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All singing, all blogging, all farming

06/07/2015 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw For a long time (and for all I know it’s still there) –- there was a lop-sided sign just off the highway as you headed north and left the urban comforts of Toronto for the countryside. It was rough and hand-painted and said simply, “If you had something to eat today, thank […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: agriculture, farming, food, GMO, U.S.

Gluten, and amusement, free

03/31/2015 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw I’m not sure if this was a good month or a bad one for the people who enjoy annoying other people. On one side, actress Ashley Judd, after being threatened with sexual violence by Twitter trolls who didn’t like her playfully dissing their basketball team, sued her attackers. On the other, actress Eva […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: entertainment, food, health, religion, social media, spirituality

Mukbang: Eat, shoot, get rich

02/24/2015 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw We’ve all had the (pleasure?) of having someone use Instagram, Twitter or Facebook to send us an image of what they’re about to have for lunch. Or dinner. Or breakfast. Or at 3:00 am after their local has closed and kicked them into the street. It’s an affliction I’ve never quite understood. […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Asia, Facebook, food, Instagram, internet, online media, social media, television, twitter

Eating like your ancestors

06/11/2014 by the editor

BY TJ Dawe It’s Farmer’s Market season, and that means it’ll be that much easier to shop and eat locally, and in season. Fresh fruits and vegetables are unquestionably good for you, but some are better than others. How can you tell which ones? By buying and reading Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: books, food, health

Beaver anus, and other reasons we need more nutrition laws

10/01/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By TJ Dawe But isn’t nutrition a personal choice? Yes. None of these potential laws would restrict consumption. They’d make us more aware of our choices. 1. All packaged food should list the nutritional information for the entire package, not just for a single serving size. Here are some serving sizes as listed on the […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: food, law, nutrition

Bugs are good for you: U.N.

05/27/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Locust, anyone? The UN highly recommends the chewy insect, and edible bugs in general. “Farming insects for human and animal consumption is particularly relevant at a time when population growth, urbanization, and the rising middle class have increased the demand for food while simultaneously harming the environment that enables its production,” says […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: agriculture, Canada, climate change, food, global warming, North America, United Nations

McDonald’s: Some secrets should be kept

07/16/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Leiren-Young Did McDonald’s have to tell us what they put in their special sauce? Couldn’t they have just said, “May contain nuts, chlorine and anything else that may set off your allergies” and keep us guessing? Unless someone posted the recipe on Wikileaks, did they have to tell us about the pickle relish? […]

Filed Under: Leiren-Young, Living Tagged With: business, food

For the Olympic appetite

02/25/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg McDonald’s is the official 2010 Winter Olympics fast food sponsor, as evidenced by their ubiquitous billboards and TV ads showing Canadian Olympians about to consume supposedly performance-enhancing food. But while games-goers may enjoy collecting the Olympic mascot toys and drinking from the official Olympic water bottle, their eating preferences are, literally, all […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, food, Olympics, Vancouver

Don’t put that in your mouth

09/28/2008 by backofthebook.ca

By Jodi A. Shaw Recently, a friend asked me for my “secret” to a healthy diet. I was confused, so she explained how she admired my food preparation practices and efforts to eat organically. I was still confused, so she added, “You never seem to have to worry when there’s food crisis.” She was referring, […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: children, food, health

Good eats

03/02/2007 by backofthebook.ca

I wish I could buy those cheap mangoes. I love them and my kids really love them. But I find that I cannot enjoy a mango as much as I used to because, drat it all, I can read. Here’s what I have been reading lately: Canadians pay about seven per cent of their income […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: agriculture, Canada, environment, food

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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