Saturday, May 2, 2026

MAiD at 10: how the Me Generation predicted the MAiD de-generation

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My latest story in the weekly B.C. Catholic newspaper Last week’ s launch of this series examined the scale and impact of Medical Assistan...
Friday, April 24, 2026

MAiD raised with Vancouver priest during hospital care — twice

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My latest reporting in the B.C. Catholic newspaper A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he...

MAiD at 10: how assisted dying is reshaping Canada

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My latest in the B.C. Catholic newspaper. The origin of this special series goes back to last November, when new national data showed Cana...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Five generations of public service

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Some of you may know that, from time to time, I've shared that I was inspired to enter public life, as a two-term Coquitlam City Council...

Our crystal ball

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Well before DRIPA, the magazine I edited in the 1990s foresaw the impact of recognition of aboriginal title on the province of British Colum...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Flowers bloom with life for seniors in a culture of loneliness

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My latest story for the B.C. Catholic newspaper The elderly lady was sitting slumped in a wheelchair parked near a window in the common ro...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Six decades on, Columbus Homes keeps growing with new Cloverdale project

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My latest work, for the B.C. Catholic newspaper. It took a lot more than the “luck of the Irish” to make possible the St. Patrick’s Day ope...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

‘Stop being bashful’ and stand for life: ex-abortion doctor at Coquitlam talk

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My latest for the BC Catholic weekly newspaper Christians of all denominations need “to stop being bashful” and instead act boldly to turn ...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Feds have made 'no decisions' about advance request for MAiD

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On Nov. 28 of last year, I wrote an email to the federal minister of health, asking what the minister intended to do in response to Health C...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Threads of Compassion Stretch from Port Moody to the World

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I'm happy to report that Freshet News has just published this story that I wrote. Enjoy! When Chris and Val McKinnon sit at the dining ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Like a dentist’s office for dying: Vancouver Coastal Health confirms MAiD clinic beside dialysis

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My latest investigative story for the B.C. Catholic . Vancouver's public health-care provider has confirmed that it is operating a secr...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Health Canada trying to manufacture consent for MAiD expansion, B.C. pro-life leader says

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The third of three new stories I've written for the B.C. Catholic: The head of a new province-wide pro-life organization says Health ...

Expert says federal MAiD guideline crosses ethical line, amounts to ‘authoritarian moral partisanship’

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Also published online at the BC Catholic newspaper site this week, another of my MAiD stories: A leading Canadian voice in the internation...

Dialysis one way, MAiD the other? Critics sound alarm about Vancouver clinics offering life or death

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My latest, as published in the B.C. Catholic weekly newspaper: The head of one of Canada’s leading anti-euthanasia organizations is accus...