Paul Grant

Paul Grant was born and raised in Vancouver, and after traveling extensively, spent 30 years as a host and producer with CBC Radio in Charlottetown, Regina and back home in Vancouver. Now retired, he likes to cycle, canoe and, when nobody’s around, play the ukulele.

Articles

Poet George Bowering talks baseball

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Paul Grant

Nov 2nd, 2011

The official Loudmouth Fan of the Vancouver Canadians keeps the season alive -- George Bowering offers up a beer and a dog and a damn good baseball story.

Literary stars sparkle at Vancouver International Writers Festival

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Paul Grant

Oct 18th, 2011

Progress, a family tragedy, armed resistance, the fur trade, celebrity journalism and an earthquake -- a day in the life at the Writers Festival

Thanksgiving special: talking turkey

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Paul Grant

Oct 3rd, 2011

Turkeys aren't the most beautiful bird in the barnyard. But they do get a bad rap for being stupid.

Rain City

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Paul Grant

Sep 26th, 2011

The rain returns. We can either cower under our umbrellas, or embrace one of the defining features of our city.

Kid full of dreams forty years on

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Paul Grant

Sep 13th, 2011

Integrity intact, Roy Forbes is still rockin'.

What is the blackberry?

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Paul Grant

Sep 6th, 2011

Free food - take a ramble through the brambles and come home with a taste of summer.

All about beards

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Paul Grant

Aug 28th, 2011

To shave or not to shave -- that is the question.

Up on the roof

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Paul Grant

Aug 9th, 2011

Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s song rings as true today as it did when the Drifters had a hit with it in 1963. In the summer we live on our roof. It’s a little like a cottage, except open...