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2012 is year of the dragon. The dragon is considered a symbol of good fortune in Asian cultures.
Although Japanese and Chinese share the same 12 animal zodiac, they celebrate New Year’s on different days. The Japanese celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1st according to the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese celebrate according to a lunisolarread more
In the middle of the night, two days before Xmas, a grinch cut the ties to our deer in the yard and made off with it. The deer has been a regular presence in our yard and on our street for years and we’re quite attached to it.
I figured it was lost for good andread more
November 25, 2011 was a rainy night in Vancouver. The Canucks were playing. Pre-2011 Grey Cup events were taking place so the streets were filled with people and about 400 people showed up for a public forum on Occupy Together and to discuss Who are the 99%
The forum had been put together quickly by aread more
Know the media. Be the media. Change the media.
Media Democracy Day 2011 in Vancouver took place November 11-13. The first MDD took place in 2001 in Vancouver and Toronto – and I may have been in attendance. Ten years later and I had the honour of participating in a panel with Dr. Vincent Mosco andread more
From babies to seniors, people gathered by the thousands at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday, October 15, 2011. The fountain side of the art gallery was packed with people and overflowing on to the sidewalks. Signs proclaimed “People before Profits” and pointed out the unfairness of corporations receiving huge tax cuts while the majority face income inequityread more
Thanks to the BCGEU Area 02 Cross Component Committee for organizing a wonderful opening event for members, activists and community to check out the new BCGEU area office in Nanaimo.
I enjoyed chatting with everyone and I really appreciated the displays which included some great photos and BCGEU campaign buttons. I understand the CCC stayed lateread more
The crack of the bat hitting the ball and cheers from the people in the stands at Oppenheimer Park. You can almost imagine what it would have been like in Japantown on September 18, 1941 cheering on the Asahi baseball team.
Seventy years later on the same day in 2011, we’re back in the park forread more
Another year, another Labour Day. While some may consider this day just the last day of summer, many were taking in Labour Day festivities across BC. In the Fraser Valley, the second annual Labour Day picnic in Abbotsford brought out a large number of families who took advantage of the sunny day, food and lotsread more
I’m back home from the candlelight vigil at the Vancouver Art Gallery for Jack Layton. The steps and grounds were overflowing with more than 1,000 people. Many brought orange flowers and there were even some cans and a bottle of Orange Crush. People also left messages. Some people started singing O’Canada, Solidarity Forever, and Weread more
After being re-elected as a provincial vice president for BCGEU, I was back to my usual hectic schedule. Convention ended on Saturday (June 18th). Later that evening, I attended the 50th birthday party for Canada’s New Democrats. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the federal NDP convention that was taking place at the same timeread more
