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Jack Knox

Jack Knox

Jack Knox is an award-losing columnist with the Victoria sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. Since joining the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in 1988, Jack has worked as a copy editor, city editor, editorial writer and editorial page editor. Prior to that he was an editor and reporter at newspapers in Campbell River, Regina and Kamloops.

As a journalist he has debated policy with prime ministers and premiers, and has interviewed a murderer in his cell. He liked the murderer. Career highlights include being blasted with blowhole spray by Luna the whale (it tasted like fish), interviewing a porn movie star in the nude (her, not him) and getting a phone call from Barack Obama four days before he (Obama, not Jack) was elected president.

He is the author of three books, two of which were nominated for the Leacock Medal for Humour.

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Recent Work by Jack

'We had to race like crazy': Remembering Islanders' D-Day role 80 years on

'We had to race like crazy': Remembering Islanders' D-Day role 80 years on

Vancouver Island sacrificed disproportionately on June 6, 1944 — soldiers of the Victoria-based Canadian Scottish Regiment were among the first ashore in Normandy on D-Day
The TC book sale is this weekend. Here's what you need to know

The TC book sale is this weekend. Here's what you need to know

Get ready, book lovers — it’s book sale weekend! Here are 27 things to know about the 27th sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ book sale, on this weekend at the Victoria Curling Club.
Jack Knox: The Kinder Surprises of the TC book sale

Jack Knox: The Kinder Surprises of the TC book sale

Sometimes opening the cardboard boxes dropped off at the drive-through book collection is like busting into a Kinder Surprise.
Jack Knox: 'I'm here because of Ruth,' says book sale volunteer

Jack Knox: 'I'm here because of Ruth,' says book sale volunteer

Why do the volunteers do it, devoting their free time to standing on the cold, concrete floor of a cavernous curling rink, subsisting on nothing but coffee, dust mites and the occasional Timbit?
Jack Knox: Off the tourist track in Italy, little is lost in translation

Jack Knox: Off the tourist track in Italy, little is lost in translation

In a small northern city, some residents don’t speak English, but the language barrier can be an unexpected bonus.
Jack Knox: You can't solve the world's problems, but you can help a neighbour

Jack Knox: You can't solve the world's problems, but you can help a neighbour

Why do we do what we do? Because it’s not about solving an intractable problem, it’s about helping people, real ones.
Jack Knox: Asking for your help, even when it's uncomfortable

Jack Knox: Asking for your help, even when it's uncomfortable

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Christmas Fund is a good cause, but Jack Knox still feels like that long-vanished friend who only reappears when he wants to borrow your truck.
Jack Knox: Island woman knows 'you get back what you give'

Jack Knox: Island woman knows 'you get back what you give'

All the money raised by the TC Christmas Fund flows to Vancouver Island charities that provide help for people who could, as was the case with Shirley Howard in the 1960s, benefit from the goodness of strangers.
Soap for Hope washes away some of the money worries for seniors

Soap for Hope washes away some of the money worries for seniors

Volunteer elves stuff Ziploc bags with toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorants, lotions and other items that many recipients can no longer afford to buy — and finish it off with a personal touch.
Jack Knox: Food costs taking a bigger bite out of non-profits' budgets

Jack Knox: Food costs taking a bigger bite out of non-profits' budgets

We haven’t always lived in an age when so many Victorians have had to choose between paying the rent and filling their stomachs.
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