Jan 1, 2014

The talks on the possible Port Hardy/Bella Coola ferry closure are disturbing to us, to say the least. We are heavily invested in tourism here in the Chilcotin and we are continuing to invest in BC’s largest industry. You are probably well aware of the migration of people towards the north. What is not so obvious is the total by-pass of the Chilcotin by this...

Jan 1, 2014

FERRY TALES by Bruce Mason • Our ferry system may seem badly broken and beyond repair, but it is merely bent. Every person in BC is being urged to take control once again, to put our ferry system back in service and back on course. It’s in everyone’s best interest to be rowing in the same direction, seizing this opportunity to change direction, to...

Jan 1, 2014

Out of this world Pediatricians’ perspective on kids and antidepressants DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels • The people’s briefing note on prescription drugs It’s the dawn of a new year and quite naturally we should be thinking about beginnings – about babies and children. A few months back, in an article in Postmedia News, journalist Sharon Kirkey reported...

Jan 1, 2014

by Michael Antoniou, Claire Robinson and John Fagan • Myth: GM foods are strictly regulated for safety. Truth: GM food regulation in most countries varies from non-existent to weak. “Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job.” – Philip...

from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network • We are reporting some incredibly important developments from around the world, including the Canadian government’s new Agriculture Omnibus Bill. The news below exposes the intense fight around the future of GM crops. In mid-December, your protests helped stall GM sterile seeds moving ahead (Terminator...

We won’t allow the Enbridge Pipeline say First Nations and NGOs to Joint Review Panel decision • First Nations, environmentalists and representatives from northern communities held a press conference on December 20 in response to the 209 conditions on the Enbridge pipeline announced December 19 by the Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the National Energy Board...

Jan 1, 2014

READ IT by Bruce Mason • “Relational eating,” you read it here first. Destined for buzz word status and “Aha!” moments on Oprah, fundamentally re-examining the role of food in our lives is at the heart and soul of best-selling author Vicki Robin’s new book Blessing the Hands That Feed Us: What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About Food, Community...

Jan 1, 2014

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition By T. Colin Campbell with Howard Jacobson (BenBella Books, 2013) Reviewed by Robert McCandless • In the early 1900s when many of our great-grandparents were tough farm kids, North Americans were thought to be the healthiest people in the world. Many doctors had never even seen a heart attack patient. Heart disease...

Jan 1, 2014

Marianne Williamson for congress • I have officially announced my candidacy for election to the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s Congressional District 33. I know many of you are not surprised. At my Sister Giant Conference in Los Angeles last year I urged almost two thousand women to consider running for office using the principles of...

Jan 1, 2014

SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • It was a strange year. From the never-ending carnival of calamity at Toronto City Hall to the scandalous subterfuge on Parliament Hill, from horrific attacks by the Syrian government on its own citizenry to disasters inflicted by extreme weather on the people of the Philippines, 2013 recalls Queen Elizabeth’s description of...

Jan 1, 2014

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young • We all have the ability to evolve our consciousness. Consciousness is our awareness and it can be limited by beliefs and conditioning or it can be expansive and unlimited. I think of higher consciousness as aligning with the purity of our souls and unconsciousness as being driven and limited by ego. Ego can be...

Jan 1, 2014

A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle • To read Eckhart Tolle’s latest column, please see the current print edition of Common Ground. For copyright reasons, we are authorized to publish this column in our print version only. More than 1/4 million people read Common Ground every month! Pick up your copy today. This article appeared in the JANUARY 2014 print...

Jan 1, 2014

ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot • If asked to name one book that had a profound influence on my life, it would be Masaru Emoto’s Love Thyself: The Message From Water 111. In 1994, Emoto had the idea to freeze water and photograph the resulting snow crystals under an electron microscope. From the water of pristine rivers and lakes, he observed...