Kate O'Connell
Stories
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British Ambassador Weighs In On Shell, Environmental Partnership
David Hyde speaks with British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott about a unique environmental partnership between Washington state and the United Kingdom....
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Canada Also Worried About A Wildfire Season Worsened By Drought
Marcie Sillman speaks with Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about an early start to the wildfire season in British Columbia.
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Release Of Omar Khadr Divides Opinion In Canada
Ross Reynolds speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about the release of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen convicted of killing a U.S. soldier...
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City Of Seattle Has Work To Do On Gender And Race Pay Equity
Marcie Sillman speaks with Seattle journalist and The C is For Crank blogger Erica C. Barnett about a recent report on gender pay equity for City of...
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Washington Program Aims To Close The Justice Gap For Low Incomes
Marcie Sillman speaks with Paula Littlewood, executive director of the Washington State Bar Association, about a unique Washington program designed to...
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Winning The Housing Lottery, But Waiting Years For It To Come Through
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Sahra Muhumed, who made it onto the wait list for King County Housing Authority's Section 8 Program. When the wait list...
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Seattle Educators To Stage One-Day Walkout
Marcie Sillman speaks with Jonathan Knapp, president of the Seattle Education Association about the union's vote to stage a one-day walkout on May 19....
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Seattle Says 'No' To Shell's Arctic Drilling Fleet, For Now
The city of Seattle said Monday that a new permit is needed for Shell Oil's Arctic drilling fleet to dock at Terminal 5, a stance that could bring more...
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Number One Killer Of Student Athletes Gets New Law
Ross Reynolds speaks with Dr. Jonathan Drezner, director of the University of Washington Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology, about sudden cardiac...
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‘Don’t Go There’: Seattle Sherpa Keeps Returning To Everest
Months after Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa’s oldest brother died climbing in the Himalayas, Lhakpa Gelu determined that he would summit a Himalayan peak. His...