Aug 1, 2012

The Walk for Peace was a huge success! Photo and article by Alastair Gregor • On Saturday, June 30, approximately 2,000 Walkers for Peace met at Kitsilano Beach (Arbutus and Cornwall) and joined together in unity to celebrate peace, on the 30th anniversary of Vancouver’s very first Walk for Peace in 1982. We were welcomed to the land by Elder Henry Charles...

Jun 25, 2012

Saturday June 30th join the thousands who will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Vancouver’s famous Walk for Peace. The day kick off at Kits Beach at 12 noon for a 1:00 pm walk across the Burrard Street Bridge to the Sunset Beach entertainment stage in the West End. In 1982, against the escalating nuclear arms race, many diverse groups came together to...

Jun 1, 2012

2012 Walk for Peace: June 30th • A short history by Joseph Roberts • The year was 1982. Against the backdrop of the escalating nuclear arms race, 168 different groups cooperated to create Vancouver’s first Walk For Peace; 35,000 people gathered that first year, followed by 65,000 in 1983 and by 1984 we were 100,000 strong. We came together at...

Jun 1, 2012

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. – Dalai Lama When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. – Jimi Hendrix Be the peace you want to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi Get active...

Jun 1, 2012

by Jim Fetzer • Here are four stories that didn’t make the mainstream news. They range from some you will find easy to believe to some you’ll find incredible. If you want to know more about the fabrication of 9/11 and you’re tired of the lies we’ve been told or want new independent information, you’ll want to attend The...

Jun 1, 2012

SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • Canada would be a different place without our 80,000 registered charities dedicated to everything from health to economic policy to the environment. Recent efforts by the federal government and its backers in media and industry front groups like Ethical Oil to demonize and silence legitimate organizations ignore the...

May 1, 2012

Millions Against Monsanto by Ronnie Cummins • Finally, public opinion around the biotech industry’s contamination of our food supply and destruction of our environment has reached the tipping point. We’re fighting back. “If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on...

May 1, 2012

by Josh Del Sol • In the technetronic society, the trend seems to be toward aggregating the individual support of millions of unorganized citizens, who are easily within the reach of magnetic and attractive personalities, and effectively exploiting the latest communication techniques to manipulate emotions and control reason. – Zbigniew Brzezinski,...

Apr 1, 2012

Seva® Canada, an international eye care charity based in Vancouver, turns 30 this month. Since 1982, Seva Canada has restored sight and prevented blindness in the developing world. To date, Seva and its partners have given the power of sight to three million people in Tibet, Nepal, India, Guatemala, Egypt, Cambodia, Malawi, Madagascar and Tanzania. But what...

Mar 22, 2012

Here is the much-talked-about TED talk on inequality given by Nick Hanauer.