Straight Goods is owned by Straight Goods News Inc., a private company owned by 30 shareholders. The founders pooled their resources to launch the publication in 2000 out of the belief - still shared - that people need a wider - and better - choice of news and information sources.

Our team:

Penney Kome, Editor
penney@straightgoods.com
  Penney Kome is an award-winning journalist and author. Besides having published six books, her career encompasses twelve years writing a national column in Homemakers' Magazine, and four years writing a column for the Calgary Herald. She has served as editor of Womenspace.ca and contributing editor of the NeWest Review. Her volunteer work includes many executive positions, including, most recently, Chair of The Writers Union of Canada. Among her awards are the Metro Toronto Women of Distinction Award and the Robertine Barry Prize for Feminist Journalism. She lives in Calgary with her husband and two teen-aged sons.
 

Michael Cowley-Owen, Webmaster and Technical Advisor
mco@straightgoods.com
  Michael Cowley-Owen is a nexialist^*, working in the field of communication. He is actively involved in community development issues and occasionally runs for political office. As part of bringing up his four children, he is committed to promoting the quality of life he has found in rural living. In his spare time he owns and maintains a small tree farm, runs several at-home businesses (such as Perfect Vision), and is attempting to really understand quantum mechanics, relativity, black holes and the BIG BANG, and their relevance, if any, to the Meaning of Life, if any.
  *(type of generalist described by science-fiction writer, A.E. van Vogt, in the "Voyage of the Space Beagle", 1950)
 

Ish Theilheimer, Publisher, Managing Editor
ish@straightgoods.com
  Ish Theilheimer is founding Publisher of Straight Goods, which he launched out of frustration with existing media and fascination with the possibilities of independent online journalism. Significant in his varied career has been work as a writer, editor, consultant, musician, welder, and hot dog vendor. He has been active in community and party politics at every level. In addition to his journalistic work, Ish is the Producer of The Stone Fence Theatre, a professional theatre company dedicated to the Ottawa Valley and its economic and cultural development. He is also President of the Killaloe and Area Lions Club.
  He and his wife and partner, Kathy Eisner, live beside the Bonnechere River near Golden Lake in the upper Ottawa Valley.
 

Eric Hustvedt, Communications Officer
eric@straightgoods.com
 

Catherine Illingworth, Production Coordinator - posting, editing, bulletin
catherine@straightgoods.com
 

Laurie Uytterlinde Flood, Production Intern - proofing and general
laurie@straightgoods.com
 

Simon Osborne, Production Assistant - bulletin list
simon@straightgoods.com
 

Gerry Hull, Accounting and bookkeeping

Regular contributors:

2006-07 Board of Directors:

Straight Goods is published by Straight Goods News Inc. (SGNI)