Rob Peters
Rob Peters is physically fit, emotionally mature, and astonishingly alert.
He graduated with an English Honours degree from the University of British Columbia and holds a journalism certificate from Langara College. Interests include writing, new media, arts and culture, music, and the beautifully odd.
He's written for The Tyee, Discorder, Tooth and Dagger, The Richmond News, Streethawk magazine, and other community papers.
He lives with his girlfriend in Vancouver.
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Ricin scare: guns 'n' anarchy
Let's see...ricin, guns, and an anarchist textbook. Someone took in one too many Celine Dion shows?" LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Firearms and an "anarchist type textbook" were found in the same motel room where several...
Hangboarding: snowboarding reinvented
You have to see the video to fully comprehend this thing. You're suspended in a harness a few inches above a snowboard as you fly down the mountain head-first. It looks a little strange, but it does seem...
Man gets shot to miss work
Um, yeah." PASCO, Wash. (AP) -- What happened to faking a cough? Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County said a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work. When he first...
Radiohead reduces ecological footprint
There aren't too many bands that can afford to say no to a gig for environmental reasons, but Radiohead is one of them. As "Let Down" attests, Yorke has never been a fan of unnecessary transport, motorways and...
The Hives lose 6-5 to the Vancouver Canucks
I've heard that rock stars want to be athletes and athletes want to be rock stars. If that's true, Swedish band The Hives recently got their wish by taking on some of the 'Nucks in a pick-up game at GM...
Nick Cave named "Counter Culture Icon"
He didn't really need the title to prove it, but in any case now he's got it.In a way these types of titles diminish any counter-culture-ness an artist may have. Like is a glossy new anthology of punk rock...
Canada's 'largest-ever' cockfighting ring busted
I didn't know there were such things around here. To me they seem rather cruel, and by 'rather' I mean 'entirely.'"Animal welfare officials say as many as 37 people could be facing charges after police...
Heath Ledger's Nick Drake video surfaces
Is it foreshadowing or just a coincidence that Heath Ledger filmed a tribute video for a melancholic artist who also overdosed on antidepressants? The mythology practically writes itself."
In the wake of Heath...
Russia lures its hockey talent home
Some Russian hockey enthusiasts say their country is rebuilding a league of talented stars that will rival the NHL. It's clear there's hockey talent in Russia, but a league better than the NHL? Come on,...
Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill 20
More bloodshed in the Gaza Strip."GAZA (Reuters) - Israel unleashed a barrage of air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing 20 Palestinians including several civilians and children as well as Islamist militants behind rocket attacks on the Jewish state.
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