Biophilia and the health benefits of nature
– by Chanchal Cabrera and Thierry Vrain – Nature Deficit Disorder is an informal diagnostic term used to describe what happens when people disconnect from their natural surroundings. Most of…
Mindfulness from Asia to the Fraser Valley
– by Seonaigh MacPherson – photo: Seonaigh MacPherson (fourth from left) in India When you train the mind to focus on something like the breath, it also gives you the…
Maintaining end-of-life care standards in British Columbia
Partners In Care Alliance Society (PICA) is the continuation of a mission started 40 years ago by a diverse group of people concerned about the treatment of those needing end-of-life…
Pushback against 5G wireless grows
– by Paul H. LeMay – In the United States, an increasing number of environmentalists, labour unions, and municipal councils (the City of Portland being one example) are mobilizing to…
Digital privacy at the Canadian border
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Victoria Henry Our digital devices – like cell phones, laptops, and hard drives – contain some of our most personal, private information. Photos, emails, browser history, call…
Flora Mānuka: a honey of a partnership with New Zealand’s Māori
– by Bruce Mason – For centuries, New Zealand’s Māori have utilized medicinal honey from the native mānuka bush. The rest of the world – including the medical establishment –…
Alternative media vs the exterminist economy
Climate action involves challenging the petrobloc and its corporate messaging – by Robert Hackett – Canadians are being bombarded through conventional and social media with propaganda for the Trans Mountain…
Hawaiian wisdom
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Kahuna is a Hawaiian word meaning “a transmitter of the secret.” It originally referred to members of an order that practiced and taught the many…
StarWise – December 2018 / January 2019
STARWISE by Mac McLaughlin Should we dare to take a look through the keyhole, and see what is really there? Oh yea, the stars are telling us, and showing us…
The recriminalization of cannabis
— by Michael Bryant — Cannabis crime will go up, not down, now that cannabis has been “legalized” by the Trudeau government. Because the law that passed Parliament amounts to…