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Why December 6th Still Matters

I don’t remember the Montreal Massacre so I can understand why some people my age tend to ignore December 6th. Even among people who remember the shootings there can be a feeling that we don’t need to

Striptease in "Vegas North"

Some people assume that learning about history is a boring exercise focused on memorizing names and dates that famous men did famous things. But an entertaining and engaging new book by Becki Ross, Bu

Cover Girl for Climate Change

Heralded as an "Eco-Activist Rock Star" by The Tyee, and an "Enviro Hero" by GreenLiving, BC resident and Executive Director of PowerUP Canada, Tzeporah Berman has been called many things, but "...

Kicking up a Stink about B.C.'s Provincial Budget Cuts with Social Media Mavin Rebecca Coleman

Theatre publicist and social media mavin, Rebecca Coleman discusses the Provincial Budget cuts and how she got to a place where she could help do something about it.

Councillor Andrea Reimer and the Shifting Paradigm of Homelessness

Vancouver City Councillor Andrea Reimer is an outspoken activist working within the walls of City Hall. The VO's Christable Schaler sat down with her to discuss homelessness and paradigm shifts.

What You Don’t Know About Jill Bennett

The first woman to host CKNW’s morning news show is also a stand-up comedian, she’s the baby of her family, a BCIT graduate, and when she worked at Harper’s magazine in New York City, she lived at the

Susan Heyes: No Retreat, No Regrets

Linda Solomon talked with Susan Heyes, owner of the Hazel and Co. maternity clothing shop, about how she was able to stand up against the government and builders and demand compensation when...

Miss604 is Vancouver

Rebecca Bollwitt is well-known by social networkers as Miss604. That's the name of her www.miss604.com [popular and engaging blog.] She’s a founding partner in sixty4media, a social media consulting...

Janice Abbott of Atira Empowers Women in Remarkable Ways

Janet Abbott has made a career of helping women become more empowered. Women who've suffered the worse kinds of abuse. Atira is the result.

Daphne Nederhorst Makes a World of Difference

Sawa means “equal” in Swahili. We give recognition and a global voice to local grassroots leaders in the fifty poorest countries in the world that have never had the chance to tell their successes.