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Gene Emerson: A Night Of Original Music

Gene Emerson’s music carries beautiful messages and expresses love and concern for humanity as a whole. The music not only reflects our history, it also connects with the reality of our world today. It is music filled with deep emotions, genuine love and really touches one’s heart. If you are available, please come to her pre concert in Tom Lee downtown Vancouver, BC on Nov 2 at 7:00pm (there is also a special guest–Glen David plays saxophone).

Who is Top Hobby Chef?

Who is Top Hobby Chef?

No.  I'm not talking about a television show or a television audition.  I'm talking about a real life food competition being hosted right smack dab in Vancouver on Commercial Drive.  I'm talking about Slow Bites on the Drive, a celebration of the slow food movement, locally grown food and getting ...

Find of the Day: Giant Cinnamon Sticks

Find of the Day: Giant Cinnamon Sticks

"What would he not do for her, the daughter of the spice-seller; she who smelt of cloves and cinnamon, whose laughter had the timbre of ankle-bells, whose eyebrows were like black wisps of the night and whose hair was the night itself?  For her he would cross the salt desert!" -Daruwalla My ...

Second Place at the Pie Competition

Second Place at the Pie Competition

Not half bad for my first time! I called my pie 'Star Kissed Strawberry' and, as the name suggests, it was a baked strawberry pie. Most strawberry pies are fresh rather than baked so I thought it might be fun to make a pure baked strawberry pie. To keep it interesting I infused a homemade strawb ...

Japanese Women Stage Die-In To Protest Nuclear Power

Japanese Women Stage Die-In To Protest Nuclear Power

I just had to repost this video as it broke my heart to hear these women from Fukushima speak from their hearts about the desperate situation they are in and the frustration they feel with the way their Prime Minister is ignoring the situation and going ahead and reopening the Ooi Nuclear plant. ...

Early Spring at the Market – On the Cheap!

Early Spring at the Market – On the Cheap!

When people talk of visiting the Farmer's Market they don't often exclaim over its cheapness. More usually you hear grumbling and groaning over the prices, so much more expensive than the supermarket, is it actually worth the money... All opinions aside over whether it really is that much more ex ...

US: Farmworkers Face Sexual Abuse

US: Farmworkers Face Sexual Abuse

Human Rights Watch Women and girls who work on farms in the United States face serious risk of sexual abuse and harassment. Many are unauthorized immigrants and fear of deportation keeps them from reporting abuses. In the current debate over the Violence Against Women Act, the US Congress is ...

Debating Evolution vs Yogurt

Debating Evolution vs Yogurt

Fantastic! We need more videos like this to point out how important it is for us to get in the present, back in our bodies, connected with what is real and the world around us. If we can't find as many ways to agree and come together as possible, the fight against factory farming is already over. Fo ...

Community Money for Community Food

Community Money for Community Food

Comprehensive look at how local currency can help build a local food economy in Vancouver, BC by Jordan Bober ...

How You Can Support Village #Occupy

How You Can Support Village #Occupy

I've been spending all the time I can lately down Village #Occupy Vancouver. It is so lovely to have a new-old village in the middle of the downtown! I have mostly been listening to people, I have heard complaints about the system from all kinds and I have heard complements about the movement from a ...