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    Peacock Papers: “Chamberlain is a Champion” (part 2 & 3)

    Peacock Papers Chamberlain is a Champion February/2 10

    Linda Chamberlain delivers direct services to her peers at the food bank she runs
    from her home at a Mainstay Supportive Housing complex.  This being just one of
    her many projects, Linda says her work keeps her healthy, “keeps me going”.
    homeless2home is a community action guide [...]

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Visual Art

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Flora’s Women -1

               Bio I am not a 'trained' artist, but rather am inspired by the deep longing that I feel as a woman ...

Galway Kinnell (1927) …a poem fragment

  The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is ...

Crucified Woman on Red Satin

                        Crucified Woman, 14–15 May 2010 in honour of the statue by Almuth Lutkenhaus-Lackey inviting artistic reflections in recognition of  the suffering and ...

Community Board

Calgary foster parent faces sex charges

Calgary foster parent faces sex charges
Boys allegedly offered money
Last Updated: Thursday, February 4, 2010 | 5:24 PM MT
CBC News

A Calgary foster parent facing several charges allegedly offered three boys money in exchange for sexual acts, police said Thursday.
Garry Prokopishin, 51, is charged with one count of luring a child via a [...]

Emma Heath-Engel sent a message to the members of 2nd Food Justice Unconference.

Emma Heath-Engel sent a message to the members of 2nd Food Justice Unconference.
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Subject: 3 days until the Food Justice Unconference
Hi there,
I would like to invite everyone to the second Food Justice Unconference on February 5th, 4-8, at the International Student Centre, 33 St. George. Dinner will be provided by the most awesome Hot Yam! This [...]

Message from Attila L. Vinczer Re: The Importance of Tape Recording & the C.A.S.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ALVHUN#p/f/3/BDLSy9U31bQ
Please view this video where I describe the crucial importance of using a digital recorder. Under the Criminal Code you may covertly (secretly) record ANY conversation with ANYONE. You can tell them that you are recording if you chose, but not telling them will give you unabated material. Sometimes you want them to know you [...]

Vegas ‘Peace Dignity Respect’ Walks

Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Street: 2800 Cottage
City/Town: Sacramento, CA
BIA TAKE Accountability – PROTECT OUR SACRED SITES
This is a critical time in indigenous people’s history. It is time for people to step up & support the sacred sites and burial grounds of our ancestors. [...]

The Four Host First Nations hope a new video will inspire a whole generation of youth

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The Four Host First Nations hope a new video will inspire a whole generation of youth
The images that flood the mass media typically depict Canada’s native population as being the victims of housing or health-care crises and show them struggling with poverty or hidden behind masks in confrontation [...]

Housing

Troubled neighborhood desperate for change

Troubled neighborhood desperate for change

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Fiorito: Answers still elusive in death of Al Gosling

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A Food Bank Feeds My Soul by c.smith

For: Canada Food Banks
A Food Bank Feeds My Soul
by c.smith
There comes a time in every month when one has to consider where will the food come from, one of “us” that is. But there are some months that are worse than others. Such was the case just recently when I found myself at my wits [...]

Calgary foster parent faces sex charges

Calgary foster parent faces sex charges
Boys allegedly offered money
Last Updated: Thursday, February 4, 2010 | 5:24 PM MT
CBC News

A Calgary foster parent facing several charges allegedly offered three boys money in exchange for sexual acts, police said Thursday.
Garry Prokopishin, 51, is charged with one count of luring a child via a [...]

Peacock Papers: “Chamberlain is a Champion” (part 2 & 3)

Peacock Papers Chamberlain is a Champion February/2 10

Linda Chamberlain delivers direct services to her peers at the food bank she runs
from her home at a Mainstay Supportive Housing complex.  This being just one of
her many projects, Linda says her work keeps her healthy, “keeps me going”.
homeless2home is a community action guide [...]