The best Saturday in the year?!

Feb 9, 2015 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories

BY CATE HENDERSON Kingston Seedy Saturday is upon us, and for those of us who grow at least some of our own food, March 14 is a very exciting day! Seedy Saturday, this year held at LCVI High School, is the place to go to trade seeds, find out what seeds your...

Helping people, helping groups: companion ministries

Feb 2, 2015 | Facilitation, retreats, Spiritual direction

Sister Kay Taylor (right), Provincial of the Canossian Daughters of Charity, presents Providence Sister Jeannette Filthaut with a pewter carving of the creation story as a gift for facilitating their 2014 Provincial Chapter. BY SISTER JEANNETTE FILTHAUT Spiritual...

It’s time for basic income guarantee

Jan 29, 2015 | Justice

BY JAMIE SWIFT The world’s richest man is a chubby sort of chap by the name of Slim.  If he spent his money at the rate of a million dollars a day, it would take Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim 220 years to spend his $80-billion fortune. In January, an Oxfam report...

Climate change in Ontario?

Jan 16, 2015 | Integrity of Creation and Climate Change

Bridget Doherty takes a little rest during the People’s Climate Change March in New York City in October. BY BRIDGET DOHERTY As part of a regular update to the Sisters of Service, who co-fund the Integrity of Creation position of the Justice, Peace and Integrity...

A whole new take on local, when it comes to food

Jan 16, 2015 | Justice

BY TARA KAINER From Toronto to Vancouver, Chicago to California, Seoul, South Korea to Havana, Cuba and points in between, Jennifer Cockrall-King explores the future of food in Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution (Prometheus Books, 2012)....