Jobs. People have often asked me questions like “Chris, you’re for the environment, but what about jobs?  Will environment always come before creating jobs?” I don’t see the two as mutually exclusive.  There are a myriad of ways to create jobs, including ways to do so that will also help and protect our environment. What are your …
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On the 100th Anniversary – Memories of Vimy Ridge
August 5th 1914, marks the first full day of the United Kingdom and the Commenwealth’s war against Germany and the start of the First World War. To honour and remember that, I am reposting a story I wrote of my own pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge 11 years ago. It is still, and will likely always be one …
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What Has Happened to our Recycling!?
If you are anything like my family you probably try to recycle as much as you can. It’s just the right thing to do right? Well, we were horrified this week when about 95% of our recycling was turned away! We seem to have gone from accepting almost all materials for recycling at the curb …