Bill C-52 will put that to a stop! have willingly self-shamed myself for allowing myself to be so busy co-running a business, working long hours and 7 day weeks; that I have totally forgotten about the world around our little business. My sources to keeping me up-to-date are our customers, with a recent wake-up […]
Jul
6
Canadian’s Living Longer & Healthier, but!
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Apr
20
One year countdown: Tell BC government to keep its promise
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A little over two years ago, ForestEthics was delighted to share one of the biggest moments in our history with the world — the announcement of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements in British Columbia. After a decade-long struggle to save the Great Bear Rainforest, BC Premier Gordon Campbell and his government agreed to protect 5 […]
Apr
10
Photojournalism Without Barriers
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On Saturday April 12 through to April 13th, No Barriers Photography is holding a fundraiser to help cover travel expenses for a one month trip to Baffin Island. Photojournalist Roberta Holden is providing free photography services for an isolated Inuit village and creating their first community exhibition. She will also be with a women’s […]
Apr
8
Cell phone for Food?
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I’ve read about an interesting Food Bank concept you may not know about. This one is headed by a local Highschool here in Vancouver.
York House School is currently involved in the Rogers Phones-for-Food High School Challenge. In this challenge, old cell phones are recycled to reduce e-waste. The money raised from recycling the cell […]
Apr
1
B.C. Gov to Workers: Don’t Change Wages Midstream.
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The most livable city is starting to seem a little less livable. As of today, Alberta’s minimum wage now exceeds British Columbia’s by 40 cents an hour. Considering that when I lived in Calgary in 2002, the minimum wage was $5.90, this is a big leap for Alberta. Then again, maybe all minimum wage increases […]
Mar
17
6 Trillion Barrels of Oil, and Now?
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Here’s a thought about entitlement. Before we started pumping it all out, there were about 6 trillion barrels of oil on our planet. By the best estimates, we’ve got about half of that left. There is currently a population of 6.5 billion people on the earth, and, if we all get a […]
Mar
17
Z-DAY
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Z-Day has come and gone. March 15th was the official date for world wide events, based around the viewing of the movie Zeitgeist. Multiple venues around Vancouver were involved in housing viewings. If you haven’t watched this monumental think-piece of a movie, you are missing out. Whether you decide to take […]
Mar
16
What’s the interest on 245,000,000,000?
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I was reading the papers as I do every morning and I think I should put that little tradition aside. Reading of climate change, global financial bailouts, trans-national alliances, the expanding Oil industries, and “our” complacency with all of that because are too busy trying to survive.
It is indeed remarkable. The Toronto star calls […]
Mar
5
Translink’s Bored of Directors
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Are you bored with our new Translink Board of Directors? Thought that they would actually adhere to their “no closed door meeting” policy? Ha! Boy were we fooled. So what is the first thing they do? Hold a closed door meeting and give themselves a $1,000 per meeting raise … a meeting they can attend […]
Mar
5
Bee Movie: Working Class Bee Damned, Corporations Know Better
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How could I not bee insane and still write this article? I’ve been looking for some simple examples of media indoctrinating ideas into children’s minds and I think I’ve got a good one. I just finished watching Bee Movie. You know, the one with Jerry Seinfeld as a cute little bee […]
