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Elbows up: New book throws a middle finger at Donald Trump's 51st State rhetoric

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 5d

Elbows up: New book throws a middle finger at Donald Trump’s 51st State rhetoric. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/10/e...

Canada Is Not The 51st F--ing State: Canadians Face Off Against Donald Trump's Worst Idea Ever is a collection of essays launching Saturday.

Nominations now open for the 2026 Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 5d

Nominations now open for the 2026 Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/10/n...

Organizers of the Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards are now taking nominations for next year's event.

1130Bookshelf: A Victoria woman's search for aunt's lost writings in powerful memoir

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD in 2021, I spoke with Isa Milman, author of Afterlight: In Search of Poetry, History, and Home. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @heritagehouse.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/10/a...

It's no secret the Holocaust wiped out entire families. A new book picks up the tale of one such family nearly 80 years later.

CityNews Bookshelf: Defining the Canadian Mind - CityNews Vancouver

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD in 2023, I spoke with Andy Lamey, author of The Canadian Mind: Essays on Writers and Thinkers. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/07/b...

John Ackermann sits down with Andy Lamey, author of the book The Canadian Mind: Essays on Writers and Thinkers.

A ringside seat to history: retired foreign correspondent Brian Stewart looks back at a lifetime of groundbreaking coverage

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 10d

Taking a Sunday spin with one of rock’s great unsung heroes, Ronnie Wood. Side One is a killer. And Side Three is all Stones! #vinyl

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 10d

Brian Stewart’s On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent is a thrilling look back at not only a remarkable media career but also a heady era of journalism the likes of which we will likely not see again. #NewsRadioBookshelf @simonschusterca.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/05/b...

John Ackermann speaks to Brian Stewart, author of On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent.

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 10d

Nice to see “The Turntable Shop” back in action in Central Lonsdale. #NorthVancouver #vinyl

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 11d

Vancouver's Econoline Crush kicks off their "New Gold Magic" tour with a hometown show at the @rickshawtheatre.bsky.social tonight (October 4th). Here is my chat with lead singer Trevor Hurst. youtu.be/hDdPKY2anVQ?...

Trevor Hurst 2025 10 01

CityNews Bookshelf: Valerie Jerome (Races)

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 15d

WATCH: youtu.be/Vm000FM3c_k?...

New memoir about sprinter Harry Jerome - CityNews Vancouver

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 15d

#OTD in 2023, I spoke with Valerie Jerome, author of Races: The Trials and Triumphs of Canada’s Fastest Family. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/09/30/n...

North Vancouver-raised Olympic sprinter Harry Jerome is the subject of Races: The Trials and Triumphs of Canada's Fastest Family.

Former Attorney General calls for a greater diversity of voices in Parliament

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 16d

#OTD in 2019, I spoke with Jody Wilson-Raybould about her book, From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2019/09/29/f...

In her new book, From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada, the former Attorney General and Justice Minister calls for a greater diversity of voices in Parliament.

New memoir about transracial adoption - CityNews Vancouver

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD in 2022, I spoke with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social author of Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/09/25/v...

Vancouver-based journalist, Harrison Mooney, is sharing his coming-of-age story in his book, Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery.

NewsRadio Bookshelf: Bill Arnott (A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water)

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 22d

WATCH: youtu.be/yPGfK5ASLOk?...

Two if by sea: Vancouver author returns with a second Perfect Day for a Walk book, looking at the city's waterways

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 22d

Today is publication day for A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver’s Shores by @billarnott.bsky.social. Read my #NewsRadioBookshelf review here: @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/21/b...

John Ackermann speaks to Bill Arnott, author of A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores.

Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko ejected from BC Conservatives

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 22d

New: The Conservative Party of BC has ejected Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko from its caucus, a source tells 1130 NewsRadio. #bcpoli vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/22/b...

The Conservative Party of BC has ejected Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko from its caucus, a source tells 1130 NewsRadio.

King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Live At The Academy Of Music, New York, 1971 / Remastered 2001)

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 23d

“Corn in the fields/Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water/King Harvest has surely come”
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YouTube video by The Band - Topic

Celebrating a century of BC sports memories

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 23d

#OTD in 2019, I spoke with former Vancouver Sun and Province image librarian Kate Bird about her book, Magic Moments in BC Sports: A Century in Photos. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @greystonebooks.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2019/09/22/c...

Magic Moments in BC Sports: A Century in Photos is the third book from Kate Bird, who feels sports have a way of bringing us together like nothing else can, not just as fans but as B.C..

Two if by sea: Vancouver author returns with a second Perfect Day for a Walk book, looking at the city's waterways

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John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 24d

“By sea, land, and air we prosper" has long been the motto of the City of Vancouver. "By sea" also sums up A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores, the latest book from author Bill Arnott. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/21/b...

John Ackermann speaks to Bill Arnott, author of A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores.

NewsRadio Bookshelf: Bill Arnott (A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water)

John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social · 24d

WATCH: Author Bill Arnott talks about his book, A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores. #NewsRadioBookshelf #vancouverbc @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social youtu.be/yPGfK5ASLOk?...