Why does the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation fund this great work in BC? Here's Dan Buffett, CEO of the HCTF explaining that climate action is more than just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
This week on The Cookie Jar, My Grandfather's Cat, an exceptional Canadian organization that advocates for people in vulnerable situations who need to get their beloved cats rehomed. In this short clip, the co-founder Angela Rafuse explains how shelters in Canada also do great work finding homes for cats and dogs, definitely true of my own local shelter, the North West Animal Shelter, near Smithers, BC. Two wonderful groups, working on parallel paths on behalf of companion animals.
Hear the entire episode on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 on Monday and Thursday at 11AM or by visiting
www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-11142022 anytime.
Angela Rafuse is the co-founder of a nifty organization called My Grandfather's Cat, offering assistance to Canadian cats who suddenly need a new home. Consider the aging grandparent who’s about to move to a retirement home or the person who’s just been given a terminal illness prognosis, and they have a cat that needs rehoming, sometimes on very short notice. What to do? In Canada, you can call My Grandfather’s Cat for assistance!
This short video is Angela introducing her co-founder, Mackenzie.
You can hear my conversation with Angela on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 on Monday and Thursday this week, at 11AM. Or, visit www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-11142022 any time. Oh, this is so cool: I may start purring.
Rémi Torrenta sharing his thoughts on that delightful recipe.
Sea turtles! Now, that’s a neat topic, but how does it affect me? I may live in remote, interior BC, but I can still have a very damaging effect on sea turtles. From my food choices to my sun screen, how I decorate and whether I recycle, it can easily affect creatures thousands of kilometres away.
My guests Carla Laarhoven, Ashton Williams and Jepson Prince—from the organization AB Sea Turtle Awareness Group—are going to offer some simple suggestions that will have a huge impact.
Hear the episode on Monday and Thursday at 11AM on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9. Or, visit our website at www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-07182022 anytime. You can also find this anywhere you get your podcasts.
Sea turtles are such magnificent beings. I'm glad I can do something to make their long lives more comfortable.
The polarization of society affects even the bee community, where some people argue that, to misquote George Orwell, 'all bees are equal, but some are more equal than others'...
This week, part two of The Red Umbrella, with Cybèle Lesperance. Cybele resides in France and is an outspoken sex worker activist and a pro-rights feminist. And together, Cybele and I are going to continue our conversation around stigma, cllichés and morality, and the need to find strategies to survive in a capitalist world, one of those being sex work.
Tune into Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 at 11 AM on Monday and Thursday. Or, visit www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-02212022 anytime to hear the podcast.
Thinking Rock Community Arts have regular Maker Nights. Tuesday February 8 is their next one. Watch for the link on their Instagram and pages!
And, tune into The Cookie Jar later this month to hear all about these wonderful people and their terrific community-building projects.
Love is a Four-Legged Word. Your first thought is going to be cats and dogs, right? There are other four-legged friends, one of which has a bad reputation that needs to be addressed. That friend is a rat. Amanda Frost and Forest Higgins of the Vancouver Rat Club are going to help me try to convince you of just how terrific rats are. I want to give a big shout out to Dexter's Creature Comforts for connecting me with Amanda and Forest!
Rats have done humans many kindnesses, so I think it’s only fair that I dedicate an episode to returning the favour. Rats in the cookie jar? Lucky us!
You can hear the episode air through Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 at 11AM on Monday and Thursday. Or, visit this convenient link and hear the podcast anytime, from anywhere:
www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-01312022
Mark Calzavara and the Council of Canadians have been monitoring several failures to protect our water resources, and to provide safe drinking water. Mark will discuss three of these: the deregulation of water protection policies, the bottled water dilemma and the ongoing tragedy of our First Nations water crisis.
You can hear our conversation on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 this coming Monday and Thursday at 11AM. Or, visit www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-01242022 anytime to hear the podcast.
And, if you believe water is a human right, visit canadians.org and add your voice.
Sea Salt Learning is a highly respected global consultancy that helps organizations—and individuals—get fit for the social age. The founder of Sea Salt Learning, Julian Stodd, is a collaborative thinker. Together, you explore how things work: systems, societies, and structures, and then develop ideas that you can actually put into practice to build kinder, gentler, better communities.
Hear the episode on Monday and Thursday at 11AM through Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9. Or, you can visit www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-01172022 anytime to hear the podcast, from anywhere in the world.
In this video, I asked Julian to share a recipe. Unsurprisingly, he turned metaphysical; it's all about his relationship with aubergine.
FLAP, or Fatal Light Awareness Program Canada is a registered charity whose mission is to safeguard migratory birds in the urban environment through education, policy development, research, rescue and rehabilitation. Their vision is to create a 24-hour collision-free environment for migratory birds in the built environment. FLAP is located in downtown Toronto.
Michael Mesure is the executive director of FLAP, and my guest today on the Cookie Jar.
You can hear our conversation this coming Monday and Thursday at 11AM on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9. Or, visit this link any time to hear more about how we can all make our buildings safer for birds.
www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-11152021
A Book Bag and a Pair of Socks. That’s how it started for Charlie Burrell, in Moncton NB. Charlie noticed an increase in the number of hungry and homeless in his town, and he began feeding them in a parking lot. Today, his organization The Humanity Project offers food and shelter, with an eye to also providing help for addictions and mental health supports in future. And its all done through community donations.
Today's is the first of a two-part episode, and the third in a larger series on homelessness in Canada.
You can hear the episode today and Thursday at 11AM through Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9. Or, click this link anytime
www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-09132021 to hear how Charlie Burrell and The Humanity Project are making a huge difference in the lives of the vulnerable in Moncton, NB.
The Joe Chithalen Musical Instrument Lending Library is a relatively new project in Kingston, Ontario. When you visit Joe’s MILL, you don’t rent an instrument, you borrow one. Today, Tim Aylesworth will describe what that feels like.
You can hear this charming episode on Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 today and Thursday at 11AM. Or, visit
www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-08232021 anytime to hear the podcast.
A bit of of shameless plugging this week for the two Smithers events that take over my role as fairgrounds gatekeeper: the BV Fall Fair and the Midsummer Music Festival!
Tune in to Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 at 11 AM today and Thursday to hear Jan McClary and Ruth Lloyd share news of this year's fair, slated to begin with next week's parade. Then Tina Daye and Nicole Widen will give us a sense of how the modified Midsummer will look this September. Elijah Q Larsen rounds it all out with some perspective on what it feels like to perform at Midsummer.
Both events have loads of opportunities for getting involved: what a great way to attend both the Smithers fall fair and our local music festival.
You can also visit www.smithersradio.com/program-playlist/cookie-jar-playlist-08162021 anytime to hear the podcast.
How Cathy Crowe decided to be come a street nurse, a decision that has affected deeply the lives of many homeless and precariously housed in the Toronto area.
