Dec 5, 2010

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson On the brisk morning of October 21, a vanguard of media innovation made its way into CBC/Radio-Canada’s Annual Public Meeting (APM) in Vancouver. The plan was unspoken, but each of the wry smiles we exchanged was more than enough to acknowledge our purpose. After all, although insidious, our goal was quite simple:...

ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot My life changed after my new book The Zero-Mile Diet was released in June. I was invited to speak to many communities around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, which suited me perfectly because I was talking about a Vancouver Island Diet. By year’s end, after all my travels and many conversations,...

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young The greatest degree of inner tranquillity comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.  – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama If we look back over past generations, we see many areas where progress has been made....

Dec 5, 2010

FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead In the 10th Whistler Film Festival, which ends December 5, it is worth noting that cult Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald has three new feature films in the festival: 1) the world premiere of Hard Core Logo 2, the sequel to his popular Hard Core Logo (1996); 2) the jailhouse blues documentary Music From the...

Dec 5, 2010

Sustain ban on Gulf drilling SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola We saw what happened when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico for three months. Imagine a similar incident in an inland sea one-sixth the size of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a very real fear...