By Adam McLeod, ND, BSc – On a regular basis, I have cancer patients come to my clinic who, when diagnosed, immediately started a self-prescribed detox protocol to rid their body of the toxins from cancer. Intuitively, it makes sense to remove toxins from a body fighting cancer. The cancer is stressful on the body and as a consequence there is cellular debris and toxins that your body must eliminate. There are also many people who believe these toxins are the root cause of the cancer in the first place. Although this make sense on an intuitive level, in the…
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By Terri Smith – Like most celebrities, Amadeus has other things he would rather be doing than signing autographs. He does love his public, but only as long as the sunflower seeds hold out. As I trimmed his hooves and brushed him in preparation for his Christmas appearance during the Winter Lights Festival, I realized it was going to take more sunflower seeds than he could safely eat to have him personally autograph his Christmas cards. He only really appreciates his personal groomer if said groomer gives him copious amounts of sunflower seeds. I decided that like most busy, famous…
By LeRae Haynes – I have been chased by a pugnacious five-point buck during rutting season. I have encountered snarling dogs who looked at me like I was a dish of pate, and been pelted by ice, rain, sleet, and hammering wind. I know I look like an eccentric walking-stick-flailing nut job galloping down local streets and rural roads at warp speed all seasons, all year round, pounding along with incredible intent as if pursued by the hounds of hell. I look like I’m windmill-running for my life. And in a way, I am. A year and a half…
By Devon Chappell – Hello, good morning, and welcome to another sparkling era of new opportunity to establish good health for the coming year, assuming you are the type who sees the new year as a grand opportunity to start again. As you prepare to begin your new health regime, take time to reflect on the cliché of “resolutions” and rather than just resolving to do something, try to really understand one must breathe, build, and honour each day. Rather than making some stupid promise to ourselves that this year will be better, we can try to achieve that…
By Ron Young – You play the programs on the solar T.V… That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it! With apologies to Dire Straits for paraphrasing their 1985 hit, “Money for Nothing,” I write this article to answer the question most frequently asked of me in my business: “How the #@^¿ do I get rid of BC Hydro?” With continually rising costs of electricity and the anticipation of future increases many people naturally look for a way to get out from under the weight of obese electricity bills. Many are led to believe the simple answer to their…
The Northern Shuswap Tribal Council and its affiliated NStQ Treaty Society is holding the Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) referendum on Thursday February 11, with community polling stations open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. NStQ band members 18 years of age and older are eligible to vote at their own bands’ polling station only. The ballot question asks: “Do you support the recommendation of the NStQ Leadership Council to proceed to Final Agreement Negotiations?” Referendum results will be available after 10 a.m. on February 12, 2016. NStQ is an acronym for Northern Secwepemc teQelmucw (meaning “the Shuswap People of the North”).…
By LeRae Haynes – Eating dirt is good for kids. Especially when they’re playing in a garden, according to Michelle Iverson, food action co-ordinator for the Williams Lake Food Policy Council. Having her own daughter, reminds Iverson of the benefits for children of gardening. “Ella loves the dirt and loves being in the garden,” she says. “For her first birthday I made her a cake; she had never had sugar before and refused to touch it. She walked over to ‘her’ greenhouse, pulled a tomato off the vine and ate it instead. That really surprised me. “Ella’s favourite…
By Terri Smith – January is the time of New Year’s resolutions. These often take the form of some sort of decision to eat better, exercise more, and generally get in better shape. The resolve usually begins to waver around the end of February or March and by April most people try to forget they ever resolved to join that gym or take that class they signed up for and then missed most of anyway. I never really bother with resolutions. I know I can’t keep them so why feel bad about myself when I stop? Besides that, as a…
By Ciel Patenaude – “Life is the flower for which love is the honey,” wrote the besotted French poet Victor Hugo in the late 1800s. “Where there is love there is life,” said the social activist Ghandi, apparently no less moved by the power of love in the 20th century. And even our recently departed brilliant prince of the wonderfully weird, David Bowie, vocalized his beliefs on the big L more recently, singing “The greatest thing you will ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.” We love love. As human beings we are seemingly unable…
By LeRae Haynes – New focus and direction is on the menu at Mt. Timothy Ski Hill, with new general manager Caroline Sherrer and staff working hard to make it a stellar family destination. They are increasing the business’s recycling program, planning for structure and equipment upgrades, and working on a tube park on the ski hill. Sherrer took on the general manager job in November, and said her first season had a great start with copious amounts of really good snow. Morgan Day, mountain operations manager, agreed. “This year was one of the best openings I’ve seen in 12…
By Margaret-Anne Enders – I heard the news and my heart sank. A group of Syrian refugees was pepper sprayed as they attended a welcome event in Vancouver. The shooting recently in our own community provoked similar feelings of sadness and loss. Looking for some wisdom, I turned to one of my go-to books for theology and ethics, The Moral Core of Judaism and Christianity by Daniel Maguire. In it I found a simple, provocative statement: “Liberation, not creation, was God’s identifying act.” Yes, liberation. But how and from what? Liberation is a central motif in many world religions. Sometimes…
By Paul Hearsey – A year ago I wrote in TheGreen Gazette about our house-building project here in Horsefly, a project we have spent about six years on. This was meant to take one year, but I’m sure many readers can relate to the fact that day-to-day life can often get in the way of best intentions. We discussed the basic design and construction of this low-budget, high-performance home, so here we will talk about the active solar and water features we installed. First, just to remind readers, our home is an off-grid passive solar design: that is, very heavy…
By Jessica Kirby Senior Editor of The Green Gazette – Sweet, health decadent, and fulfilling—the stuff dreams, fantasies, love songs, and fairy tales are made of. The love of one’s life or the bane of another’s existence it has many names-—passion, guilty pleasure, aphrodisiac, stimulant, worst enemy, relaxant, and gift from the universe. Chocolate. We eat it, drink it, trade it, crave it, mend broken hearts with it, and curse the day we discovered it, but most people agree chocolate is one of the world’s loveliest inventions. Born in Mesoamerica where Theobroma cacao beans can be traced back to Mokaya…
By Devon Chappell — How about a cup of joy, my friend? Through our senses, the changing of the seasons, love, and desire we have constant reminders that we are alive. But if we are not soulfully connected to each aspect of life, we can end up in conflict within ourselves and with our bodies. With proper nutrition and a good head on our shoulders, we can carry ourselves through our days with our body, mind, and soul in harmony. Each season brings something new, and while change is good, it’s not always easy. Most of us rely on our…
By LeRae Haynes — Food is one thing that brings people together no matter what the celebration. Celebrating the holiday season, as well as the incredible cultural diversity that defines Canada, a group of six clients at Immigration and Multicultural Services Society in Williams Lake gathered to talk about food and share recipes from their childhood. “One special dish I always loved for dessert was Leche Flan,” explained Connie Wonneberg, who was born in Nueva Ecija in the Philippines.“It was always there for holidays like Christmas and birthdays. It’s always good, but at Christmas it tastes even better—there is more love…
By Jasmin Schellenberg — HEALTHY SNACKS AND WHY High Protein Energy Snacks (makes 30) 1/2 cup almonds 1 can chickpeas, rinsed & drained 3/4 cup natural peanut butter 1/4 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup chocolate chips tablespoon (optional) Line a tray with parchment paper. In a food processor, mix almonds until they are a fine crumb. Then add the chickpeas and mix until fine. Add the rest of ingredients, mix until smooth, and roll in the chocolate chips, making about 30 balls. Each ball will have about 3 gr. of protein, 2 gr. fibre, and 92 calories. NUTRIENT DENSE…
By LeRae Haynes — The Cariboo Growers Market in Williams Lake is a source of community pride as well as high-quality, naturally-produced local food. Farmers, ranchers, and producers fill the market year round with local, healthy, responsibly-grown seasonal food: a one-stop shop for great taste and peace of mind. “It feels great to show that we can provide year round food in this area,” said Lynda Archibald from Fraserbench Farms, who along with her husband Charlie Brous, provides the Grower’s Market with apple cider vinegar, dehydrated delicacies, berries, fruit, and much more. “Even preserved, it’s still local. That’s how it all…
By LeRae Haynes — A small group of community members responded to complaints last fall that there was nothing to do in the winter in Williams Lake. In a few short weeks they succeeded in leaving that complaint behind in a dirty snow bank, and brought a community together in the process. They created a unique, two-day, free family event in Boitanio Park called the Williams Lake Winter Carnival, welcoming between three and four thousand people to celebrate family fun in the beautiful Cariboo. “I got tired of hearing people complain on and on that there was nothing to do here…
By Venta Rutkauskas — Stories, like song, lie deep in the consciousness of our humanity. The storyteller opens up to the world of imagination and crafts a tale to suit the time. Some stories teach while others entertain; each author’s style is a unique fingerprint. When the storyteller chooses the novel as a form, the breadth of the tale grows, and it requires a great vision and dedication to see the story through. Big Lake author Steven Hunter has two novels under his belt, the 2013 release The Cameron Ridge Conspiracy and his latest novel, Strings, released this summer. The craft…