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

• Where there's smoke, there's a lawsuit
  When I was in Grade 6, our teacher gave us a demonstration intended to scare us.On a countertop at the back of the class, she set up a ...
• Schooled in favouritism
  I’ve wronged teachers before in this space and suffered the consequences of their considerable wrath, even if it was sometimes misspelled and ...
• Lack of class
  For those who have long suspected there is something shady about how teachers are hired by various school districts around the province, finally ...
• Humour for nothing
  That fizzling sound you hear is the dying ember of Newfoundlanders’ (but not Labradorians’) unchallenged reputation for having the best sense of ...
• Hit and moose
  Why did Ches Crosbie cross the road? To ask the chickens if they want to launch a lawsuit.Ches Crosbie went to a hockey game, and a class-action ...
• Dunderdale, Danny, Tobin and rats
  As one year fades away and another gets its bum slapped into new life, some thoughts from my mental notebook:• There must be something in the ...
• ’Tis the season to celebrate stuff
  As I write, we are hoping for a respite from the weeklong deluge of rain so Older Boy and I can put a string of Christmas lights on the chicken ...
• Friends of fanatics
  These must be difficult days for the friends of fanatics.Let’s qualify that. The vociferous defenders of alleged terrorists must find recent ...
• Lest we forget Danny's big bang
  There are some things in this world — and this universe — not meant to be comprehended by mere mortals who are not former premiers.Astronomers, ...
• Simple steps to secure stuff
  Theft should not be taken lightly, but you’ve got to wonder about people who leave valuable stuff in their cars and then gasp with surprise when ...
• Security bunk and private junk
  These are tough times for futurists. If regular folk can’t predict what’s coming in tomorrow’s headlines, imagine how difficult it must be for ...
• Being rich is no laughing matter
  On the plus side, ya gotta admit Premier Danny Williams can crack you up. The Danald’s declaration this week that the province’s doctors should ...
• Kennedy crassly plays cash card
  Health Minister Jerome Kennedy is so magnificently wrong in his argument with the province’s doctors that, were he back in his old career as a ...
• French lessons
  All indicators, from Premier Danny Williams’ boastfulness on down, are that Newfoundland (and Labrador) is one big boomtown, but there is equally ...
• Canada shoots wide, UN posts shutout
  It’s a good thing Canadians prefer hockey as their national religion, rather than politics, because otherwise this would have been a very bad ...
• One big headache
  Before the Cold War melted away a couple of decades ago, it was common to hear idealists proclaim that a “world government” was the solution to ...
• Celebrities sound off
  It’s too early to declare officially, but northern Alberta’s oil sands could replace Newfoundland’s seal hunt as Canadian moneymaker No. 1 for ...
• Resolved: that judges be allowed to have kinky sex
  Some news stories instantly evoke a response of, “Eew, yuck.”You read about a Manitoba judge — of family court, no less — whose husband posted ...
• Trash talking about health care
  If there is anyone left in this dear dominion needing more evidence that too many Canadians are in an advanced stage of docility and obedience to ...
• Less than frank about Franklin
  Stupidity can be astounding. We see it all the time in political headlines and official statements, and in the decisions of defence departments ...
• The power of poultry
  Any day now, our fridge is going to hold more eggs than we can eat. Fortunately, we know some people who want free eggs. The two new chicks — ...
• 'Do as I say' culture gains ground
  Presumably, students and staff will be able to light up and puff away while standing on a public sidewalk at the edge of campus, but if they take ...
• Missing information
  Parks Canada officials are, as you’d expect, monitoring the situation to see how widespread the outbreak is.They downplayed the danger, of ...
• Steeple chase
  There’s no doubt about it — that old church was stunningly beautiful before somebody sawed through the steeple and sent it crashing ignobly to ...
• Walking away from war
  The story was about the federal government making it more difficult for American soldiers to seek refuge in Canada to avoid fighting in Iraq or ...
• A passing stage
  By the time you read this, a demolition crew sent by city hall officials might have already torn down the wharf.If the wharf is forcibly taken ...
• Oil and the Almighty
  That ongoing catastrophe was no accident or mistake. It resulted from a conscious decision that was stupid, unreasonable, irresponsible and ...
• Can't see the trees for the subdivisions
  It's construction season, and developers are full out in their efforts to uglify St. John's and its commuter outports (Torbay, Portugal Cove-St. ...
• Waiting for Waterloo
  Looking on the positive side, it is no longer possible for international observers to believe the stereotype of Canada being boring, staid and ...
• Drinking from the public trough
  It seems only fitting that as St. John's progresses toward full-fledged boomtown status, it also aspires to produce a higher-class drunk. The ...