Profile of Brian Jones

Biography

Brian Jones is an editor at The Telegram . He has worked as a journalist and editor in St. John's, Vancouver, Calgary and Yellowknife. You can reach Brian at bjones@thetelegram.com

All articles of Brian Jones

• Love can fizzle, in politics as in life
  Think back to one of your worst “I don’t like you anymore” moments. Everybody’s got one. Maybe more.You look into those lovely eyes and ...
• Poverty-producing petroleum
  It’s tough to have oil these days. When you’ve got money, everybody wants a bit of it.Tory politicians in Alberta have apparently opted for the ...
• Balderdash
  Here is one of those tales typical of Newfoundland (and possibly Labrador), which would be only borderline believable if you didn't see it ...
• Ray Guy was the best
  Ray Guy was my favourite columnist ever. His columns were the best, by anyone, anywhere. For the past decade, Guy wrote a monthly column for The ...
• Danny Williams’ woes are instructive
  Danny Williams doesn’t do anything small. No Major Junior A hockey team for him. He goes pro, or he goes home. And speaking of homes, even when ...
• EI, EI, owe
  From the Let Me Get This Straight Department comes news that intransigent Premier Kathy Dunderdale wants intransigent Prime Minister Stephen ...
• Public transit steals your time
  You can’t tell some people anything. “Don’t go out on those rocks,” you’ll say. And guess what they do?“Don’t stand behind that horse,” you’ll ...
• Facebook farce embarrasses entire province
  If Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Justice Minister Darin King are so frail and gormless that they feel threatened by a few smartass comments made ...
• Blunt lessons about banks and beer
  This week, breweries and banks have provided Newfoundlanders (and Labradorians) and Canadians with a few blunt lessons on the downside of ...
• Cutting back so we can spend more
  I’ve decided to buy that truck I want. I don’t need it, and I can’t really afford it, but I’ve lusted after it long enough.I’m well aware that ...
• Don’t take financial advice from Jerome Kennedy
  If, perchance, you bump into Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy and he offers you financial advice about your spending and saving habits, don’t take ...
• Bad drivers cause roadway wreckage
  This scene is probably familiar to most St. John’s motorists: you’re on your way to work (or, alternatively, on your way home from work) and come ...
• Time is fleeting, government takes its toll
  Newfoundland politicians are lucky. It takes a long time for them to be loathed by the electorate.Premier Kathy Dunderdale and her government ...
• You can’t say that
  Before any Canadian goes into apoplectic hysterics about child pornography, they should read about the St. John’s case of Scott Curtis.Curtis was ...
• Rich land, poor land
  Pity the poor historians. Before some of them are even born, they’re loaded down with assignments.This is mostly due to politicians, who have a ...
• A lesson in economics, courtesy of diamond thieves
  Sometimes, it’s the minor tidbits of information in a story that are most striking.Consider, for instance, the dramatic headlines made this week ...
• Apologizing popes
  News reports about Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation said he was the first pope in 600 years to quit. Usually, a pontiff stays on the job until he ...
• The downside of cruise ships
  The bones of Richard III weren’t the only things found buried this week. (In case you missed that news story, archeologists dug up his remains ...
• Tax breaks for seniors smack of ageism
  Some old people probably didn’t hear the news that the City of St. John’s will consider giving them a tax break next year. No worries, though — ...
• Cops in schools won’t solve drug problems
  A while ago, Younger Boy informed us that there is a drug problem at his school.This, in a junior high.“What!” I said. “Are you having problems ...
• Guess how much we’ll pay for power
  Add Newfoundland Power shareholders to the list of people who deserve more from life than you do.Well, that’s according to Newfoundland Power ...
• Happy 2013 … let’s send troops
  News tends to be slow Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, and there’s not much of consequence in between, but when news does return — ...
• Christmas with Kurt
  If anyone is keeping track of the sleazy, underhanded, self-serving, manipulative, crass and cowardly actions of the Dunderdale administration, ...
• More nonsense from the power crowd
  If your calculator’s batteries ran low while adding up the clichés and banalities churned out by Premier Kathy Dunderdale during Monday’s Muskrat ...
• ‘Security’ is a weak excuse to fence off the...
  These days, whenever you hear the word “security” — especially when it emanates from someone holding official office — it is beneficial to let ...
• Get the T-shirt now, while you still can
  Those who are inclined to wail that Newfoundlanders (and Labradorians) have been used, abused and downtrodden by mainlanders, foreigners and feds ...
• Footing a bill for the cheap stuff
  From the You Couldn’t Make This Stuff Up department comes news this week that bigfoot is real.Apparently, the elusive, legendary sasquatch really ...
• School-busing rule is miles short of logical
  Perhaps someday, in a more enlightened era, we will look back with revulsion and shame at the horror we inflicted on our children by packing them ...
• The charge of the greed brigade
  Apparently, greed isn’t good after all.The chorus of people accusing Canadians of being greedy, careless debt-mongers just got louder. David ...
• Step right up and see the latest report
  The missing link caused a huge argument among my friends in 1972.As was our annual custom, we spent a glorious day at the Calgary Stampede, ...