Midwife Joanne Daviau Appeals Comox Hospital Decision

Midwife Joanne Daviau's case will come before the Comox BC St. Joseph Hospital Board today, June 10th.Last Thursday I was in court all day, adding my support to her case against St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox,...

Carnegie Action Calls for Foreign Aid to Help Vancouver Homeless

At 3:00 pm in Vancouver, the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) met with Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing and appealed to the United Nations to intervene on behalf of homeless people in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.  CCAP coordinator...

The Internet is not for People

"The Internet is not for PeopleAugust 10, 2007 on 2:55 pm | In Insider View, Musings by Josh Jones Not good, decent, people like you and me, anyway.Maybe it used to be. Maybe, back in the old days of akebono.stanford.edu and hit counters and free porn you could find an...

The Internet is not for People

"The Internet is not for PeopleAugust 10, 2007 on 2:55 pm | In Insider View, Musings by Josh Jones Not good, decent, people like you and me, anyway.Maybe it used to be. Maybe, back in the old days of akebono.stanford.edu and hit counters and free porn you could find an...

Cash from Convergence: TV Shows on Second Life

A Second Life avatar can now pick up a television set to watch tv channels in a bizarre twist of ongoing mobius media convergence. One of these channels will be UK company 3DD Production’s music series, London Live, the first music show to appear on the cyberchannel:...

Anti-Oil Nude Cyclists in Vancouver Protest Ride

Peaceful anti-oil protesters rode bicycles through Carrall Street in the buff on Sunday to a shouting and cheering crowd. Hearing the commotion, I barely had time to get out my camera before they were gone. Quite a...

Blog Watch - 2.0 for Civic Engagement

"Recently isabella mori and I participated in a stimulating discussion about blogging and civic engagement, and these are some of my thoughts since that discussion. (Apologies for long posting.)How can a city use web 2.0 as an effective tool for citizenship? We know that...

Blog Watch - 2.0 for Civic Engagement

"Recently isabella mori and I participated in a stimulating discussion about blogging and civic engagement, and these are some of my thoughts since that discussion. (Apologies for long posting.)How can a city use web 2.0 as an effective tool for citizenship? We know that...

Bugs on the Deodorant - is it RFID?

Now, at last, our garbage can have readable low frequencies. As RFID tags become more and more part of our daily consumer environment, we will have fruit tags that are pesky in new ways: not only sticky but also emitty. Looks like we will soon have readable fruit, and veg,...

Blackfoot Replica: Captive at the Airport

"At the Calgary Airport, a display for a Blackfoot territory museum shows an effigy of a turning dancer in full regalia. I had a lot of time to stare at it while waiting for my bags to appear on the luggage carousel...

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