Category Archives: News

Radio CHLY’s New Global Headquarters

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Nanaimo’s CHLY Radio (101.7 fm) moved into new digs this month—the historic Globe Hotel downtown on Front Street. And the station hopes that community members will hold their events here. I had a chance to check it out last Friday … Continue reading →

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Shirley Goldberg Receives Film Paragon Award

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

Last night, at the closing night award ceremonies of the 8th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, my mother Shirley Goldberg (age 89) was awarded the Film Paragon Award for her lifetime of dedication and passion for teaching, exhibiting, and … Continue reading →

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Idle No More – Upcoming Rallies

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Here are some of the upcoming Idle No More rallies I am aware of on Vancouver Island. My thanks to Paul Manly for keeping a large number of us up to date on all that’s happening with Idle No More … Continue reading →

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Guns and the Second Amendment

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Guns available in 1787 when the Second Amendment was drafted: (Downloaded from the “Occupy the NRA” page on Facebook.) “A time comes when silence…is betrayal.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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URGENT: Tree Poems Needed to Halt Logging

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

The Han Shan Project: An Urgent Call for Poems about Trees from Poets who Love Them From poet Susan McCaslin (smccaslin@shaw.ca): Han Shan was an ancient Chinese poet who posted his poems on the trees and rocks of Cold Mountain. So … Continue reading →

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Art for an Oil-Free Coast: 4-City Launch

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Don’t miss the book launch, art exhibit and film screening for Canada’s Raincoast at Risk: Art for an Oil-Free Coast, opening in four coastal BC communities this November and December (in Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, Salt Spring Island.) This past summer, … Continue reading →

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Fall Anthologies Galore

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Holy bumper crop, Batman! I’m in a bushel of sweet anthologies that are ripening nicely and will be ready for harvest this fall. Check ‘em out. Click on titles for details. 111 West Coast Literary Portraits (Mother Tongue Publishing) – … Continue reading →

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Oh Canada!

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

The Conservative Party of Canada – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s party – has redesigned its website. And this is the banner photo that appears on the first page of the new site. In small print at the bottom, it claims … Continue reading →

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Facebook blocks blogspot(dot)ca

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

UPDATE–June 7, 2012: The problem now seems to be solved. It is once again possible to post links from blogspot.ca to Facebook. UPDATE–May 31, 2012: The problem described below extends beyond blogspot.ca. Facebook is also blocking all links from blogspot.co.uk … Continue reading →

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BC NDP Betraying Voters on Smart Meters

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Apparently British Columbians can’t count on a future NDP government to respect democratic process and the will of the people where smart meters are concerned. And Una St. Clair of Citizens for Safe Technology is doing something about that. Earlier … Continue reading →

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