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N C\VS from Oppenheimer Park Oppenheimer Park participates in Eastside Culture Crawl Afore http://culturecrawl.ca/artists/oppcnheimer-park
Art sales off the An Cart 1 Cash only Our art and open studio program, OPPE~-Arts. is a dynamic and supponive program at Oppenheimer Park \Vhere many artists in the 00\vnto\vn Eastside develop and share their work. In many ways OPPf. NArts provides local artists \\ith access to a unique and vibrant studio space. Over the years Oppenheimer Park has organized hundreds of art & cultural vvorkshop~. events and more. Cra\v Is pace features artists \vho participate in our OPPE't\-Arts supported studio and exhibition opportunities. Visit our studio during Eastside Culture Crawl, meet artists, and support artists! Oppen-Arts Studio Thursdays I 0:30am- I pm (workshop), 2:30-4:30pm (open studio) In the morning, the studio offers skills development and'or professional development \\Orkshops. We are currently planning for 2015 schedule and welcome your suggestions! In the afternoon, the space is available for artists to work on their own project. Some supplies arc available to use. Inside Out- Children's Program Saturdays I 0:30am- !2:30pm Our revamped children's program offers not only arts and crafts program. but also other subjects such as science. music and more! Come join us to make new路 friends while you learn something new! An adult (parent, guardian, friend over the age or 18) must be present while child is in the program. Park's Birthdav Partv Thursday, November 27, 3pm Come and celebrate with everyone who has a birthday this month! Li kc us on face book: Oppenheimer Park- DTES Communities' Back Yard
A Huge THANK YOU to Everyone Involved!
On behalf of the DO\\ntown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, thanks to all the ar1ists, participants. audience members, community partners. funding partners, supporters, volunteers, work teams, and friends for your participation in another e:'l..lraordinary festival. There were so many amazing events and inspiring moments! We are grateful and appreciative of your support and contributions to making our community led festival such a success. To continue to enjoy the 2014 festival go to the website of AHA ~vledia (www.ahamedia.ca) where you will lind an abundance of photos and videos of many performances and events. If you have a project or a program idea to contributt: or suggest for next year'=- festival. give us a call. 604628-5672. or talk with Rika 604-665-3003. The 12tll Annual DTES Heart of the City Festival will run Wed Oct 28 to Sun Nov S. 2015. 'I he Festival progrnm and producing team ww w. hearto rthcc ityfest ival. com
lVly HEART Of THE Cl1YFESTIVAL 2014 As usuaL \Nhen I received the tirst copy of the program guide I became immediately- overwhelmed with the sheer amount of events to attend. Ho~vv could r possibly write about this festival & go to enough events!? l went to the launch on Wednesday afternoon and became quite emotional thinking that this was the 11th launch l had been to. When Terry hinted that he and Savannah v-.•ere contemplating leaving the festival at some point in the future I became horrified .. how would the festival go on? Then he spoke of how he had had the same feelings and was working on solving this so the festival would go on into the future by having it operate out of the Woodwards building next year. I relaxed slightly. After that. I totally missed every event that I had wanted to go to until l attended the concert on Sunday afternoon in the Interurban Gallery. The two voices of Heidi Morgan and Haisla Collins transported me for two hours. Boy, can these ladies can sing! When Heidi sang ·'Take it to the Limit" for Kelly the tears were falling no matter how much I tried to stop them! Not to mention, I was surrounded by Diane Wood's lovely quilt tapestries, as I listened to these extremely talented singers. This year for the first time I got to have my very ovm event in the Festival. l co-produced a play called "Who Stole the Spirit of the Carnegie'' a detective play \Vritten and produced by me and my partner Jimmy and acted by 8 talented Carnegie thespians. We had 4 playwriting workshops & 2 rehearsals before the final performance on Friday, November 7th in the Camegie Theatre. The performance had its faults due to lack of rehearsal time but '"'as still well received by a full house audience. I was on pins and needles the whole time. My life had been consumed by this event to the extent that I didn't attend any other festival events this year! Boy was I glad w·hcn it was over! So, as another Heat1 of the City Festival comes to an end, I thank everybody who makes it happen every year and especially Teresa Vandcrtuin for giving me the opportunity to stretch my creative talents in yet another direction. This festival does so much to showcase the talented people that live and work in the downtown eastside that it would be a shame to sec it end. By Adrienne Macallum ~
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North 'Vancouver Community 'Band Concert Wednesday, November 19th 7:00- 8:00 PM
Carnegie Theatre
Frotn the LibrarY The ··Main & Hastings Book Club'' is back! Over the years, the meet-up has involved reading a book in its entirety one month at a time, reading and beading, reading at Crab Park, etc. This incarnation 'vvilt be an opportunity to create a customized reading list, based on the book. recommendations that each participant is asked to bring (fiction or non-fiction). I've always found that lam 01ore likely to pursue a book if a friend has made a pitch ... so that's \Vhat I'm hoping will happen as I know Carnegie has avid readers! Please join me in the "Classroom 2"' for the third Tuesday of the month on floor 3. free. No registration, but I ask that you come at I0:30, to respect the other participants as they share their recommended book. • 1\ovember 18'h : 10:30am- I2:00pm • December 16'h: I0:30am- !2:00pm
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I'm debating on featuring one of these books. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, lfaljhroke Horses by Jeannette Wintcrson. or The Gasoline Gypsy by Peggy Iris rhomas. If you want to participate and feel stumped for a book, VPL has just started offering immediate "Reader's Advisory'' help via our Facebook page! Ycs. a Iibrarian is poised and ready to find you an incredible book: hUps:/!vm\\·. facebook.com/vancouverpubl ic Iibrary Your Carnegie Librarian, Natalje
Arts Humanities ~o~ If you know of any family or rricnds who might be interested in taking next term's \Vriting course. please pass on the intake schedule below. We hope to :::.ec you at the upcoming steering com1 mittee meeting on Wedne-;day November 19 ' '. ami at any of the Public Programmes that you are welcome to pa11icipate in any time. A Tost~c ofthe ,\fiddle East at the Gathering Place. Vay Close Reading, .· /loud! in the top tloor seminar rOL)Ill at th~? Carnegie centre. and the guest teacher for the Hum Speaker Series on 1 November 26 h is sociologist Tom Kemple. Sec belmv for more details. STEERING COMMITTEE The next llum Steering Committee meeting is coming up at the Carnegie Centre on Wednesday November 11 19' • from 4.00 - 6.00 p.m. All current pmticipants and alumni are welcome. Your ideas and feeuback arc important in helping to guide all aspects of the Programme. \\lRJTil\G INTAKE SESSIO~S rhc Writing course is a three-month course that runs ever; Tuesda) evening between Januar) and April. Each week a new genre and style or writing will be taught. including creative liction and non-fiction, poetry, song lyrics, life \.Vriting, journaling, manifesto writing and more. *Carnegie Centre, Main and Hastings ~t. Saturday 'ovember 22nd at II a.m "The Gathering Place, I lelmcken and Seymour St. Saturday November 22nd at I p.m *Vancouver Recovery Club. 2775 Sophia St. Saturday November 22nd at 3 p.m *Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (women only), 302 Columbia St., 1\tlonday November 24th at II a.m *Crabtree Corner/She,\ay, 533 East Hastings St. Monday November 24th at 2 p.m STUDY GROLPS Study Groups are lively forums for discussing subjects of mutual interest in informed "'a)-... They are rrcc and arc held either \\'cckly or bi-weekly at the Carnegie Centre or The Gathering Place. Pm1icipants can join these groups at any stage. Groups are facilitated by llum students, alumni, sta!Tand volunteer teachers. plus people from the wider community.
JY/wt could 'no carrot.\' 110 stick\·' societie\· look like? I fum's sociolog) teacher Torn Kemple \\ill be tackling the llum theme for this year: no carrots no sticks. When: Every Monday !'rom 6- 7.30 p.m Where: l'he Gathering Place Facilitator: Shahla Masoumnejad A Ta<~te i~l T/1e Middle East
Middle Eastern countries have a rich culture, and although they arc frequ~ntly identified as one region. each country represents a distinguished culture that is rooted in ancient traditions. ln this ongoing study group, \Ve enjoy the beauty of these cultures and explore the difrerences that make c1ch country unique. Sndck" and light refreshments arc provided. Very Close Reading, Aloud! When: Every Saturday rrom 12.30- 2.30 p.m (NO SESSION NOVEMBER 15) \\here: fhe Carnegie Centre third tloor classroom Facilitator: l.)tevc Wexler Readings; .\vailable at the group This group meets every Saturday to read, interpret and discuss classic texts on alternative weeks. llomer· s classic Greek tragedy The Odyssey originates in the 8th century H.C.E. and !allows Odysseus' struggles to returt) horne after the Trojan War and the trials of his son 'I elcmachus in attempting to run his father's house. The Post-Office GirL by Stet~m Lwcig, tello.., the story oflemale post-onice clerk in povertystricken Vienna following World War I. !his story describes in moving detai I the social impact of the First World War and the ensuing extreme povet1y. NO DOCUMEN I'ARY t\IGHTS FOR NOVEMBER, we vvill return in December on the 2nd & 3nl Saturday. I llunani,ic<; I 0 I Community Programme Dr. Margot Leigh Butler, Academic Director Paul \Voodhousc. Programme Coordinator Angela 1\-kDonalJ. Writing CL)Ordinator Wil Steele. Programme Assistant Reuben .lemink, Programme Assistant Doreen Ong, Programme Assistant tel. 604-822-0028 fax. 604-822-6096 Programme Office: #270 Buchanan E, 1866 Main :V1ull lni\'ersity of B:-itish Columbia Vancouver. B.C Canada V6T IZI Website: http:. humanities I 0 l.arts.ubc.ca/
Programme & Carnegie Community Centre presents
SPe3K9R SBRIB8
Join us every fourth Wednesday of the month for stimulating presentations and discussions by guest speakers. November's talk:
What could 'no carrots no sticks' societies look like? with Sociology Professor Tom Kemple
Information Session: Saturday, November 15th , 1:00-2:00 PM, Classroom 2 (3rct fi), Carnegie Community Centre 1\pply online at: W\Vw.vancouvcrfoundationsmallarts.ca/ apply P aper applica.uons are also avail:!bk at the main floor info de:;k, Carnegie Communtt) Centre
Deadline for submissions is Monday, November 24, 2014, 4:00PM. Po r info co n tact: Jason Bouchard E m :ul: dtl:sa rt s~~ra n ts@gmail.co tt l P I!: 778-879-9843
Wednesday, November 26th 7- 9 PM, 3rd Floor Gallery
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Music inspired by the folk songs and dances of Spain Carneaie Centre Tl1eatre l~ednesdaY~ ~()vember
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Alberta In Alberta they flare the oil and gas wells: Three million glue sniffers. They regress and call it relorm. Prolits are high, taxes arc IO\\. nohody's poor. It comes out ofthe ground black, and stinks ofsulrur. Refined, it builds malls and lines pockers: \lakes some of them rich and keep<; all of them high. In Alberta, the politicians arc pernicious, the media \1alicious, and the beef delicious. For culture the) have curling and hockev. With mattero.; intellectuaL as on matters ~f !~lith, Albertans arc basically fundamentalists, and thev Rigorous!) analyze issues in tenn.., of ri~ht and 路 wrong. Or good and bad. ~ They like Ralph Klein. George Bush, and Disneyland. Ken t"vlornson
Editorial on the Election The NPA hosted, or a better description might be spawned, Gordon Campbell as Mayor. He went on to be one of the mostdetested premiers in the history of BC. There was never any bones about it: the Non Partisan Association was completely on the side of big money & remains there to the present day. Vision Vancouver made nice sounds at first. It seeks to make the city more friendly to an upper middle class ($) but is backed solidly by developers. Back in 2004 there were over 52,000 millionaires residing in BC (on paper, paying little) and it was such who ponied up $25,000 a plate to just have lunch with the Vision Mayor Gregor. COPE saw much favour with both Libby Davies & then Jenny Kwan who are now a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly, respectively. Of the 3 groupings, only COPE considers living standards and quality of life for all of Vancouver's residents not trading away the aspirations of the many for the ~ase of the few. They even declare intentions to have a vacancy tax on absentee speculators for unused properties! If you read this before Nov 15'h maybe it will affect the way you vote. Regardless of who 'wins路 our struggle will go on; money is just the front runner of dark forces. PRT
Descending into an uncontr~"'llable madness in these hard times of hcrirage buildings being tlattenccl abruptly by greedy developers. historic sires gone forever into the dustbin, forever blown a\vay to who knows where only to be replaced by, constructed, prefabricated heapy way-over-priced shoeboxes to class suckers who have a few other options aside from shelling out exorbitant rent cheques to real estate llippers and their li"-.e or getting out of town to reside in the boondocks, or maybe rhc sticks. struggling to scrape a down payment for a sell-to-the-devil mortgage from extremely flush con atiisb I rip-olfbanksters for the privilege or existing paycheque to paycheque, hanging by a thread, in the cntir~ planet's way expensive city to reside and survive in. What's the deal \\ i1l1 this shell game? Guess who wins guess who loses \vinner takes il all. While this particular mess is going dov.n. there is another more impot1ant pressing fully emerging 11atter and that is of the daily dwindling thousands of recent & long-rime residents of long-neglected, dilapidated, collapsing SRO's. caged & huddling with roommah!s. for many the only \vay just so they can cut the rent at the end of every month from their dctlating inadequate measly wei fare cheques, not to mention struggling being hungry with government-loan indebtedness: students and \Vorking poor. We \'vatch in horror . out of grinn- windows (if \\C have one) as a toxic-~i.11ned haze and construction contaminants spew into the hot grey air. trying not to breathe in too deeply as it seeps through cracks in the walls or cracks in the fractured or shattered glass. Compound this nightmare with noxious carbon waste from endless streams of sputtering coughing vehicles right here or all kinds & descriptions & the terminal white noise. Stone-cold radiators no heat plumbing broke slamming doors ... At times like these l have this awesome tendency to get to my feet & stagger to what was left of the window of this hovel to scream & shout to the oppressors in this neighbourhood to back offtake off get lost & ... just leave us alone to sift thru the \Heckage, to tend to the remains L tvour havl)c that V(IL, 路 \ e ramed down upon us tor too long.. and to rebuild what路s len of our precious do\'. . ntO\.vn eastside neighbourhood into something reasonahle sensible benevolent. to make a reformation declaration of & for our beloved community. Get the picture?!!? ROBYN LIVINGSTONE.
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(after hearing one too many preachers haranguing about hell-fire on granville street) listen we are in luck a tremendous low-lifc JCsus came Just for us for no limousine riders he didn't come dOv\n here to th1s blood-stew no came down here no bible thumper... no hotshot angle-shooters I mean junkies [ believe it's the truth for me and you craz1es thieves welfare bums wmos hookers cripples least of all and homele~~ freaks lowest of the low your teachers hate you? po-lit:c hate you? do your parents hate you? you hate you? you're really in luck your fncnds hate you? you got nowhere to live'? nmvhere to go? everybody hated jesus too jesus sa1d to a cat 'even the foxes of the field nowhere to hang your hat? to Ia)' their weary ass down got somewhere and the birds or the air oh no' but not me brothers and sisters one guy at least
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do people scorn you? put you down? tell stories about what a problem you arc? a judge told me I was or no use to socict) the president
of a university lold mel was trash and obscene my own mother told me I was the world's biggest asshole hut all that god bless her just makes me eligible to hook up with JCsus who got nailed up bleeding sweating balls-naked to a wooden cross to take all that bad bulb,hit off my hack jesus tells you not to hate your own sci r which is easy to do out here running around like a Cool but just ask jesus he'll help you wjth that 'love yourself he says ' so you can love somebody as unloved and unlovable as you been' f mean jesus didn't come a II this way go through all that trouble to send you and me to hell no maybe these other soft successful I don't knmv hut not you and me bona fide losers types you and I know this world is all the hell we're going to see jesus came to cool us out from thi-; hell right here right nO\v for real with love not handcuffs editorials or plastic gloves do you slash-up? overdose? dnnk lysol or some shit? .;;tick rigs
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and at the end V\·hcn jesus needed his friends lhcy all look orf on him except for a hooker named magdalen hut all his clo~e friend~ split said 'no way l don't know him' except for his friend judas who turned jesus in to crimcstopperc. hts friends made him take the rap all alone you know how that Cecls and jesus kepl hi~ mouth shut when pontius pilate the chief of police~ wanted Jesus to cop-out withaplca ~ so if you feel misunderstood nobody kno\v how you feel or what you talking about thafs jesus too he knovv· about you he been through it and don't you allow these puffed-up self-righteous chumps sell you no goody-goody jesus shit no jesus got pissed off plenty times when jesus was kept saymg JeSUS told them your enemy money-grubbing give it up
wandering around no bus l~ue all his buddies 'what should vve do? what should we do? we'r~; scared' 'lay down your life for your friends and if rip-o!Tyour coat gtve him your shoe~ too give up this power-tripping fantasy-<}Cting ego bullshit and you won't be scared no more'
but jesus got nailed-up between two thieves JUSt anoth\.!r cnminal and everybody thought so little ofjesus was down on him so bad the] let a mad terrorist bomber go free instead of him but Jesus told that thief hanging on the cro% next door like he tellmg you and me right n<1\V toda; this very hour man ·1 take you with me to paradise· Jesus told a death-row thief he was goma:;, to take him to paradise ~
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didn't tell a stockbroker he told the brokers and promoters the way you going' a young banker ·J <.hg your rap v.hat 1 gotta do?'
didn't tell a rock promoter ·you can't get to parad1se came up to _jesus said and jesus told him ·give it up
brother' said ·give all your money to the poor the punks the drunks the bums give i£ up' and that banker did to jesus \Vhat most people do to you when you got your hand out he just walked avvay 'anything but my sports car'
in his own home-town they called JCSU!:i acral) molherfucker 1 been cal kd cnlly lots of time 1 in my home-to\\ n locked up in the to prove it an<..ljesu~ they told him "we know you boy nuthousc don't go pullin 11() fuckin mire1ck" around here· and tried to grab his ass L hut he ran Cast damn but ) ou know whrlt that's like)
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and if you think you gol trouble ju"t keeping your name straight .Jesus confused many fools with that <arc you god or what'r they \Vere always as~ing him he ~aid ·v.ho do you say that I am?' a smart-ass jesus was always heing told ·you can't do that it's against the rules irs again~t the law' but jesus talking about the spirit body and soul I the \\,hok deal real real Iife not just social insurance nu1nbers and lingerprinls 1 and jesus hdic\:ed in having a good time told those tight-ass bastards was like a wedding reception and lirsl thingj~sus did his ~ingdom was turn water into wine so th~y \\ouldn't run out and the authorities a drunkard but jesus just kept saying 'help each other called him lo\C each other no matter what it's the only thing you can count on·
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if nobody else does love myself il's hard to bdicvc in lovej in this crud city or anyboJy els~ in this nightmare lime that C\eryhody ebc pretends is just fine but remember 1 no matter what kind of na~ly slut you pull JCSUS loves you in ntct you can't mak<..: J<..:SUS not love VOU so
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kick-ho'Kcd th~ devil right out of people ·.-u _1esu~ and casi ly po~se~scd by all the crap weak .lc-;us knows all this <.;t.ufr
so the devil came to see j~.::sus one on one \Nhen jesus was "trung-out from not cal ing anJ hanging-out in the desert near kamloops and the devil said to _jesus -iryou-re such a btgshoi lum thts <.;tone into a loafofhread and feed yourself than do and jesus '->aid "forget you I'd rather he hun1:,rry what you td\ me to dodid vou e\·er do that'! refuse and have people ~ay 'you don' t kno\v what's good for you?
then the devil said to jesus 'look here I show you all the world cars drug~ po\ver sc:-heer in the whole world I'll give you all that just say you're mine' hut _1e~us could not be bought and the devil kept workmg on him 'okay· you -.o stupid _jump off this cliff the devil said and ~ee if your big daddy save ynu like you always talking about' _1esus just laughed he knew better I haven't alwavs known better thou~h
Lhe Licvtl ortcrcdjesus those deals '->ound pretty good to me but I have been mostl] fucked-up in my life .;;o l ain't the best expert on my own ltfe 1 do need help so all you nut-; JUnkies freak-> Jl:Sus is always hy your side ltke a kind or no bullsh1t truth-talking guide always w1th you but not ~o close by he'll gd on your nerves ~
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cause he what you think he ought to be doing for you<· knowing \vhat you need better than you do "'· better than you do just like the devil do
because everything I know how to do you kno\v how to do has got us both right here maybe on dope no real hope listening to a lunatic because neither of us has figured oul anything v.ith the mountain-moving love jesus all
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SHAKESPEARE CLASSES WITH THE HONEST FISHMONGERS The company '' ho brought their hit productions of King Lear and Measure t()r \1easure to the Carnegie Centre \viii be oft'ering Shakespearean classes for an: age or experience level, and will run every Monday morning for the next three months. Beginner Drop In: I O:OOam - I I :30am. requires no previous experience or commitment to multiple classes. L3e prepared to get on your feet '"ith Shakespeare's bcauti ful \\Ords even if you have never read a Shakespeare play before! All are welcome! Advanced Intensive: 11 :45am- 2pm, if you have some Shakespeare and/or acting experience and think )OU \\ant to go to the next level, the intensive '"ill require commitment to multiple classes and some memorization/ preparation of scenes and monologues.
Starts Monday, November 17th 3rd Floor, Classroom II Kevin Bennett (director of The Honest Fishmongers' hit productions offlamlet. King Lear, and \1easure for vtcasurc) will be leading these classes. He has just returned from the renowned Stratford Festival in Ontario where he has been partaking in a two year directing apprentice/assistantship \VOrkmg with some of Canada and the world's finest directors of Classical theatre. Immediately follov. ing the Carnegie classes Ke\in will be going to London, England where he has recently been offered a job as Assistant Director at the Globe Theatre for the 2015 season. 13e sure to jump at the chance to work \Vith him before ht.: heads olTto work at one of the finest theatres in the world! Feel free to e-mail kevinbennett88~tigmail.com if you have questions.
"Good-bYe tnY friend"
Another Day In Paradise
You're there whenever I need you you've never let me down You all ways know what to do rm happy when you·re around. You cht.!er me up when I'm feeling blue You're here for me each day So man) years l"ve turned to you To take mv troubles awav. But no\v it's time to let you know You're there too much for me lt"s time to try and let you go It's time to set you free. Being with you has been ·really nice - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R u t I have too much to lose Financial Literacy Workshops with Vancity Your friendship costs too high a price
Early on a spring morning. I heard her before I saw her. Scritch, scritch, scritch... A tall, dignified woman Walking along Powell Street, Scritch, scritch, scritch ... Wearing an elegant, tloor-length gown Constructed from a shower curtain. The train dragging on the sidewalk in her wake, Scritch, scritch, scritch. Nobody commented on her outfit. Lisa David
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Provincial not for profit, Arts llealth BC is leading a province-wide survey of arts & health activity within health care, research, education and community settings in BC. The results will be used to create a report and directory of BC-based programs to increase networking and resource sharing. lfyou or someone you knovv leads an arts & health initiative. please visit www.artsheulthbc.ca/on-the-map to team more. The survey is open Sept 22 - Dec 19 2014.
What passes for NORMAL in this neighbourhoodis behind closed doors in others. There il seethes beneath the sud~1ce like the froth from a pressure kettle -behind and beneath the neatly kept lawns, the carefully trimmed hedges, the blooming 1lowers and gardens. the treed and shaded streets. the joyous sounds of kids at play. Behind and beneath the locked doors, the draped windows a menace lurks- human natureIt has a face- yours- as you walk dovvn the street. Roger Stewmt
Photo: Fraser Stuart This was taken just a couple of blocks away on Pender
Help the planet, help us all It >vas Jl)74. The Watergate Scandal was rocking America. Neil Young was rocking Canada. TransCanada Corp was building a natura! gas pipeline from Alberta to Ontario ... and almost nobody had heard of the tar sands or climate change. You and I knovv a lot has changed. After years of uncontrolled expansion. the tar sands can nm.v be seen !"rom space. They are the fastest gro~,-ving source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. And todav climate pollution is the greatest threat Lo life on eatth. Now there is a desperate push by Big Oi I to expand the tar sands even fut1her for exp01t to lucrative internal ional
markets, including China. India. Europe and the lJniteJ States. R~mcmber that 40-yl.!ar-old gas pipeline'? Just Jays ago, TransCanada applied to the National Energy Board to convert it into the largest tar sands pipeline ever built. Renamed "Energy East", this old. steel pipeline would be extended to pump more than I million barrels of tar sands crude- per day. every day from Alberta to exp011 terminals in Quebec and Atlantic Canada... putting tens of thousands of t~unilies, farms, lakes and rivers along the route at direct risk of a catastrophic pipeline spill. That's why I'm writing you with urgency. I've just returned from Atlantic Canada, v.. here a wall of opposition to Energy East is building. The Council of Canadians organized a series of fi·ee town hall meetings in communities throughout !'\ova Scotia and New Brunswick. where I spoke to more than a thousand concerned citizens ... and let me tell you Sl)mething very special is happening! From the Prairies to the Ba} of Fundy. rarmers are locking arms \Vith families. fishermen and First Nations to sa} "no" to l ransCanada's Energy East and "yes" to a clean energy future. And here's why: I. For export. not for Canadians: TransCanada claims Energy East would be a "nation builder" that will solve the energy needs of Atlantic Canada. But behind their flag waving. they've made no .;;ccr~t that it's lirst and foremost an export pipeline. 2. 961 waterways: That's how many precious lakes and rivers TransCanada says Energy East would cross over its ·L600-km span. 3. 40-year-old steel: To save money, TransCanada plans to repurposc their up to 40-year-old natural gas pipeline and only build new sections for pm1 of the project. In 1974. thinner steel was used in remote areas because it \vas cheaper. Not only is a rupture more likely in remote areas where the pipe is 1hinner. it could take a lot longer before a rupture is noticed and the pumping is stopped. 4. TransCanada's poor safety record: In 2014 alone, TransCanada has had five major pipeline spills. In the last audit of their key safety management systems. it \vas found to be "non-compliant" in tour out of nine categorier,. S. Higher home heating costs: If you heat your home \\ith natural gas, prepare to pay a lot more if Energy East is approved. Thnt's because TransCanada's pipeline will no longer carry natural gas. Gn; Metro CEO Sophie Brochu argues that. unless a new line is built, 3.6 million customers could sec a 150% price increase over the course of a single \\inter. Simply put. Energy East boils down to "Your Risk. Their Reward." 1\ow that TransCanada has ofticially applied to build their tar sands export pipeline, you & I must redouble our efforts if we're to stop it. The clock is ticking. • Build community awareness and resistance: Knowledge is power, and your gift will enable the Council to inform ami engage thousands of more people along the pipeline route. We'll expand our successful town hall meetings to the Prairies. reach even more people in Ontario and Quebec, and galvanize communities into taking collective action. Just like the pipeline fights in B.C., community resistance is key to stopping Energy East! • Counter TransCanada's ditty tricks: Back in July, the Council of Canadians helped to expose that TransCannda made a $30.000 donation to the Ontario tO\vn of Mattawa. which sits on the proposed pipeline path. In exchange. city orticials had to agree to ''not publicly comment on TransCanada's operations or business projects'' for five years! Your gift will help the Council closely monitor. expose and stop any further attempts by TransCanada to buy the silence and compliance of elected officials and communities. • Promote green jobs and alternatives: [nvcsting in the green economy generates up to seven times the number of jobs as projects like Energy East, vvhile ensuring that future generations will still have a planet worth living on. With your gift. the Council will produce a new report that outlines how Canada can transition away fi·om los:::.il fuels ''hilc creating thousands of new "greo.::n. decent and public" jobs for all. "To change everything we need everyone." This global call to action on climate change brought million:-. together in September tor the People's Climate .tvlarch. Please give what you can today. With thanks for all you do. Maude Barlow National Chairperson
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LAST WAR WINS The Carnage Club social & the malignant vvord of god have invited mankind to a par1y or sorts Be Nice & try to be on time, the stars will all be there the heads of state will want to commemorate all the lives lost.. we have been fighting for such a long time .. so many lives destroyed wasted or just outright taken from those for some insane reason were they old enough to die that is a pitiful excuse for people to kill each other life should be for living not dying. like a terrorist group hosting Saturday Night Live with musical guest Terminal Death the crowd can clap with intermittent crying, like a re-enactment of the boy in the corner & his final days now that would be a funny skit then go live out on the street where laughter has turned people blue & are nmv having a fit maybe a nerve gas attack is trying to be hotter than the surface of our sun. now are you are sti II alive \Vith rabbits & handkerchiefs pouring out or each pocket with all your nev路l gadgetry each kid will have their own
rocket & even the evilist man on this Earih cannot stop what is about to come, as a mass exodus begins to pour out of each city I remain vvhere I feel I am needed right here I shall watch the fall of a once truly beautiful city but no'vv very plastic surgery disaster kind of city let the guilt patty begin, the armies carrying white !lags are just about to an-ive I guess some of us must have obviously survived is this good or bad or worse I really do not care & then sometimes vve mav be the newest members of hell at least we know wh~re we are were all of our primitive moments a pile of sins? So life is a training coarse to see who's worth saving & those that do not in this Last War Wins scenario yours has a way of backfiring on you as you try to take it to the grave & the bits of selfishness begin to pour . Silence is a lovelv sound in any language for some tt is their breaking point, look at our achievements: half the world is on fire while here in the material part I ittle kids try their hardest to look older so they can be a centrelold of ClawGiamour Magazine then they can be trained the Al-Queda way lam sure they'll take orders & we can soon sift thru their once nice no\v blown up w路ith many dead town or city in some block, in some joint. let us get om destruction kits on like a motivational speaker who can't get out of bed as another one of these everyday's has come almost time to take your life savings & everything you can pavm if it's nexl war wins that waits for us let's book our getout-of-town !light on Rubberband Airways I've always wanted to fly through endless fire & molten ash. like leaving empty-handed this silence [' ve kept begins to fade of course being human that is not our way so many speak out of turn god I hate people that ignorantly fucking stupid way gee It's almost time to say goodbye for no'vv \Vhy are we constantlv against someone or something an eternity full oftor~o~路ows hangs itself in the balance you take care, like a game show host with nothing to get rid of let alone sell in all honesty I've always thought that we have already passed & this is hell now if I am right or even if lam wrong please stop running and accept your fate but always beware.
By ROBERT McGILLIVRAY Dedicated to my granddad Alex John McGillivray who came from Scotland to Canada & fought for this country in WWI.
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