https://ca.linkedin.com/in/johnackermannhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mx5uwt3is22sNew: Nearly half (48%) of leaning and decided voters say they would vote for the BC Conservatives, while 43 per cent support the BC NDP, according to new @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social poll. #bcpoli #bcelxn05 Oct 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5uwt3is22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mx53jn3ne227#OTD in 2025, I spoke with the legendary Brian Stewart about his memoir, On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent. #Bookshelf https://johnackermann.substack.com/p/a-ringside-seat-to-history-retired05 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx53jn3ne227https://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mx2lm53bi22q“A call to Canadians to take seriously their fundamental identity as citizens.” UBC Political Scientist Max Cameron reminds us about the dangers of division in a timely new book. #Bookshelf #canpoli #bcpoli #bcelxn https://johnackermann.substack.com/p/divided-we-fall-how-we-can-resist04 Oct 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2lm53bi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwvtddl4y22bI am sad to hear about the passing of local pop culture writer Andrea Warner. I interviewed her about one of her books back in the 1130 days. My condolences to all who knew her. #RIP https://www.cbc.ca/music/andrea-warner-goodbye-9.736535002 Oct 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvtddl4y22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwqne63ed22cSharing this again in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. My #Bookshelf interview with the legendary Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers. https://johnackermann.substack.com/p/bc-indigenous-artist-roy-henry-vickers30 Sep 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqne63ed22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwohybg2gc2pNew: A new Liaison Strategies British Columbia Poll finds the BC Conservatives at 40 per cent and the BC NDP at 39 per cent support among decided and leaning voters. #bcpoli #bcelxn https://press.liaisonstrategies.ca/bc-conservatives-40-ndp-39-housing-frustration-runs-deep/29 Sep 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwohybg2gc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwjxk26zkk2sWATCH: Novelist Sam Wiebe talks about his new non-fiction book, Shot in Vancouver: Adventures in Hollywood North. #Bookshelf @arsenalpulp.bsky.social youtu.be/YI04tdN2z3s https://youtu.be/YI04tdN2z3s27 Sep 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjxk26zkk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwjkeodmsk2f“A PhD’s worth of research made to look like a bathroom reader." That's now local crime novelist Sam Wiebe describes Shot in Vancouver, his new, highly readable history of Hollywood North. #Bookshelf @arsenalpulp.bsky.social https://johnackermann.substack.com/p/shot-in-vancouver-adventures-in-hollywood27 Sep 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjkeodmsk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwdwymduhc26#OTD in 2022, I spoke with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social, author of Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery. #Bookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/09/25/vancouver-journalists-memoir-on-transracial-adoption/25 Sep 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdwymduhc26https://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwd6y2nzs22yEnjoyed a night of chill tunes by Hermanos Gutierrez at the Queen E. Theatre. They played for nearly two hours, including material from their brand new album, Los Ojos Del Còndor. I also appreciated the funny stories between the songs and the shout-outs to Jack Johnson and Dan Auerbach. Well done!25 Sep 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwd6y2nzs22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mwck6u5p322jA new Angus Reid poll suggests voters are punishing David Eby and the NDP for going to the polls two years early by rewarding the Conservatives with an early eight point lead. #bcelxn #bcpoli https://angusreid.org/ballot-backlash-bc-conservatives-open-8-point-lead-after-snap-election-call-but-electorate-far-from-locked-in/25 Sep 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwck6u5p322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mw7hwhd3ms2c#RIP, Pye Dubois.23 Sep 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7hwhd3ms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mw4wubpbdk2pNew: BC NDP leader David Eby returns from Government House to announce British Columbians will indeed head to the polls on October 24, 2026, barely two years since the last provincial election. #bcpoli #bcelxn22 Sep 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4wubpbdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mw2f5rfo6c2aNew: B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma issues statement as the province files suit against OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, following the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge earlier this year. #bcpoli21 Sep 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2f5rfo6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvzwfxqr422s#OTD in 2025, I spoke with Bill Arnott — author of A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores. #Bookshelf @arsenalpulp.bsky.social https://johnackermann.substack.com/p/two-if-by-sea-vancouver-author-returns21 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzwfxqr422shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvyyk5ugss2yNew: Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson has been appointed interim leader of the BC Conservatives. #bcpoli #bcelxn21 Sep 2026 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyyk5ugss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvyugrrmic2tDigging into Beck’s new “Ride Lonesome” LP, the third in his “sad bastard” trilogy that started with “Sea Change” in 2002 and continued with “Morning Phase” in 2014. A nice soundtrack for the end of summer; still burning bright in places but with a bit of that autumn chill of melancholy in others.21 Sep 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyugrrmic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvy3dekajs22New: Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the BC Conservatives, but remains a candidate in the Abbotsford-Mission by-election. #bcpoli #bcelxn20 Sep 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvy3dekajs22https://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvstqvhfqc2zNew: Premier David Eby announces B.C. government will pause Provincial Sales Tax expansion to professional services announced in Budget 2026, citing “ongoing trade uncertainty.” #bcpoli18 Sep 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvstqvhfqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvsht6jkw22rBeck brings his "Ride Lonesome" tour to Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Monday November 9th. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsht6jkw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvshnqd62k2rToday is #NewMusicFriday and new today is "Ride Lonesome," the 15th and latest studio album from Beck, his first in seven years. Also new today are releases by Anthrax, Nicole Atkins, and Mission's Carly Rae Jepsen, among others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqQmgHcIHN018 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvshnqd62k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvq3xffdzc2qNew: B.C.’s time zone has a name: Pacific Time or PCT. The switch to permanent daylight time takes effect November 1st. #bcpoli17 Sep 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq3xffdzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvnvbwtikc2iHow do you feel about an early BC election? It beggars belief, but the stars may aligning for a snap vote, not even two years after our most recent trip to the polls. Premier David Eby may be feeling bullish thanks, in part, to this new Angus Reid poll. #bcpoli16 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnvbwtikc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jackermann.bsky.social/post/3mvl4sq3zz226New: The Eby government announces the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension will be named after Dave Barrett, B.C.’s first NDP premier, who served from 1972 to 1975. #bcpoli15 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:h3im4uaef7cbilekepct2iws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl4sq3zz226