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Oct. 10 is world mental health day

October 10th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Oct. 10 is world mental health day)

“Daron’s death is still surreal — you never get over something like that”

October 8th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on “Daron’s death is still surreal — you never get over something like that”)

CHLY focuses on “heart and soul” during its fall fund drive

October 7th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Escape the corporate media desert and make community radio your oasis for local, alternative, grassroots, and accessible music and information

chly oasis fund drive

Community radio is about volunteerism, social engagement, independent music, learning by doing, community capacity building, citizen journalism and more. Community radio volunteers are the cultural pioneers and opinion leaders of their local communities.

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“Quiet neuroscience revolution” will transform the way mental illness is treated

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Local and urban agriculture grows food, business, and community

October 6th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Local and urban agriculture grows food, business, and community)

Christopher Brown — aka “Farmer Brown” — participates in a locally owned and operated growers co-operative that delivers food to Nanaimo’s Farmer’s Markets

picture 590aA little over a year ago a group of local farmers just south of Nanaimo formed a partnership called the Farmship Growers Co-operative. As reported in the Nanaimo Daily News, “the group worked out a deal in which they would lease nine acres of the Wyndlow Farm…along with Chris Brown, a new farmer who just wrapped up his first year growing food in the Cowichan Valley.” Chris is one of a burgeoning new generation of urban farmers reimagining and reinventing farming for a new century.

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Men’s panel takes a look at current men’s issues

October 6th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Men’s panel takes a look at current men’s issues)

From men’s rights to domestic violence, we convene a men’s panel to focus on current issues

picture 589When a men’s rights group working against “bigotry that is routinely practiced against men and boys in this culture” planned its first major conference this year, protesters were fighting for the event to be cancelled (see The Huffington Post). The push for “men’s rights” has for some time been a hotly-debated concept—and has been seen as a push-back against hard-won rights for women.

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