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e-know.ca writer: Gerry Warner
Clark’s win – a triumph of hope over reality
Perceptions by Gerry Warner God bless Christy Clark! She has shown in the end it’s the people that count. Not the media. Not the pundits. And, most of all, not the polls! Nor, the pollsters, who in recent years, have … > Read More
Go east young man if you want to get ahead
Perceptions by Gerry Warner They say numbers never lie, and if that’s the case, the numbers uncovered by research from the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute have some surprising things to say about the future. For instance, do you realize … > Read More
Dembi Dolo saga changed more than a few lives
Perceptions by Gerry Warner It may sound counter-intuitive, but aid programs to Africa are often criticized as doing more harm than good. In her new book, ‘Dead Aid,’ Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist argues aid is killing Africa by creating … > Read More
Out of chaos, comes the gift of sight
Perceptions by Gerry Warner And suddenly there we were, facing a milling crowd of at least 250 blind people and their helpers at a Rotary eye camp in Dembi Dolo, a small town on the far west side of Ethiopia … > Read More
Service above self – a Cranbrook Rotarian goes to Ethiopia
Perceptions by Gerry Warner So what do you do when you’ve hit that point in life where you’re retired, the kids have flown the coop, you’re staring into your corn flakes in the morning, the wife is at work and … > Read More
Playing with our rivers is not a good idea
Perceptions by Gerry Warner What goes around comes around, so they say, and the same is true about history repeating itself, especially here in the Kootenays. The latest example of this hearkens back to the ill-fated Baillie-Grohman Canal diversion project … > Read More
It’s almost time for the next set of scoundrels
Perceptions by Gerry Warner This column will probably win me few friends and gain me more enemies, but all I can say is grab a number and get in line because the situation is such that I frankly don’t care. … > Read More
Some radical thoughts about global warming
Perceptions by Gerry Warner Many, many years ago when I was still a callow lad I read Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring. Published in 1962, many consider this seminal book gave birth to the modern day environmental movement and … > Read More
