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Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2014 Do you know what advance care planning is? You should. Advance care planning is when you or a loved one writes down your wishes and instructions for future health care. Basically, it’s a living will built around one’s beliefs, values and wishes. Advance care planning allows someone to express…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2014 October 22nd marked the day when the BC Liberals showed their true colors. It marked a day when the BC Liberals took a page from the Harper Tories playbook and destroyed a legacy of climate leadership in British Columbia. In what will become known as a defining moment in…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2014 We routinely see hyperactive dogs. Though these dogs are difficult to work with and train, it can be done and made easier if we look at the many possible causes and implement solutions. Many hyperactivity problems stem from the dog’s boredom and a lack of stimulation. In order to…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices May 2014 “If we want to do what the big polluters and their indentured servants in Ottawa or Washington DC want us to do, which is treat the planet as if it was a business in liquidation, convert our natural resources to cash as quickly as possible, have a few years…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same: Neighbours Over The Years – Feud at the Sheringham Point Lighthouse It was a different world in the 1921, or was it? The Stanley Cup playoffs would still end in frustration for a Vancouver hockey team (Ottawa Senators…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2013 You’ve loved your home, raised your kids here, enjoyed so many years being comfortable…but things have changed. The kids have long gone, the house is too big, the yard-work is too much and it’s just simply time to move to a more suitable living situation. You look around, take…
Archive | Back to Island Voices July 2012 It has begun to occur to me that life is a stage that I am going through and that it really is about my soul’s journey; what it wants to experience, grow from and delight in creating. I (my body) is just along for the ride. The…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2012 Decades ago I bought Viet Nam war veteran Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried because I was intrigued by the title. I was a teenager in the 70’s and had always been moved by what young soldiers had gone through. The title resonates with me now as…