Music fest phenom
from the far-out to the far away MUSIC RISING by Bruce Mason • Festival season’s in full bloom, booming across borders, despite a faltering, … Read more
Month: June 2013
A tale of three festivals, here and now
Vancouver Folk Fest. Natalie Maines (photo above) – Dixie Chick Maines didn’t shut up or stop singing. by Bruce Mason • BC is blessed with … Read more
GMOs fooling the world for 20 years
• Myths and outright lies about the alleged benefits of genetically engineered crops (GE crops or GMOs) persist only because the multinationals that profit from … Read more
Dubious drug plans
The lesson of Liptruzet DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels • The people’s briefing note on prescription drugs If you receive private benefits through your employment … Read more
Wild Salmon Warrior news
Five Conditions for tar sands oil and salmon farming in BC by Adam S. Sealey • On May 15, BC awoke from its media-pundits-pollster-drugged dream … Read more
Poisoning the Golden Mile
text and photo by Cherlynne Sweet • Oliver, BC, is called the wine capital of Canada. Many orchards have been replaced by vineyards and from … Read more
This island Earth
by Geoff Olson • More of a tourist than a traveller, I’m standing on an outcropping of volcanic rock in the Caribbean, scratching away … Read more
Bean leaves and bedbugs
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • A couple of recent findings show we have a lot to learn from our forebears – and nature – … Read more
The best of Hot Docs
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead • Rather than viewing films from in front of the screen, I spent last month mostly behind the camera. … Read more
Banish negative thinking
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young • If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Peace Pilgrim It … Read more