I miss you. I love you. I wish you were here.I lost my mom nearly three years ago. Mother’s Day is damn hard. Those of us who have lost our mothers are invisible. It is too sad and tragic for…

If I could ask for one thing this Mother’s Day, it’s that everything you would have spent on your wife, mom, girlfriend, partner or yourself be instead donated to the moms at Ronald McDonald House. Because, and let’s be honest,…

I have a good friend who suffers from a chronic health condition for which he receives treatments that mitigate the symptoms. He faces very real limitations in his daily life as a result of his illness. I had a brother-in-law who died about three-and-a…

April is daffodil month in support of those living with cancer. It’s a cause close to my heart. My mom is a cancer survivor and my sister died of cancer in 2005. In support and remembrance of them, I made some fondant daffodils to go on top of…

see-hear-speak-no-evil.jpg As we here at DeSmogBlog have been covering in exhaustive detail for quite some time now, there is virtually no safe way to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for unconventional oil and gas. Fracking has been linked …

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As we here at DeSmogBlog have been covering in exhaustive detail for quite some time now, there is virtually no safe way to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for …

Lady GaGa diagnosed with brain cancer by “Frank Mason”As originally posted on: The Internet ChronicleMarch 31, 2012 LOS ANGELES – It is our sad duty to report American pop idol Lady Gaga has been diagnosed with brain cancer.A Saturday announ…

Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn&…

We’re not positively sure flouride helps prevent caries. But there’s no evidence at all it causes cancer.

One of the best ways of learning is doing, so education programs where students accomplish real-world tasks are a great way to enhance academic study with practical experience.I did the co-operative education program at the University of Waterloo, work…

HYTHE, AB—It’s not if, but when. Eco-warrior Wiebo Ludwig is preparing for death. With his weight now under 150 pounds, he predicts he’ll be gone in just weeks, a victim of cancer of the esophagus. Ludwi…

When I was about fifteen years old, a kid I went to school with committed suicide. I didn’t know that kid terribly well – we weren’t in the same year, so we didn’t share the same friends. But besides the…

Throughout the 1900s, asbestos products were common in the automotive industry. The strength and heat-resistance of asbestos made it a popular component in automotive parts. Brake pads and linings, clutch facings, heat seals, valve rings, gaskets, ho…

People who click “like” on Facebook to show support for a cause are slacktivists, you on the other hand with your “Support Our Troops” bumper sticker, breast cancer ribbon fleece and poppy laden dashboard are not. Slacktivism is…

Dear Readers; Are BJs Giving You Cancer? ————————- By Caity Weaver: The Canadian Cancer Society reported recently that the rate of oral cancer tumors possibly caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) is on an increase. And, as the Atlantic knows, one way to contract HPV is by engaging in sexy, sexy mouth sex. But don’t get [...]

Justin Trudeau’s training regimen. On March 31st, 2012, Justin Trudeau will likely be splayed out on a boxing ring, concussed and bleeding, wondering what happened. That’s because he agreed to fight Patrick Brazeau, 37, in an amateur boxing…

When I was a kid my parents bought a set of Encyclopedia Britannica which included a set of children’s volumes. Each of the books had a specific topic: fairy tales, nature, science, etc. The worn, faded cover of the “Famous People” volume wit…

Dear Readers; The justice system in this country is a total farce given that the Indians can do what they want, where they want, and when they want. I have seen so much contempt for the law from them, and such cowardice from the RCMP and our government, that it makes me ashamed to be [...]

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Raising Elijah.jpg Q: In light of your new book Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis, which raises the specter of raising children in troubled times, both environmentally and ecologically, are you surprised that…