Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg were the model couple for grassroots organizers. They were passionate about their work to protect the wild and urban ecology from industrial and automotive pollution, rampant development and corporate interests. They advocated cleaner and more efficient transportation, social justice and equality. And they biked everywhere together, living the issues like […]
Health
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Check up
Sania Dorey collects breakfast trays, makes beds, stocks supplies and delivers mail at the South Shore Hospital because she’s been told she’s over-qualified to be paid to do anything in a Nova Scotia hospital. Dorey and Heizer Marval, another physician who volunteers, are from opposite sides of the world—Russia and Venezuela—but both belong to a […]
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In sickness and in health
A light went on for me in 1984 when I was cured of colitis in a naturopath’s office. After having spent two years doing the rounds of specialists’ offices and ingesting a lot of drugs, I was still sick and my prognosis wasn’t great. So, in desperation, I went looking for something different. In a […]
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Getting ready in case of emergency
Hurricane Juan’s whirlwind visit to Halifax left the SuperCity stunned at the damage and struggling to clean up after one of the biggest messes in its recent history. It’s the kind of disaster that you’d think would leave emergency responders such as the police, fire department and ambulance services scrambling. They’re working overtime, to be […]