My cousin Steve was kind enough to make a trip to the Woodlawn Cemetery in Dartmouth to take some photos of the grave of the Nova Scotian version of the Babes in the Woods folk tale. The were 2 little girls (ancestors on my dad’s side of the family), Margaret & Elizabeth Meagher, who got […]

Some excellent photos captured by Shannon Loewen at The Cultch show on Oct 16. Check them out on Flickr!

Pleased to have some excellent video footage from the WIR Release Concert @ The Cultch on Oct 16th. Fabulous work by our videographer…really captured the artistry & energy of the evening. Watch the videos on YouTube.

I love this band! What a stroke of luck that all of these talented musicians and artists are available for this gig: Lara Kroeker – violin & vox Haig Armen – bass guitar Jenny Beech – drums, percussion & vox Brent Cross – electric guitar Deb Thompson – vox & percussion Trish Rosseel – vox […]

Think about it…Many of us are growing accustomed to pondering our ecological footprint in the context of how often do you drive a car or fly on a plane, how much meat do you consume or plastic do you throw out. But, have we thought about our digital footprint? Well, some students did. UBC grad […]

This article, “A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control” appeared in the Washington Post this past summer.

Millions upon millions of salmon are returning to the rivers of BC. A gray whale has been spotted exploring the shallow waters of Vancouver’s False Creek. Do they know something we don’t? Has a message beyond our perception called them back home? Have they come back in desperation, determined to continue their line or have […]

Rabble.ca pointed me to an article on Green Planet earlier today. The article, titled 7 Foods So Unsafe Even Farmers Won’t Eat Them, is unsettling to say the least. I can’t say any of it was news to me with the exception of hearing the farmers’ voices criticizing their own mainstream, conventional farming practices: But […]

I have to stand up and applaud Greenpeace for tirelessly working to draw attention to issues that could seriously harm our communities and environment. A week or so back, Greenpeace staged a demonstration in downtown Vancouver to educate us on the dangerous machinations of a company called Enbridge. Enbridge builds oil pipelines. They want to […]