Dyeing to Feed Kids in North America

March 28, 2013 1:01 PM0 comments
Dyeing to Feed Kids in North America

Two moms and food bloggers recently called on Kraft to remove Yellow Dye 5 and Yellow Dye 6 from its infamous line of cheese dinner products made for North American markets. According to various reports, ingesting synthetic (petroleum-based) dyes has been linked with health and behavioural problems including allergic reaction, [...]

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#WaterWeek in Canada

March 18, 2013 8:29 PM1 comment
#WaterWeek in Canada

March 18-24 is Canada Water Week. Not only is this precious commodity essential for life and the make-up of at least 60% of the human body, but it is embedded in the core of almost every item of food, clothing and product that we consume and use on a daily [...]

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Hip-Hopolitical: Video Compares Food Industry to Drug Dealers

March 12, 2013 10:30 AM0 comments
Hip-Hopolitical: Video Compares Food Industry to Drug Dealers

Making the web rounds is this video “What Up, Steve?” by Halifax rapper Kyle McKenna, blasting Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a number of shoddy political moves against Canadians. Another recent politically-themed hip-hop video from below the border making waves is “Food Fight: Saving Kids From Processed Junk” produced by [...]

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Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade

March 1, 2013 9:00 AM0 comments
Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade

The video opens to the sound of men howling like wolves, a growing sequence of hoots and cheers, bellows reminiscent of ancient war cries. Then a shot of land, as yet unscathed by man. Winnsboro, Texas: 326 miles east of Dallas and the site of what has been called the [...]

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Canadian government backs shale gas drilling in New Brunswick

February 16, 2013 9:16 PM0 comments
Canadian government backs shale gas drilling in New Brunswick

The federal Environment Minister, Peter Kent, is reportedly vocalizing his support for shale-gas exploration in New Brunswick, Canada for its significant economic benefits. That said, Kent also admits that having a “drill rig in one’s backyard is not the most pleasant of visions.” The Globe and Mail writes: New Brunswick is [...]

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Threatened Lake of the Year Award goes to Lake Winnipeg

February 6, 2013 6:25 PM0 comments
Threatened Lake of the Year Award goes to Lake Winnipeg

The Global Nature Fund (GNF), a private non-profit that supports the protection of environment and nature, has recently awarded Lake Winnipeg the title of “Threatened Lake of the Year 2013”. The reason for this award is because of the imbalanced amount of nutrients present within the lake. Nutrients from agricultural [...]

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