Opinion: Dean of B.C. press gallery never shied from a fight with a politician
“Get to work you lazy bums!” he’d berate us. “Standing around waiting to collect spit on microphones — go dig up a story of your own.”He was also famously generous with his time for younger journalists who were willing to listen.
Hume was born in the U.K. and spent the Second World War in a camp for conscientious objectors. He did duty as a stretcher bearer during the German bombing of Coventry, an experience that provided one of his most gripping anecdotes.He wrote about all the premiers of the postwar era, through to the current occupant, who provided a personal tribute Wednesday.
“I didn’t always agree with him, but to have his vast knowledge of events in and around British Columbia, particularly from a Victoria perspective, has been really extraordinary.Article content The contrarian Hume warned Times Colonist readers in a front-page piece to prepare for a wild roller-coaster ride.
As a political reporter with the Edmonton Journal in the early 1960s, he clashed with Preston’s father, Alberta Premier Ernest Manning.Article contentNext, he confronted the minister of municipal affairs over some questionable land dealings and gave him 24 hours to respond. The paper dropped his once-a-week column in 2014 but Hume kept writing … with a blog called the Old Islander.
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