The following column was published on The Globe and Mail website on December 16, 2009. I republish it on my personal website now as the topic is revelant to some of my present coverage of Town and Gown in Hamilton's 2018 municipal elections Students: vote or face the consequences Joey…
Change Your Space, Change Your Culture is the phrase, and phase, in my office right now. The book [http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118937813.html] is sitting on the counter. Today, dpai architects [https://dpai.ca/] moved from my co-working space to new offices after a year of signficant…
The Star Wars trailer is out, my response is meh. Rogue One was a great movie, I truly enjoyed its gritty plot line. I'm not much for nostalgia and The Force Awakens didn't appeal to me. Also, I can suspend my disbelief for most Sci-Fi movies, but the Starkiller? Really?…
Yesterday, Sunday, I attended the Blessing of the Animals at St. Patrick's this afternoon - a nice event that builds the parish community beyond the Mass. Photos here on my Flickr page [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeycoleman_ca/sets/72157687746396603]. My favourite photo is these three Labrador Retrievers who…
I’ll never forget the emotional gut-check of my short coverage of the Tim Bosma murder while it was still officially a missing persons case. Thanks to public support of my crowdfunding, I was able to livestream the police news conference during those long days in May of 2013. The…
With the launch of ThePublicRecord.ca as a domain in 2014, my personal domain is once again able to be my personal website. Let the journey begin again.…
My formal note on the day ahead for my journalism is here: https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2017/10/morning-coffee-notes-for-october-3/ I'm enjoying the start of fall, and slowly transitioning myself into a proper sleep routine. Started off well today; biked into work enjoying the crisp cold morning air, and handled a…
It makes me wonder, where else am I missing beauty, and how do I do a better job of finding it.…