Alistair Taylor

1 week ago | northislandgazette.com | Alistair Taylor

Now that the dust is settling after one of Canada’s most remarkable federal elections ever, I thought I’d make a few observations, because, well, that’s one of the things they pay me to do. I was trying to think off the top of my head how many federal elections I’ve voted in since, what’s the voting age, 18? Although I wasn’t able to vote in the first ones I was age-eligible because I wasn’t a citizen, even though I’d been in Canada since I was 8.

1 week ago | campbellrivermirror.com | Alistair Taylor

Now that the dust is settling after one of Canada’s most remarkable federal elections ever, I thought I’d make a few observations, because, well, that’s one of the things they pay me to do. I was trying to think off the top of my head how many federal elections I’ve voted in since, what’s the voting age, 18? Although I wasn’t able to vote in the first ones I was age-eligible because I wasn’t a citizen, even though I’d been in Canada since I was 8.

1 month ago | campbellrivermirror.com | Alistair Taylor

The federal election is a couple of weeks into the campaign and it's turned out to be nothing like anybody expected. Prior to Christmas, polls indicated that it was going to be a lock for the Conservative Party to form the next government. Now, I know there's enough evidence to suggest you can't trust polls. The old saying is that the only poll you can trust is the one on election day. But by all estimates, predictions and analyses, the Conservatives had this one in the bag.

2 months ago | ladysmithchronicle.com | Alistair Taylor

In these days of tariffs, despots and talks of annexation, it's time to clear the mind out with thoughts of things more pleasant. Like the view. Yeah. When the weather clears up there's fewer things more pleasant than the view Campbell Riverites have from their front doorstep on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Dec 24, 2024 | thenorthernview.com | Alistair Taylor

Too scrawny. Not enough branches on the back side. This one looks okay. Oh, that one would be good if I cut it about eight feet from the ground. Now there's one ... no, one side has got practically no branches.The front looks good though. Maybe this one... That's the the thoughts that went through my head as I rambled along the side of the forest service road north of Campbell River a couple of weekends back. This year it was the Menzies Mainline and I was looking for a Christmas tree.