James Shearer

After a tweetup last night I thought I better do some tweeting of my own and update my twitter page.

Falling asleep to the sound of gunfire is not uncommon in Churchill, Manitoba. The members of polar bear patrol are out day and night regardless of weather and overly curious polar bears are scared off with blank firing cracker shells. When this doesn’t work there are a few options available which protect both humans and […]

Thirty-five hours after boarding VIA Rail’s Hudson Bay train in Winnipeg and 1710km of track covered, the small town of Churchill on the shores of Hudson Bay by the Manitoba-Nunavut border is finally in sight.
By all accounts two days and two nights on a train is a long time to be cooped up in a […]

This morning I was on CBC’s Radio Canada International talking about the challenges faced by new immigrant entrepreneurs.
As a new immigrant to Canada and a new business owner, I was faced with various chicken and egg situations. One agency which was invaluable in the support they gave me is MOSAIC and the financial institution Vancity.
Listen […]

I was on the bus and heading south, half way across the Burrard Bridge in Vancouver the bus driver made an announcement to all passengers: “Could everyone please look to their right and if you don’t agree with me that Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the world, please let me know and I […]

Yesterday I was awarded first place for my business strategy for Peragro Media. The award comes from the Provincial Government of British Columbia’s small business organization Small Business BC and was presented to me by Cybele Negris of Webnames.ca. Onwards and upwards!

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Pumpkins at the orchard, originally uploaded by jamesshearer.
Around about Thanks Giving, Vanessa, Rob and I were driving from Vancouver to the Okanagan. The route took us along BC […]

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Fresh produce at the market, originally uploaded by jamesshearer.
I spent a few days in the town of Lugano in southern Switzerland. Unfortunately for me it rained the entire […]

I am in the early stages of putting together a new business project and today I have been catching up on unread posts in my Bloglines. One I just came across was a post about venture capital aptitude test from Guy Kawasaki’s blog about a venture capital aptitude test.
This is an interesting perspective and has […]

I am going to be adding my photographs from my travels over the past 8 years. This is a case of me going through the many DVDs and CDs I have burned with the photos on, selecting a few and uploading them. Considering that I have been to over 30 different countries / provinces / […]