Category Editorial

In the February 2007 issue of The Bulletin, Midge Ayukawa penned a moving tribute to her old friend Tom Shoyama, calling him, “our national treasure.” In the piece, she touched on his accomplishments, but focused more on his humanity and what…

The October 1993 issue of The Bulletin featured a photograph of Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance on the cover. It was my first issue of the Bulletin as editor. This month, 240 issues and 20 years later,…

6,929 kms, 57 ride days, 80 days total, $25,656 raised for the Alzheimer’s society of B.C., 147 generous sponsors, 3 flat tires, 3 broken spokes, 3 chains, 63,000 vertical meters climbed.  – August 12, 2013 blog post, adrenalens.ca When Keith…

It’s a given that our world is rapidly shrinking, a phenomenon accelerated by the global spread and reach of the internet and its ability to connect people in far-flung corners of the world. It’s a process  that began the moment…

With this issue’s focus on ice hockey, it is interesting to compare the pre- and post-war periods of Japanese Canadian history in terms of the sports that were played and who played them. The prewar period of course is dominated…

To everything – turn, turn, turn There is a season – turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A…

Towards the end of writer Susan Aihoshi’s piece on page 34 she writes, “While the fabric of our community was torn apart in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the threads of that old life are being re-woven into a vibrant…

Sitting next to me on the desk as I write this is a light blue tin the size of two packs of playing cards placed side-by-side. In a previous incarnation it contained Players Navy Cut Cigarettes “Mild.” It was lent…

Harry Aoki was, among other things, a composer, recording artist, conductor, impresario, efficiency expert, orchestral arranger, logger, teacher, ski instructor, musicologist, traveler and band leader. When he passed away on Thursday, January 24, the Canadian Nikkei community lost a true…

As the clocked ticked over to 2013 Amy and I turned to each other and said, at the same time, “wow – what a year that was!” And it was quite a year in our household, with more than its…