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On the open road

10/10/2014 by the editor

By Rod Mickleburgh Last month, I walked 335 kilometers in 16 days, covering a good chunk of the historic, pilgrims’ trail that winds through France and eventually all the way to Santiago de Compestella in Spain. Our party of four was booked into small hotels along the way. The deal also provided breakfast and dinner […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Europe, France, recreation, Spain, travel

Seeing through Lululemon

12/19/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Mark Leiren-Young Chip Wilson, founding Big Lulu of Lululemon, recently resigned after publicly suggesting the fabric on his company’s Luon yoga pants was fraying at the crotch because women can only search for Shiva’s enlightenment if they don’t have Ganesha’s thighs. As a man who started wearing Lululemon a few years ago, I wanted […]

Filed Under: Leiren-Young Tagged With: British Columbia, business, exercise, fashion, recreation, Vancouver, yoga

Is yoga even yoga anymore?

04/02/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten What’s more prolific than cats on the Internet? Yoga. It’s out of the ashram and into every fitness club, living room, park, and beach. But yoga isn’t just yoga anymore; it now comes augmented with prefixes and suffixes denoting new cross-breeds – acroyoga (acrobatic yoga), spynga (yoga + cycling), laughter yoga, paddleboard […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: exercise, recreation, spirit, yoga

Animal rites

10/20/2008 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg Zobmondo is a wonderfully bizarre book crammed with handy conversation starters for parties or family gatherings, as is the board game. Let’s play. The idea is to choose from one of two, weird alternatives, for example: “Would you rather have to kill Winnie the Pooh or Bambi?” Or here’s a question that […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: animals, Canada, death, recreation, sports

Attack of the RVs

09/07/2008 by backofthebook.ca

By Jodi A. Shaw I am not particularly fond of outhouses. I don’t like the way they smell when I walk past them, I don’t like the crowd of flies buzzing around them, and not for one second do I enjoy squatting over a hole or chute or whatever form it takes. I am, however, […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: diversions, family, recreation

Running on the information superhighway

02/09/2007 by backofthebook.ca

Marni Ko Randy Troppmann is an Edmonton multimedia developer and an avid runner. He’s also well on his way to becoming something of a household name among joggers. Getting over 20,000 visitors a month, Troppmann’s new website runningmap.com uses licensed content from Yahoo Maps in an innovative application designed to help runners, hikers, and walkers […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: internet, recreation, Technology

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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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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

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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