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Voice of BC, Shaw TV’s weekly public affairs program, has
been produced for the past 15 years. The program gives British
Columbians the opportunity to hear from top politicians in
B.C. and across Canada, as well as leaders in the academic and
business communities, in a balanced and thoughtful forum.
Viewers also have the opportunity to phone-in and speak
directly to elected officials on the issues that matter to the
public.
Voice of BC is hosted by respected Vancouver Sun columnist
Vaughn Palmer. One of B.C.’s foremost political
commentators, Palmer brings his unique style and perspective
on B.C. politics to this series.
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Vaughn Palmer has been the provincial political columnist
for The Vancouver Sun since 1984. Based in Victoria, Vaughn
has covered eight premiers during his time in the provincial
capital and observed the full range of issues, personalities
and scandals in our rich political scene.
Palmer was born in 1952 in a small English community near
Gaspe, Quebec. He moved to British Columbia in 1967 with his
parents. He finished high school in Nanaimo and attended the
University of B.C. where he worked on the U.B.C. student
newspaper, The Ubyssey.
He started as a reporter at The Vancouver Sun in 1973.
Three years later, he became the paper's rock music critic.
After four years in the music scene, he made the move to the
news desks and was made city editor. Following two years as
city editor, he spent a year in San Francisco, attending
Stanford University on a journalism fellowship.
He returned to the paper in 1983 when, after a brief stint
as editorial writer, he was appointed to write the provincial
affairs column.
One of the most rewarding aspects of Palmer’s Victoria
posting was the opportunity to get to know The Sun's editor
emeritus, Bruce Hutchison. Prior to Hutchison's death in 1992,
Palmer edited a collection of his work, To Canada With Love
and Some Misgivings: The Best of Bruce Hutchison (Douglas
& McIntyre, 1991).
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