@jackermann
 North Vancouver
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Joined February 2009
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The Bookshelf Podcast

Podcast · John Ackermann · The Bookshelf is a twice monthly podcast on Substack and YouTube hosted and produced by John Ackermann, featuring local, regional, and national non-fiction titles of...

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New: The B.C. Conservatives hold a narrow three-point lead over the B.C. NDP, 46 per cent to 43 per cent — a margin that amounts to a statistical tie — according to fresh @angusreidorg polling. #bcpoli #bcelxn
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Today, Albertans will vote in a referendum that could begin the process of their province separating from Canada. I spoke with Tyler Dawson, author of The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won't Go Away, about how we got here. #Bookshelf @sutherlandbooks johnackermann.substack.com/p…
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WATCH: Author Ken Wyder talks about his harrowing new memoir, Kill Not the Butterfly, a warts-and-all look inside one of Vancouver’s most powerful families. #Bookshelf @tidewaterpress youtu.be/rSr1kk9pJBY

Bookshelf: Ken Wyder (Kill Not the Butterfly)

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Vancouver’s Bentall family continues to cast a shadow over the city. But beneath its public achievements are a history of violence, infidelity, and personal tragedy detailed in Ken Wyder's new memoir, Kill Not the Butterfly. #Bookshelf @tidewaterpress johnackermann.substack.com/p…
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Bob Mackin@bobmackinOct 18
Keep an eye on localelections.ca throughout the night across B.C. One stop for results across the province. #bcpoli
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Anna Burns@AnnaBBurnsOct 18
Thinking of all the journalists covering the B.C. municipal election tonight. You’ve got this 🍕☕️🥤🥳
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Election Night Pizza! The fuel of public service journalism!
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@Ayan604Oct 17
To all the hard working journalists in British Columbia covering today's civic elections tonight: GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ESSENTIAL CIVIC SERVICE! Sooo....what's your favourite pizza eating technique? #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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I voted…and have the sticker to prove it! Get out and cast your ballot today and then make sure to listen to/watch my colleagues provide all that fine municipal election coverage on radio 📻 and TV 📺 tonight and tomorrow morning.
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New: Hungary's revolution 70 years later: revisiting the 1956 revolution, 10 years after Europe's migrant crisis. johnackermann.substack.com/p…
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#OTD in 2013, I spoke with @PstTnse about his book, Vancouver Was Awesome: A Curious Pictorial History. #Bookshelf @arsenalpulp vancouver.citynews.ca/2013/1…
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This could play well in seat-rich Surrey. Six of its 10 ridings went Conservative in 2024, four went NDP. John Horgan’s promise to take the tolls off the Port Mann in 2017 paid off big time for the New Democrats. #bcpoli #bcelxn
Ben O'Hara-Byrne@Ben_oharabyrneOct 15
BC NDP vow to eliminate $45 fee for seniors bus passes and raise the threshold so more seniors qualify during a campaign stop in Surrey-Newton this morning. And promise a Surrey Charter, like the Vancouver Charter, giving it a customized set of municipal powers.
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Katie DeRosa@katiederosayyjOct 15
Lorne Doerkson doesn't have any public events today but the BC Conservatives say in a press release that if elected they would scrap the Massey Tunnel project and build a 10-lane bridge. They also promised to build a new Women and Children's Hospital in Surrey #bcpoli
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Yes. At this rate, the new crossing will be complete by the year 2100.
Ben O'Hara-Byrne@Ben_oharabyrneOct 15
Doerkson has no media avail today but Conservatives did release a major infrastructure announcement saying they’ll scrap the Massey Tunnel replacement and build a bridge instead “a Conservative government will build a new 10-lane bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel”
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Here we go. NDP leader David Eby is asked about the decision to call a snap election just two years into a four year mandate. #bcpoli #bcelxn
John Ackermann 📻@jackermannOct 14
New: It's Debate Night in BC, your one and only chance to see the leaders square off. #bcpoli #bcelxn johnackermann.substack.com/p…
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“David Eby saw an opportunity for himself,” says BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson. “I see an opportunity for you.” He likes that line. He uses it a lot. #bcpoli #bcelxn
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Emily Lowan says, “I don’t see courage this room.” David Eby says, “I haven’t been perfect.” Lorne Doerkson trots out his “opportunity for you” again, saying voters must demand change on October 24th.
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Green Party leader Emily Lowan responds to potential vote splitting on the left between the Greens and the NDP by pushing again for proportional representation. Says BC’s best governments are minority governments. #bcpoli #bcelxn
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Interesting. Green Party leader Emily Lowan proposes 20 public grocery stores á la federal NDP leader Avi Lewis. #bcpoli #bcelxn
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CentreBC leader Eleanore Sturko and OneBC leader Dallas Brodie are granted time for recorded messages after their parties didn’t meet the threshold for them to appear in person. #bcpoli #bcelxn
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