reopen. These and "viable development" are the principal subjects for the August edition of our chats with Mayor McCormick.

 

The earlier editions of conversations with the Mayor are here.

 

Our Neighbors

 

Kim McLean — Bavarian Home Hardware

 

    Kim solved a serous hardware problem for the city.

 

                            

 

D • U • C • K • S

 

Stan Cuthill — Kimberley Building Supplies

                          
Tara Penner — Pivot Data

 

Grady Pasiechnyk — Wine Works

 

 

 

 

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The SunMine is Now Open for Business

 

27 July, 2015

 

Congratulations Kimberley!

 

 

 

 

Broadband is Not Enough, But It IS Essential

Before deciding to relocate to Kimberley, we looked at communities on four continents and one large island. Two important criteria in our seach were air quality and internet connectivity. Kimberley's air quality is acceptable, though significantly improved by HEPA filters.

In June, 2009 we were assured by the appropriate authorities that Kimberley had "high-speed" internet service, aka broadband. Our sources believed what they had told us. They had been given inaccurate information. Since moving here, we have become tedious on the absolute necessity of having broadband service available to our community.

With Telus now about to offer service via fibre optics and Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation working to facilitate access to broadband, we thought it time to assess where Kimberley is in the broadband-sphere.

In January we had scheduled a discussion with Johnny Strilaeff, CBT's chief operating officer. We planned to talked about the SunMine but also took the opportunity to discuss CBT's relatively new creation, Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC). Over the next several days we'll share those videos.

What does all this mean to the people and communities of the Columbia Basin?

Part 8

The other parts of this conversation are here.

On the evening of April 21, Studio 64 hosted Bluesman Guy Davis along with an enthusiastic audience. The next day, Mr. Davis sat down with us to talk about why he sings the blues. This is a preview of the program we produced:

The full conversation is here.

(links are being added incrementally)

Contents:

Of Possible Interest/Relevance

 

Archive

 

If your internet connection has the bandwidth, watch these video clips in High Definition.

Audio Bits: 

American author and playwrite E.L. Doctorow died in July. We talked with him in 2005 about his novel The March and about the relationship between writers and readers. These are excerpts from that conversation.

Why we do this

During Kimberley's 2011 election campaign, we made an offer to all the mayoral candidates to produce a regular discussion with the Mayor as part of the communication process everyone was talking about. We renewed that offer in 2014. On April 1, 2015, we recorded the first program. Here 'tis (on the right of this page).

 

This project is based on the notion of democratic dialogue, first introduced to us by Cornel West. Respectful discussions between and among the citizens of a community are the central core of a polity's ability to govern itself. That's why we're including some of our neighbors.

 

*—"Attention must be paid" is a line from Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In a conversation with Gay Talese in 2006, he pointed out to us the importance of attending to everyday events and the people who inhabit them.