If you owned a hardware store, and it was the only business in town, but you refused to open your doors or let people work there – even though there was plenty of demand for your products and many people ready to work – you’d expect some local people to Continue Reading
A victory for the grizzlies of British Columbia
Today the BC NDP has declared it WILL end the trophy hunting of grizzly bears. Thank you, John Horgan, for standing up for British Columbia’s wildlife. If you have ever spent time with bears, watching them, learning them, feeling their presence – you know they are majestic creatures, and eerily Continue Reading
Will Trudeau listen? Only if we speak out.
A decision that will impact not just Vancouver, not just Victoria, but all of British Columbia is coming: Kinder Morgan. And while we wait for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to render his ultimate decision, we must remember that he will only listen if we speak out. The Trans Mountain pipeline Continue Reading
Lost at sea: Rethinking big oil on our coast
I heard a large bang first, then I saw the colours drip through the green emerald sea above me. “What is that” I thought to myself. I went up to investigate. So strange, a rainbow in the emerald green salty sea that was my home. I went to play with Continue Reading
100 Years: In Remembrance of World War 1 & Every War Since
“The War to end all wars” – we said, and we lied Not knowing how many children would be sacrificed to die ”The War to end all wars” – we did plead! Oh, how our nations would suffer and bleed “The Great War” it was named; oh, the blood that Continue Reading
UPDATE: Moving towards solutions for BC’s schools
When you capture a child’s mind, you touch the hopes & dreams of greatness. To ignore youth is to fail in all that is human. ~ Bryce Casavant I want to tell you what’s bothering me about public education in BC and the concerns I have for my little girl’s Continue Reading