Jack Knox writes a local news column Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, plus a Sunday piece - Slightly Skewed - that can be categorized as either humorous social commentary or unmitigated piffle.

Since joining the Times Colonist in 1988, Jack has worked as a copy editor, city editor, editorial writer and editorial page editor. Prior to that he worked at the Campbell River Courier-Islander, Regina Leader-Post, Kamloops Daily News and Kamloops Sentinel.

An ongoing series called the Other Island, in which Jack and photographer Debra Brash explore the far reaches of Vancouver Island, earned them a Jack Webster Award nomination in 2005. Career highlights include being blasted with a faceful of blowhole spray by Luna the whale (it tasted like fish), having a near-headless body fall at his feet and interviewing a porn movie queen in the nude (her, not him).

In 2007 Jack had the honour of cycling the 1,000-kilometre Canadian Cancer Society Cops For Cancer Tour de Rock; the gruelling journey left him with a sense of accomplishment that he hopes to never feel again.