Aug 24, 2009

by Odette Jobidon      Patricia and Norbert Peters      Jhan Dudley JACK VELKER was an outstanding performer, brilliant composer, studio musician and arranger. He was versatile and charismatic with great joie-de-vivre and humility. Guided by a chivalrous code of honour and compassion, Jack extended the same...

Aug 24, 2009

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson At the recent *CRTC hearing on traffic management (AKA Internet freedom), there was something different in the air. The room still screamed of bureaucracy: decorative flags at the front of the room, the plain suits, the ‘stakeholders’ and the stenographers. But this time around there was buzz in the room and that...

Aug 24, 2009

NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina Anyone who has ever had a kidney stone would probably say it is the worst pain they have ever experienced so it’s wise to prevent the formation of these little crystals. A kidney stone is a hard mass with sharp corners that forms from substances in the urine, one of which is typically calcium. A stone may be as tiny as a grain...

Aug 24, 2009

ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot Ever wondered what it’s like to have a garden overflowing with fruits and vegetables at this time of year? I’ll share a day at The  Garden Path with you so you can get an idea. Today, I finished preserving the cherry harvest, which was very prolific this year. We have two cherry trees: a Morella sour cherry...

Aug 24, 2009

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Evolution is individual; devolution is collective.  – Martin H. Fischer When it comes to finding new ways to build things, improvising when something is broken or navigating around obstacles, humans may be inherent problem solvers. We are not so good at solving problems between ourselves, however. Humans can...

Aug 24, 2009

FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead Out on August 14, Adam is a romcom with a twist. It’s a tale of a beautiful girl meets boy with Asperger’s syndrome, which is a mild form of autism. Adam (British actor Hugh Dancy) has the ability to encyclopaedically recall facts and numbers – particularly anything to do with space – but...

Aug 24, 2009

EARTHFUTURE by Guy Dauncey It happens so easily. The oil spill on the driveway you hosed down the drain. The spray-on chemical that found its way into your body. The quick trip to the store that released ancient carbon into the atmosphere. Every day, we do things that break the laws of sustainability, without being penalized in any way. Our culture may be...

Aug 24, 2009

SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola We often point out that ecology and economy have the same root, from the Greek oikos, meaning “home.” Ecology is the study of home and economics is its management. But many people still insist on treating them as two separate, often incompatible, processes. At its most absurd, the argument is that we...

WRITING ON THE WALL by Sonya Weir We’ve been told by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the swine flu is a pandemic and spreading rampantly, with two billion people expected to die globally in the next two years. But the numbers don’t add up. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the regular, garden-variety influenza...

Aug 24, 2009

by Deepak Chopra Emotions are mysterious and often dangerous things. Thirty years ago, mind-body medicine made the connection between emotions and illness. The so-called cancer personality had its vogue, preceded by the Type A personality linked to early heart attacks. Despite advances in drugs for depression and anxiety, toxic emotions are taking the same...

Aug 24, 2009

by Geoff Olson A FRIEND recently told me how she loved singing songs as a child at summer camp. “Most of them were goofy but they were part of the camp experience,” she added. When she returned as a director in 1987, my friend discovered most of the old tunes had disappeared from her childhood haunt. The only song the kids could sing was the theme...

Aug 24, 2009

by Melinda Connor PhD;  Ruth Lamb, PhD (c)  Linda Turner, PhD (c). The Integrative Energy Healing (IEH) Certificate Program at Langara College in Vancouver is actively involved in weaving together the science and research of energy-based healing with its practice. For eight years, this program has worked to offer a three-year certificate program in...

Aug 24, 2009

DRUG BUST Alan Cassels How do you calculate your net worth, the value of your company or your chequing account balance? You don’t have to be an accountant to understand that these amounts are determined by looking at both columns in the ledger – your assets and liabilities and your credit and debit. In Double-Entry accounting, your assets are listed...