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GINTA – The antidote to Internet challenges is presence — the real kind

March 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

LIKE ALL PARENTS with school-age children, I received the district heads-up letter about the Momo challenge. By now most have are familiar with the strange, creepy face of [Continue]

GINTA – Search and Rescue funding must be included in budget planning

February 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAVE NEVER been in a situation where I had to be rescued by one of the SAR groups in our province. But like everyone else, I have been hearing and reading a lot of stories [Continue]

GINTA – Is this the kind of world we want to live in?

February 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

HERE’S THE THING: I never envisioned that students and teachers at a Kamloops school could be the target of a deadly plot. When the explanatory email came from the [Continue]

GINTA – It’s high time we end the mental health stigma

February 11, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT’S ALMOST A YEAR since I encountered human pain in a way that I never thought I would and there is rarely a day I do not think of it, more so because it happened in [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s include financial literacy in our children’s education

January 28, 2019 // 1 Comment

HERE’S SOME SOBERING NEWS from a recent article inThe Globe and Mail: 46 percent of Canadians are within $200 from financial insolvency at each month-end. Blame it on [Continue]

GINTA – Food was never meant to be this challenging to deal with

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

THERE’S BARELY A WEEK going by without another set of recommendations on the best foods to eat, best diets to lose weight, best way to exercise, and best ways to live [Continue]

GINTA – Grace and decency are needed in public political discourse

January 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

SATURDAY MORNING started with a good amount of sunshine and blue skies. I hiked and took in the fresh air and the beautiful landscape, and spent some time remembering Cindy [Continue]

GINTA – Climate change challenges will never be solved with cat doors

January 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF YOU WANT A CHUCKLE, check out the amusing story of how a $2,000 cat door installed in a West Vancouver home can help fight climate change (embedded in the $3 million home [Continue]

GINTA – Any new day is a good day to aim for becoming better

January 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

AS 2018 IS ENDING, there is a funny thing happening: the resolution machinery is put to work. Open any big box store flyer and you’ll be reminded of resolutions, [Continue]

GINTA – Gratefulness and Christmas wishes to come true

December 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT WAS 2 A.M. when the dog started growling in that way that means one thing: someone is too close to the house. Shortly after the growling, light beams started flickering [Continue]

GINTA – Rewarding intolerance for Christmas ‘discrimination’

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

TWO DAYS AGO, while on an errand run, I met Michael, the homeless man who always has a smile on. He greeted me with ‘Merry Christmas’. Rather than question his assumption [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s put the issue of school bus safety on Santa’s list

December 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

A FEW DAYS AGO, a school bus carrying ten youth and two adults was involved in an accident near Cache Creek. Fortunately, everyone survived; one person had critical, but [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s never give up on making people’s lives better

November 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT’S 4 A.M. ON SATURDAY. I wake up thirsty and amble my way into the kitchen, fill a glass with water and drink it to the last drop. I return to bed and snuggle back [Continue]