The Canadian Cancer Society is hosting a half-day, Cancer Prevention Forum in Vancouver. At this event you’ll learn simple you can do to prevent cancer—such as choosing safer alternatives to pesticides when gardening. It’s free and informative to help you and your loved ones avoid preventable cancers by making a UTURN for change. Guest speakers will explore how to make good decisions on cancer prevention, how personal choices and government legislation can protect us from cancer causing substances, such as pesticides and a new initiative to promote cancer prevention in BC.
Date: Saturday April 26th from 12noon-2:30pm
Location: The Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC
Register today by phone 604 945 3574 or online at gttps://secure.pzinternet.com/theciainc/ccs2008/index.html
Pre-registration is recommended as seating is limited.
Moderator: Dr Art Hister of House Calls on Radio CKNW and health commentator on Global TV
Speakers:
Marla Shapiro, Cancer: Why it’s important to lower your risk
MDCM, CCFP, MHSc, FRCP(C), FCFP
Media commentator on health, family physician, associate professor, author and breast cancer survivor
David Hammond, Where we’re at with tobacco and what’s left
PhD
If any of you are interested in what is going on in the city these days I've been compiling a monthly event guide for Vancouver on my photoblog website. This month the highlights are the Celtic Festival (St. Paddy's Day!) and the Globe 2008 green technology and innovation conference at Canada Place.
There is also lots of great music this month with local bands like DNA6, The Manvils and Spirit of the West playing shows....and some bigger names like Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, 311 and the Greyboy All-Stars visiting our fine city. Check it out and if you have anything to add, feel free to drop me a line.
I think the combined distractions of work, travel, new responsibilities and my absolute addiction to the U.S. elections (yes I am drinking the Obama-Kool-Aid) I've been a little neglectful of VancouverVibe.ca and the blog. The good news is, things are back in motion! We've got a few cool new updates based on user-feedback in the pipeline and I would like to share them with you now:
The Fancy-Shmancy Bookmarklet: Okay, it's not that fancy. Basically, if you're a Firefox or Safari user, simply drag our Bookmarklet (below) into your Bookmarks Bar. Now whenever you find a story you like, click on the Bookmarklet and it will fill in the URL and Title for you on VancouverVibe.ca and you're off to the races!
