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GINTA – ‘To-go’ coffee cups and other garbage: The individual changes first

April 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

TWICE A WEEK to spend an hour sipping tea and reading while my little guy is in karate class. In a coffee shop, that is. Every time I order, I have to make sure I mention [Continue]

GINTA – It’s not enough to call video gaming a disorder

April 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

DEPENDING on who you ask, video games are either good or bad. Or a bit of both, some say, but boundaries are blurry. The World Health Organization is looking into settling [Continue]

GINTA – Building a better world, one book at a time

April 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

CANADA READS 2018 has wrapped up. The winning book is Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, defended by Jeanne Beker. I am looking forward to reading it; the rest that were in the [Continue]

GINTA – The garbage of spring – nature alone can’t defend itself from humans

March 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

FEW ARE THE things able to ward off the ugly memory of the growing garbage revealed by the melting snowpack. Where garbage lies, there are also cheery birds such as robins [Continue]

GINTA – Lack of healthy boundaries hurts us all

March 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

A FEW DAYS ago, I read about a teacher in the Chilcotin being suspended for one week and being sent to a course on how to create a positive environment in the classroom. The [Continue]

GINTA – The beauty and necessity of a story well told

March 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

I HAVE BEEN looking forward to seeing the movie Indian Horse from the day my friend Richard mentioned the possibility of it happening. That was a few years ago. He was [Continue]