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Mark Leiren-Young
Mark Leiren-Young is a Vancouver screenwriter, playwright and journalist, and files his "Fast Rewind" summary of the news for The Tyee at the end of every month. His podcast interviews with notables about "Trees and Us" also appear on The Tyee.
Stories by Mark Leiren-Young
'Wild Foresting'
New book by UVic profs Drengson and Taylor is a guide to 'practicing nature's wisdom.' A Trees and Us podcast.
Tourist Trapped
For a young Cariboo reporter it was a major scoop. The damnedest way to catch a bear.
How Adbusters Grew on Trees
Kalle Lasn on how his fight against Big Timber and Big Media sparked creative dissent. A Trees and Us podcast.
Betty Krawczyk, Proud Fanatic
The queen of protest on activism, prison life and second acts after raising kids. A Trees and Us podcast.
Obama Wuz Here, Gang War Fear, BC in Arrears
And more Fast Rewind of February.
Reviving Forest Protests in BC
Kenneth Wu is working hard to make it happen. A Trees and Us podcast.
Bridge Burners! Eco-John Turner! Dirty Earners!
And more Fast Rewind of January.
Puffins Pooped, Duffy Scooped, Canadians Hooped
And more fast rewinding of 2008. Happy New Year everyone!
Mayor Smoothie, Harper's Doozy, God Got Choosy
And more Fast Rewind of a wild November.
Eeek! Run from October!
Our Fast Rewind of a very scary month.
Campaign Silliness So Far
A special election version of the Tyee's Fast Rewind.
Russia Grabbed, Dems Blabbed, Duchovny Rehabbed
And more Fast Rewind of August.
Sundin Thinks, Starbucks Shrinks, Barenaked in Klink?
And more Tyee fast rewind of July.
Barack's Black! Ladner Attacks! SkyBridge Cracks!
And more of our fast rewind of June.
Twain Unhitched, Preacher Ditched, Baby Pitched
And more Fast Rewind of May.
Feist Snares, Slur Airs, Miley Bares
And more of our fast rewind of April.
My Joust with Senators over Free Speech in Film
Jitters, the F word, and what I told the Bill C-10 hearings.
Les Done? Iggy Mum? Zalm's Plum?
And more Fast Rewind of March.
Castro Retired, Nader Aspired, 'DiscDrive' Expired
Tyee's fast rewind of February.
PG Freezes, Lunn Fires, Spidey Splits
And more Fast Rewind of January.
BC's Eco-Activist 'Rock Star'
Tzep Berman on celebrity and getting things done. A 'Trees and Us' podcast.
2007 Fast Rewind
The loonie flew, so did Luongo, and Vancouver got trashed.
BC's Vanishing Timber Worker
A Trees and Us podcast with Wade Fisher, 'the best person on trees in Williams Lake.'
Lindros's Brain, Feenie's Flambé, Harper's Privy
And more Fast Rewind for November.
October's Fast Rewind
Loony's crazy, Dumbledore's gay, Harper's revved, and more...
Oops! Britney, O.J. and Sam Sullivan Do It Again
The Tyee's fast rewind of September.
Why Humans and Nature Collide
A 'Trees and Us' Tyee podcast with John Vaillant.
Trees and Us
Our new podcast series asks: what does the forest mean to you? First up, Severn Cullis-Suzuki.
Black Clams up, Beetles Spruce Up, Paris Rises Up
The Tyee's Fast Rewind of June.
TV 2.0
TV is dying. What will replace it?
Loonies Shot Up, Paris Locked Up, BC Lotteries' Fix Up
The Tyee's fast rewind of May
Imus Kissed Off, Sanjaya Idoled Off, Harper Buzzed Off
Our fast rewind of April.
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
What he told me about writing, lying and science. An interview and memoir.
Harper Budget Hatched, Ahnold and Gordon Matched, Britney Scratched
Our fast rewind of March.
Britney Shorn! Gay Rev Reborn! No Telus Porn?
And more in our fast rewind of February.
Searching for Intelligent Life Beyond the Steves, Hillary and Press Corpse
Our fast rewind of January.
Fast Rewind of 2006
Dion, truthiness, and 'you,' win.
Britney Warred, Dion Scored, Lions Roared, and More...
Our fast rewind of November.
Hot Air Harper, Dogged MacKay, Mum Madonna, and More...
Our fast rewind of October.
Gordo Bored, Domi Scored, Paris Burns, Bye Bye Fry...
Our fast rewind of September.
Harry's Naked Wand, Baby Luv's Bite, Harper's Icy Heart and More...
Our fast rewind of August.
Green Aliens, Smoking Bouquets and the Undead Mick
Those are just the B.C. highlights of The Tyee's Fast Rewind for July.
Canada’s Next Top Anchor Launched, Aniston Out-Riced, Campbell Souped
The Tyee’s fast rewind of June.
Wind Broken, Apologies Made, Shiloh Born, Monkeys Fingered...
The Tyee's fast rewind of May.
April Fools, Alberta Rules, Snoop Dogg Drools…
Time for another Fast Rewind of the month that was.
Death and Renewal for America on Prime Time
'The West Wing' ends as it began.
Fast Rewind of March
Harper is ‘steely’, Bardot went sealy and Emerson stays squirrely.
Fast Rewind of February
Deadeye Dick Cheney, Kleanup Klassen, 'Brokeback Bond' and more.
Fast Rewind of a Weird Month
Libs Fry, Frey burns, Trump primps, Harper coughs up a cold war and more.
The Tyee's Fast Rewind of 2005
Belinda's gay marriage intelligent design Republican shootout.
Tyee's Fast Rewind of November
CSIS non-profit brothel returns Madonna's chihuahua in election.
'Best City in the World' for Strikes and Barbies
And more headlines in this month's 'Fast Rewind' of BC news.
Man in Wheelchair Runs over Christy Clark!
And more news updates from 'Fast Rewind', a new Tyee feature.
Canada's Stupid Party
New reasons I fret about the ReformaTories.
The Year in Revue
Taking stock of a world gone mad.
Lock-Out? Life is Good!
With the hockey monkey finally off my back, today is the first day of the rest of my life.
The Case for Voting Liberal
You don't need to trust Paul Martin to re-elect his party. You just have to trust less Stephen Harper's Reform 2.0.
No Tory Defence for Artistic Merit
Culture barely registers on the Conservative election platform, except as a shocking excuse for porn.
I'll Hate Calgary Next Year
I've fallen in love with the Flames. Does that make me a traitor to the Canucks?
This Is a Svend We Never Knew
I've seen Robinson in leg irons, and relied on him for political drama, but I never expected this.
