Canada – Global AIDS Outcast

We’ve heard a lot in the news these days about AIDS and HIV thanks to the Vienna Conference. Last week upwards of 25,000 researchers, activists and government officials flooded Vienna to discuss AIDS related issues during the XVIII International AIDS Conference....

What Not to Do at a Stag or Stagette

With wedding season in full swing and so many of my friends getting married, I’ve been lucky enough to attend several pre-nuptial events. I’ve been following the aftermath of these events on Facebook and rather than drag out why I’m writing about this or who’s...

A Vancouver Transportation Story

For my post this week I was originally going to write about the concept of reputation, with a particular focus on Lebron James and his classless, drunk-on-ego Superfriends performance (filtered nicely through the thoughtful lens of two heroes, Alexandra Samuel and...

Who’s Your Farmer? Part 1

On the surface, the food landscape of Canada looks pretty good. There is an abundance of food in our grocery stores. We now have more selection and year round availability. And for that food we’re now paying the smallest percentage of our household expenditure (just...