Yearly Archives: 2011

 

Friday’s launch of The Earth’s Kitchen; and two other lovely Leaves

May 13

Last Friday the Leaf Press chapbook launch at Planet Earth Poetry went well, aside from the fact I ran out of books before the reading started! I went first, because I had the fewest books, having sold my remaining 3 … Continue reading →

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Greenwashing fast food

May 11

Evolving news in the fast food world, including some linguistic bullet-dodging: The Fast food industry now calls itself the Quickservice or Fast Casual industry Low-fat, Low-carb and Low-calorie are being dropped from menus and packaging in favour of Wholesome, Healthy, … Continue reading →

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The other end of the water pipe

May 10

Last week was National Drinking Water Week, and I celebrated by taking up a rare opportunity to go on a watershed tour – the Capital Regional District offers them only once each year – to see where my drinking water … Continue reading →

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Ah, the mourning after… but Good Holding Ground, a very nice cake, and a launch this Friday

May 3

What can one say but congratulations to my new MP, Randall Garrison, who will shortly be joining lots of other new NDPs in Ottawa; and congratulations to Elizabeth May, who will be there too, waving a big green flag for … Continue reading →

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Party statements about issues affecting writers, in advance of Monday’s Canadian election

Apr 29

Interesting to see the party that didn’t respond to pre-election questions posed by The Writers’ Union of Canada… Party Responses to TWUC Election Questions-1

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