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Gregor Craigie

@gregorcraigie.bsky.social

Sleep-deprived early morning radio host of CBC On the Island. Author of Our Crumbling Foundation, On Borrowed Time, Walls, Radio Jet Lag & Why Humans Build Up.

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Live! In 5 minutes from Sidney! A special BC Today to talk all about Orcas

15.08.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@gregorcraigie.bsky.social oh ya my uncle Neil in Powell River also had a smoker made out of an old fridge! They worked really great because of the insulation, it allowed for excellent heat retention & a long, even smoke

They're kind of a dying BC coast tradition but you still see them now & then

13.08.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🧡This morning, I joined @gregorcraigie.bsky.social for CBC On the Island from the dock at Banfield Park. What a beautiful day to broadcast outside!

The dock, installed in 2022 by @victoria.ca, was expanded in 2024 with a new floating swim platform and more water safety features, including

11.08.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, it's nice to be back!

08.08.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Michael, good to make the connection!

09.06.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radio road trip to Saanich Commonwealth Place for a live poolside broadcast from the Canadian Swimming Trials... 🍁🏊

09.06.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday cycling on Saturna Island.

05.05.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's our crew of launching authors! Monique Gray Smith, Jess Willows andJohnny Aitken @franbwrites.bsky.social Mark Leiren-Young, Gabrielle Prendergast, @gregorcraigie.bsky.social and me! Fly high, little books! (Thanks for the photo, @orcabook.bsky.social)

01.05.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Big thanks to @orcabook.bsky.social, Munro Books, the other writers, and everyone else who came to tonight's group book launch! Saving Wolfgang is now available in fine bookstores and libraries near you. πŸ“–πŸ’πŸ₯…

01.05.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a privilege to talk about my new book on the Calgary Eyeopener with my friend @lorenmcginnis.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

21.04.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm honoured that Our Crumbling Foundation will receive this year's George Ryga Award for Social Awareness. Thanks to the judges and everyone who has read this book!
bcbooklook.com/craigie-gets...

16.04.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Rebuild Canada’s Crumbling Housing Foundation | The Tyee Victoria journalist Gregor Craigie’s new book dives into the depths of the crisis, and offers ways to fix it.

Gregor Craigie was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize awarded to the author of the best original non-fiction literary work:

10.04.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

10.04.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A very nice starred review of Saving Wolfgang, in the School Library Journal. Thank you Carol Youssif!

08.04.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Repairing Canada's crumbling foundation: a new book offers solutions to our housing crisis John Ackermann sits down with Gregor Craigie, author of Our Crumbling Foundation: How we Solve Canada's Housing Crisis.

#OTD in 2024, I spoke with @gregorcraigie.bsky.social about his book, Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis. #NewsRadioBookshelf ⁦β€ͺhttps://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/04/06/citynews-bookshelf-our-crumbling-foundation/

06.04.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For our first session We’ll be joined by an amazing group of journalists for a panel on β€œFraming the Crisis: Media, Ethics and the Housing Conversation.” They include @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social @robshaw.bsky.social @fabulavancouver.bsky.social @gregorcraigie.bsky.social & Michael Vonn CEO PHS

14.03.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you @spacing.bsky.social and Glenn Miller for this fine book review.

13.03.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ANALYSIS | The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public | CBC News Former senior Canadian intelligence officials sayΒ CanadaΒ needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats. T...

Former Canadian intelligence officials sayΒ CanadaΒ should watch for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats - likely on social media, such as X - fomenting or financing pro-annexationist groups within Canada.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

12.03.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stop the ride I want to get off...

07.03.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was nothing against the retrofit companies, just a question of trusting the seismic engineer who had retrofitted dozens of public buildings and private houses and was able to design retrofit plans I could do myself to keep costs relatively low.

04.03.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, the longer you can be self-sufficient, the better.

03.03.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Timely advice after today's earthquake in Victoria.

03.03.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Felt & heard that in Sidney…

03.03.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoa! An early morning #earthquake in Victoria #yyj.

03.03.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Thanks for listening Mathew!

02.03.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh Canada!!! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ

21.02.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.02.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still buying Canadian.

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