Celebrate the wisdom of elders, artists and visionaries
You are invited to a historic reconciliation gathering at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 22, 2016 • Reconciliation demands that we relearn history and … Read more
Month: April 2016
Towards the Reconciliation Bridge & Vancouver’s High Line
by Joseph Roberts • The January, 2016, edition of Common Ground contained an article about transforming the Georgia Viaduct into a Reconciliation Bridge, a symbolic … Read more
The Trans Pacific Partnership
A bad deal for Canada, our food and our health by Bobbie Blair • More than a decade after he was fired from his … Read more
Proton pump inhibitors pose some very serious risks
Think twice about taking heartburn drugs DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels • Warning: this column is for people who are taking (or have been offered) … Read more
TEDx Stanley Park
Ideas to Action by Roger Killen • TEDx conferences audiences laugh, learn and walk away with actionable wisdom. Live speakers share innovative optimistic solutions to … Read more
The impacts of Expo 86 – 30 years later
by Bruce Mason • It’s three decades since Vancouver sold its soul. Threw future generations out with dirty False Creek water. If you’re 30-something, you … Read more
The problem with animal research
by John Pranger • Sponsored by the Animal Defense & Anti-Vivisection Society of BC. vivisectionresearch.ca The arrival in Canada each year of monkeys destined for … Read more
On the trail of humanistic transpersonal psychology
by Claudio Naranjo • In my first English book, The One Quest (1972) – translated from the Spanish La Unica Busqueda – I delved into … Read more
Colour light therapy
How it works by Julianne Bien • In her closing address at the UN-sponsored International Year of Light conference in Mérida, Mexico, in February, UNESCO’s … Read more
The real poison pill in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Meghan Sali • Canadians have many reasons to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive international agreement that, if … Read more