Jim began his sports writing career at age 17 with a part-time writing job for the Victoria Daily Colonist. He went on to become a popular and, at times, controversial sports columnist for newspapers in Vancouver and, later, as a nationally syndicated columnist with the Calgary Sun. His career as a sports writer, broadcaster, and commentator spans more than 50 years. Jim has been described as "one of Canada's funniest writers; his subjects are mainly sports figures, and he finds elements of the bizarre and the comical in every event. Some of the people he writes about are world famous - Silken Laumann, Mark Messier, Debbie Brill, and Mike Tyson among them - while others are far from household names, but they all make great stories. In his distinctive, irrepressible style, he points out the insane humour in Las Vegas title fights, commends the efforts of seven-year-old soccer players and pokes fun at spoiled, highly paid stars. The unflappable Taylor turns his attention with equal glee to the Olympics, the CFL, Skategate (Tonya, Nancy and "The Gang That Couldn't Think Straight"), local characters and world championships, warmly admiring the heroes and hard-workers and cheerfully ridiculing the boors and braggarts."

Ernie's "work" for over 50 years was an extremely enjoyable career as a journalist, newspaper sports reporter and outdoors columnist. He launched his career as a sports writer, at the age of 17, with the Edmonton Bulletin. When the thriving daily's life ended, Fedoruk moved on, to become Sports Editor in Timmins Ont. and also spent time with Canadian Press in Toronto. Not being a big-city fan, he returned west to learn the joys of writing and working for Tom Melville at the Regina Leader-Post. Then, discovering Victoria and salmon fishing, his nomadic days came to a grinding halt. Apart from fishing, curling and year-around golf, Ernie's lesser priorities were passed on to be newspaper reporter at the Times & Times-Colonist for 39 years, latterly as a five-a-week columnist serving Vancouver Island's outdoors sports readers. In "retirement" he continues to produce as a freelancer. Other involvements included; the Outdoor Writers of Canada, Northwest Outdoor Writers Association and he is the winner of 24 outdoor writing awards. Ernie received the 1993 Peter McGillen Award, OWC's highest honor. Today he is a member of the Canadian Journalism Federation's Greg Clark Award committee. Ernie's honors include life memberships in the V & D Golf, V-S Inlet Anglers and Victoria Fish and Game Associations; induction into the International Oldtimers' Hockey and Victoria Auto Racing halls-of-fame. Achievements include a Victoria Curling Club championship, high gun in Canada and second overall in the 1961 North American Media clay-bird championship and a 51-pound salmon.