by mvboronowski | Jul 13, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
A few years ago, I taught history in a Cegep (for those not familiar with the concept, Cegeps are Québec educational institutions that regroup technical formations with pre-university ones, more or less the equivalent of 12th grade and first year of university put...
by mvboronowski | Jul 12, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This past weekend, John and I went on an awesome hike in Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park. After parking our car at the trailhead, we hiked 5.5 kilometers and about 250 vertical meters to Greendrop Lake. We encountered many different types of terrain and many different...
by mvboronowski | Jul 11, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Turns out you can’t just come up with a great idea that involves Star Wars and throw it up online. A couple weeks ago a friend of mine who does webdesign posted this nifty little video by Greenpeace that went after Volkswagen for ignoring climate protocols and...
by mvboronowski | Jul 10, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Who are you? My name is Optimus Prime and I am the leader of the Autobots, part of a race of machines who were banished from our home planet Cybertron after we blew up big parts of it up during a long war with the evil Decepticons. Unlike the Decepticons, we believe...
by mvboronowski | Jul 8, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
For at least two federal and one provincial elections, I have been frustrated to see a large portion of the so-called ‘left coast’ support an anti-environmentalist, conservative agenda. A recent visit to Kelowna, located in the interior of BC has made me understand...
by mvboronowski | Jul 7, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
What we read This novel received rave reviews when it came out in 1997. To me, it is a welcome addition to the canon of Canadiana, overly populated with the dryly morose (e.g., Atwood), or the cheesy (e.g, Anne of Green Gables, Who Has Seen the Wind). While none of...
