Why approving Site C could sink NDP
by Damien Gillis cabin photo: Diane Perry It’s getting down to the wire for the NDP-led government to announce its decision on Site C Dam. … Read more
Month: December 2017
Free your vote 2.0
by Paul George “Your input will help shape the future of our democracy,” declares a November 17 BC government press release. The release announces the … Read more
Complicit – 2017’s “Word of the Year” defines our future
For the vast majority, the future isn’t what it used to be. The inevitable reckoning and consequences, still unscripted, will be Shakespearean in scope and … Read more
Rick Hanson: grow your core of calm, strength & happiness
An interview by Fiona Douglas-Crampton The holiday season often brings additional stress. The days are getting shorter and colder and we have to cope with … Read more
Blood supply donors and privateers
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels I get a regular phone call that I won’t answer. I know what the caller wants and I’m not willing … Read more
Copyright in the new TPP: A milestone or a PR move?
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Marie Aspiazu In early November, citizens watched in suspense as leaders from 11 of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signatories met in … Read more
Our munching munchkins
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina and Claudia Lemay Like a super-powered magnet, children are often drawn to sugary and non-nutritious foods. However, regular consumption of junk … Read more
Democratic change and climate change
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki In 1952, my grade 10 civics teacher asked us what we hoped to become as adults. One of the most … Read more
Be the change you want to see in the world
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young The title above is a quote that is often mis-attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. But it is only a paraphrased, shorthand … Read more
StarWise December 2017 – January 2018
STARWISE by Mac McLaughlin Saturn enters its own sign, Capricorn, on December 19 for a two-and-a-half-year visit, after which it begins to travel through Aquarius … Read more