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Big Brother is watching and no one cares
Perceptions by Gerry Warner So Big Brother is watching. No, that’s not quite true. Big Brother is actually listening or recording – basically the same thing – every phone call, email and Internet transaction Americans make including millions to Canada … > Read More
Ford sleaze show no credit to Canadian journalism
Perceptions by Gerry Warner You know who the real victim is in the Rob Ford gong show now galvanizing the country – Canadian journalism! Perhaps I should say world journalism because the Toronto mayor’s trials and tribulations seem to be … > Read More
What did he know and when did he know it?
Perceptions by Gerry Warner Around three years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to Cranbrook to attend a private party to mark the retirement of former Kootenay-Columbia MP Jim Abbott. The whole event was very hush, hush with Harper … > Read More
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
