CONTENTS
1) Editorial
2) Feature: Support Strauss Herb Company and Health Care Freedoms
3) Issues Updates
-- Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food
-- Bird Flu: A Bonanza for “Big Chicken”
-- Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators Gauge National Progress
4) Media Watch
-- Water Prices Rising Worldwide
-- US FDA Denies That It’s About to Approve Controversial Cow Drug
-- GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham
-- Russia Joins Battle over GM Products
-- Genetically Modified Food to be Labelled in India Before Import
-- Could GM Crops Be Killing Bees?
-- Cloned Meat Could Be Allowed in EU
-- European Lighting Industry Agrees to Push Energy-Saving Bulbs
-- Antioxidant Study Ignores Scientific Evidence
-- Antioxidant Study Ignores Scientific Evidence
-- How the Government is Threatening Your Freedom to Use Supplements
-- Natural Products Association Says Medical Journal Study on Vitamins and Mortality is Flawed; Points to Research Showing Health Benefits and Urges People to Continue Proper Antioxidant Use
-- New Study in JAMA Says Synthetic Vitamins Increase Death Risk
-- Mixed Reviews for Canada’s New Food Guide
-- Atkins Beats Other Diet Plans in Study
-- Don’t Put Too Much Weight on Atkins’ Study
-- Homeopathic and Conventional Treatment for Acute Respiratory and Ear Complaints: A Comparative Study on Outcome in the Primary Care Setting
-- How Well Do “Green” Cleaning Products Perform?
-- US and Canada Agree on Joint Label for Herbicide Imports under NAFTA Label
-- Barrier Reef Faces Pesticide Threat
-- Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity Associated with Low-risk Planned Cesarean Delivery Versus Planned Vaginal Delivery at Term
-- Risks of Adverse Outcomes in the Next Birth after a First Cesarean Delivery
-- After First Cesarean, Risks Go Up in Next Pregnancy
-- Wal-Mart to Score Electronics Environmentally
5) Calendar of Events
-- Nutrition for Older Adults, Mar 20, North Vancouver
-- Stubborn Weight Loss Seminar, Mar 22, Vancouver
-- Outreach Clinic for Children with Autism & ADHD, Mar 24-25, Vancouver
-- Foundation in Canine Healthcare, Mar 24-25, Coombs (Vancouver Island)
-- Yoga and Nutrition, Mar 27, North Vancouver
-- HANS Conversation on Health, Mar 29, Burnaby
-- Questioning Metastasis, Mar 29, Vancouver
-- Yoga and Nutrition, Mar 31, Vancouver
-- Foundation in Canine Healthcare, Mar 31 - Apr 1, Coquitlam
-- German New Medicine Seminar Two, Mar 31 - Apr 1, Vancouver
-- Whole Foods for Health, Apr 5, North Vancouver
-- Purchasing and Preparing Whole Foods, Apr 12, North Vancouver
-- East Meets West: Treating Infertility with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Apr 13, Vancouver
-- Spring-Summer Natural Aid Remedies, Apr 14, Surrey
-- The Haven Institute’s Fourth International Vancouver Symposium – Personal Leadership in the Real World, Apr 13 – 14, Vancouver
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1) Editorial
I’m sitting at my desk in the HANS office, looking at papers stacked here, there, everywhere. The result of almost 30 years of archiving and wow, what a trip down memory lane!
Here’s an old newspaper clipping from around 1980. The photo includes me, my mother, Chris Shirley of Pacific Institute of Reflexology, Del and Inez Birtch (former patients of Dr Pieter Taams), and of course, one of HANS’ founders, Olive Balabanov.
I will never forget that day. We were picketing outside the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons. Just a handful of us and placards. It was the first time I’d ever done anything so… so… out there, before. My mother was adorable. She had no idea what was going on, but when I asked her to come, she immediately said, “I’m in!” The really funny thing was, as we paraded out on the street, there were people peeking out the windows of the College. They were looking at us, we were looking at them. Wondering about each other.
All we wanted was freedom of choice in health care. A simple thing. And, we wanted the College to stop harassing people who offered that freedom of choice such as Dr Pieter Taams, who, unfortunately, despite our meager protest, lost his license to practice medicine because of his use of natural remedies.
Ah, here’s another slice of history, my Rafe Mair file. In it is correspondence between us when he was BC Minister of Health. In 1984, at the beginning of his career as a talk show host, he wrote an editorial for his CJOR radio program. I kept a copy of it and take the liberty of quoting some of it:
“We have forgotten the basic principle called freedom of choice. Many who agree with that statement unfortunately blame the medical profession, and that is grossly unfair since their power comes from us.
“The art of healing, no matter who practices it and no matter what form it takes, has never been a precise science. Certainly, there is a great deal of precision involved but by and large it is still very much an art. The ability of the body to heal itself is remarkable and not by any means fully understood and as far as the mental aspect of healing is concerned, we are light years away from any real understanding of the process. That faith can, if not move mountains, than arrest disease and postpone death is too well documented to be argued…
“Those professionals who develop life-prolonging skills, which after all is what healing is really all about, become pretty dogmatic about how it is done. Invariably, they claim a monopoly upon success and often that translates into a state monopoly as well, to the extent that a monopoly develops, the freedom of individual choice is diminished.”
This man was one advanced thinker, even way back then. Now, 23 years later, Rafe will be talking at a HANS-sponsored event on March 29th, along with Dr Don Nixdorf, Executive Director of the BC Chiropractic Association.
You don’t want to miss this health-care conversation. This will be a history-setting event. I’ll be there, and I hope you will be, too. You can preregister at www.hans.org and hold a spot.
Please share this message with any one of the two million people who are interested in prevention and non-drug therapy in BC. They are welcome to attend as well.
Warm regards,
Lorna J Hancock
Executive Director & Founding Member
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2) Support Strauss Herb Company and Health Care Freedoms
This is a request from the Strauss Herb Company of Kamloops to Health Action Network Society members and friends to attend a court hearing in Vancouver. The hearing was originally booked for March 29 but is being rescheduled because of time conflicts. The purpose of your presence would be to impress upon the judge hearing the arguments that the issue being decided is of significant importance to the citizens of Canada.
What is the issue? In November 2005, Health Canada announced a new policy that essentially says that plants from which a Schedule F substance (prescription drug) can be extracted shall be deemed as equivalent and will only be available by prescription as well.
You may have noticed that products containing red yeast rice, yohimbe bark, and cowhage are no longer available. The herb Gotu cola was also scheduled to be restricted but received a reprieve because of extensive lobbying from industry. That said, the policy which makes this possible is still in force.
Because of federal court rules, a formal notice to challenge the policy had to be filed within 30 days. Strauss Herb Company did so in December 2005.
We submitted affidavits on the issue that the drug yohimbine and the herb yohimbe are not equivalent and should not be treated as equivalent. Our affidavits were prepared by Steven Dentali, PhD, vice president of Scientific Affairs of the American Herbal Products Association, Allison McCuthcheon, PHD, research scientist, and Robert Jackman, PhD, research and development consultant. These three scientists are arguably amongst the most knowledgeable in the world in the study of herbs.
The purpose of the up-coming hearing in Vancouver is for the judge to consider the admissibility of new evidence from the US Food and Drug Administration that Health Canada’s claim that yohimbe is a restricted product in the US is, in fact, incorrect. Health Canada is arguing that the court should not be able to hear this truth--that Health Canada’s sworn expert testimony is misleading and false.
We have a unique and rare opportunity here to win a significant victory over the regulatory creep that is violating our rights as consumers, retailers, manufacturers and practitioners.
If you are able and/or interested in attending the court to show support for this critical initiative, please contact me at phelgason@straussherbco.com with a subject line “help in court” and I will make a group e-mail list to inform everyone of when and where.
Peter Helgason
Strauss Herb Company
250-376-5216
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3) ISSUE UPDATES
Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food
Environmental Working Group, March 5
In the most comprehensive US tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of foods, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and baby formula from supermarket shelves, according to a new Environmental Working Group (EWG) report.
The lab tests conducted for EWG found bisphenol A, or BPA, in 55 of 97 cans of food purchased from major supermarket chains in California, Connecticut and Georgia. The lab tested 27 national name brands and three store brands.
More at http://www.ewg.org/reports/bisphenola/newsrelease.ph...
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Bird Flu: A Bonanza for “Big Chicken”
A report by GRAIN, March 2007
One year ago, when governments were fixated on getting surveillance teams into wetlands and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was waving the finger of blame at Asia and Africa’s abundant household poultry, GRAIN and other groups pointed out that large-scale industrial poultry farms and the global poultry trade were spreading bird flu -- not wild birds nor backyard flocks. Today, this has become common knowledge, even though little is being done to control the industrial source of the problem, and governments still shamelessly roll out the wild bird theory to dodge responsibility.
GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people’s control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
More at http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=22
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Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators Gauge National Progress
Environmental indicators can serve as measuring sticks to track progress by governments, industries and individuals in protecting and improving the environment. They can also be used to highlight emerging environmental concerns and to communicate complex scientific information to decision makers and the public.
That is why Environment Canada, Statistics Canada and Health Canada have been working together to further develop and communicate national environmental indicators of three key aspects of the environment: air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and freshwater quality.
These indicators were first reported in Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) 2005 and have been updated and further developed in the recently released 2006 report.
More at http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/issues/71/fea...
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Canada to Spend $1.5 Billion on Transit, Environment
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/4...
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Canada, Alberta to Study Greenhouse Gas Capture
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12360
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4) MEDIA WATCH
Water Prices Rising Worldwide
www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2007/Update64.htm
US FDA Denies That It’s About to Approve Controversial Cow Drug
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12335
GM Food Nightmare Unfolding in the Regulatory Sham
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GM_Food_Nightmare_Unfolding....
Russia Joins Battle over GM Products
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Genetically Modified Food to be Labelled in India Before Import
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Could GM Crops Be Killing Bees?
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
Cloned Meat Could Be Allowed in EU
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseactio...
European Lighting Industry Agrees to Push Energy-Saving Bulbs
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12318
Antioxidant Study Ignores Scientific Evidence
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/February2007/2...
How the Government is Threatening Your Freedom to Use Supplements
http://www.mercola.com/2007/mar/15/how-the-governmen...
Natural Products Association Says Medical Journal Study on Vitamins and Mortality is Flawed; Points to Research Showing Health Benefits and Urges People to Continue Proper Antioxidant Use
http://healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8989
New Study in JAMA Says Synthetic Vitamins Increase Death Risk
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_432...
Mixed Reviews for Canada’s New Food Guide
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/6/752-a?etoc...
Atkins Beats Other Diet Plans in Study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_he_me/diet...
Don’t Put Too Much Weight on Atkins’ Study
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.htm...
Homeopathic and Conventional Treatment for Acute Respiratory and Ear Complaints: A Comparative Study on Outcome in the Primary Care Setting
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/7/abstract
How Well Do “Green” Cleaning Products Perform?
http://greenerchoices.org/ratings.cfm?product=greenc...
US and Canada Agree on Joint Label for Herbicide Imports under NAFTA Label
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12356
Barrier Reef Faces Pesticide Threat
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Barrier-Reef-fac...
Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity Associated with Low-risk Planned Cesarean Delivery Versus Planned Vaginal Delivery at Term
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/4/455
Risks of Adverse Outcomes in the Next Birth after a First Cesarean Delivery
http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/109...
After First Cesarean, Risks Go Up in Next Pregnancy
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=...
Wal-Mart to Score Electronics Environmentally
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/4...
For more current stories, check out “News” at www.hans.org.
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5) Calendar of Events
Nutrition for Older Adults
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: March 20, 7 - 9 pm
Where: Parkgate Community Centre, Mary Hunter Hall, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver
Cost: $15.90
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at: www.northvanrec.com
This seminar will provide information about how older adults can take advantage of the healing and protective powers of whole foods. Practical advice and lots of inspiration will be provided, including information about common nutrient deficiencies and tips about nutritional supplements.
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Stubborn Weight Loss Seminar
Who: Brian Martin, BSc, ND
When: March 22, 6 - 7 pm
Where: EnerChanges, M11 601 West Broadway, Vancouver
Cost: FREE
Contact: 604-681-8380, info@enerchanges.com
Web: www.enerchanges.com
The percentage of Canadians who are overweight or obese has risen drastically in recent years and is now considered one of Canada’s most common health problems.
In this one hour lecture, Dr Martin presents the facts and myths about weight gain, aging, and genetics. You will learn about the relationship between weight gain and hormonal imbalances, hidden food allergies, thyroid function, insulin resistance, cortisol and stress levels.
This seminar provides you with the keys to living at your healthy weight for a lifetime and how to maximize your potential for health, energy, vitality and happiness.
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Outreach Clinic for Children with Autism & ADHD
Who: Scott Clack, ND and Anita Bratt, ND
When: March 24 - 25, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm by Appointment Only
Where: Alta Vista Naturopathic Clinic, 210-2678 West Broadway
Cost: Varies depending on tests ordered, $200 for initial consult
Contact: Bryan Olson or Sarah Wickens at 913-341-8949
Email swickens@gpl4u.com
Web: www.greatplainslaboratory.com or www.drbratt.com
The Great Plains Laboratory’s goal is to improve the health and well being of individuals using natural, holistic and integrative medicine, and biomedical treatment options. Specialized testing, not available at traditional labs, will be offered. These tests are designed to determine abnormalities associated with heavy metal toxins, intestinal pathogens, food allergies, nutritional deficiencies, and immune deficiencies. A personalized treatment plan will be developed for each patient according to the results of their testing. Please see The Great Plains Laboratory website to obtain further information.
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Foundation in Canine Healthcare
Who: Catherine O’Driscoll
When: March 24 - 25, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Coombs, BC (Vancouver Island)
Contact: Chrissie Diron at 250-248-9992
E-mail: info@vitalk9.ca
Web: www.vitalk9.com
Catherine O’Driscoll is the founder of Canine Health Concern, which spearheads research and education by and for dog lovers to promote positive canine health. She is author of the books What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines and Shock to the System, is a guest columnist for Dogs Today, and has helped to popularise natural feeding and complementary healthcare options among dog lovers on a worldwide basis.
Catherine will cover such topics as vaccines, diet, genetics, environmental toxins, conventional drugs, stress, complementary health care options. For further information: www.canine-health-concern.org.uk
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Yoga and Nutrition
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: March 27
Where: Parkgate Community Centre, Mary Hunter Hall, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver
Cost: $15.90
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at www.northvanrec.com
Most people do not consider nutrition a part of yoga but it is. Shopping, cooking and eating are all opportunities to practice yoga. This seminar will provide valuable information for the modern day yogi by relating the diet to yoga’s ten living principles, the Yamas and Niyamas. Topics will include conscious shopping, food quality, balanced eating, how yoga improves digestion, and more.
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HANS CONVERSATION ON HEALTH
“Radical change in health care delivery the ONLY solution,” BC experts say.
Who: RAFE MAIR AND DR DON NIXDORF
When: Thursday, March 29, 7 – 9 pm
Where: Firefighters’ Banquet Club, 6515 Bonsor Ave, slightly northeast of Central Boulevard and adjacent to Metrotown Centre
Cost: Pre-Reg: $10 for HANS members, $15 for non-members At the Door: $15 for HANS members, $20 for non-members
Contact: 604-435-0512
E-mail: events@hans.org
Register online at www.hans.org!
Former BC Minister of Health, popular talk show host and author of seven books, Rafe Mair, along with Executive Director of the BC Chiropractic Association and author of Squandering Billions, Dr Don Nixdorf, will be addressing the public together for the first time!
They are proposing radical changes to outdated and wasteful use of funds in our current health care system. This thought-provoking lecture comes at a time when the BC government is encouraging individuals to express their thoughts on the future of BC’s health delivery.
Due to be a great lecture so please book early!
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Questioning “Metastasis”
Who: Caroline Markolin, PhD
When: March 29, 7:15 - 9:45 pm
Where: Best Western Sands Hotel, Banquet Room, 1755 Davie St. (x Denman), West End, Vancouver
Cost: $20 (at the door)
Contact: 604-681-2474. Registration not necessary.
Web: www.germannewmedicine.ca
This GNM presentation takes a critical look at the standard theory of metastasis. Based on Dr Hamer’s finding about the nature of tumors, you will learn that the hypothesis that cancer cells travel to other parts of the body to cause a new tumor at a new site can no longer be maintained. GNM does not dispute secondary cancers, but on the basis that each type of cancer is the natural biological response to a specific kind of unexpected emotional distress, secondary cancers are the result of additional conflicts, often initiated by a diagnosis or prognosis shock. GNM is the ultimate preventive medicine!
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Yoga and Nutrition
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: March 31, 2 - 5 pm
Where: Open Door Yoga, 1111 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Cost: $30 ($25 for early registration)
Contact: Pre-registration is required. Register at the Commercial Drive studio or at the Main Street studio, #4 - 175 East 15th Street
Most people do not consider nutrition a part of yoga, but it is. Shopping, cooking and eating are all opportunities to practice yoga. This seminar will provide valuable information for the modern day yogi by relating the diet to yoga's ten living principles, the Yamas and Niyamas. Topics will include conscious shopping, food quality, balanced eating, how yoga improves digestion, and more.
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Foundation in Canine Healthcare
Who: Catherine O’Driscoll
When: March 31 - April 1, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Executive Plaza Hotel, Coquitlam, BC
Contact: Wendy Galt at 604-464-9133
E-mail: wgalt@telus.net
Web: www.grcbc.org
Catherine O’Driscoll is the founder of Canine Health Concern, which spearheads research and education by and for dog lovers to promote positive canine health. She is author of the books What Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines, and Shock to the System, is a guest columnist for Dogs Today, and has helped to popularise natural feeding and complementary healthcare options among dog lovers on a worldwide basis.
Catherine will cover such topics as vaccines, diet, genetics, environmental toxins, conventional drugs, stress, complementary health care options. For further information: www.canine-health-concern.org.uk
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German New Medicine Seminar TWO
Who: Caroline Markolin, PhD
When: March 31 - April 1, 9 am - 4 pm
Where: VEC-Vancouver English Centre, 250 Smithe Street
Cost: $250
Ph: 604-681-2474
E-mail: cmarkolin@germannewmedicine.ca
Web: www.germannewmedicine.ca
GNM Seminar TWO covers Dr Hamer’s medical findings about the emotional causes (“conflicts”) related to skin disorders (melanoma, shingles, acne, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, herpes, warts, vitiligo), muscle disorders (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), epilepsy, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial cancer, laryngeal cancer, laryngitis, liver cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis, gall stones, pancreatitis, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer, stomach ulcers, hemorrhoids, bladder and kidney disorders (infections, kidney stones), and thyroid disorders. The seminar presents a broad selection of Dr Hamer’s case studies. No prerequisites. Everybody is welcome!
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Whole Foods for Health
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: April 5, 7 - 9 pm
Where: William Griffin Recreation Centre, 851 W. Queens Rd, North Vancouver
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at www.northvanrec.com
Whole foods are the foods the body requires for creating health and preventing disease. This seminar will explain why processed foods are responsible for our declining health. The links between processed foods and disease will be discussed as well as label reading and the dangers of many food additives and sugar substitutes. The benefits of whole foods will be covered as well.
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Purchasing and Preparing Whole Foods
Who: Sandra Tonn, RHN
When: April 12, 7 - 9 pm
Where: William Griffin Recreation Centre, 851 W. Queens Rd, North Vancouver
Contact: Call 604-987-7529
Register online at www.northvanrec.com
Whole foods contain all of the nutrients we require to be healthy. Eating whole foods is the most natural way to heal from illness, achieve an ideal weight, and to increase health and physical well being. This seminar will emphasize the importance of whole food and cover topics including grocery shopping, organic vs. non-organic foods, food storage, proper preparation of whole foods and safe cookware options. I strongly recommend attending the Whole Foods for Health course as well.
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East Meets West: Treating Infertility with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Technology
Who: Lorne Brown, Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Dr Anthony Cheung, reproductive endocronologist
When: April 13, 7 - 8:30 pm
Where: Canadian Memorial Centre For Peace, Great Room, 1825 West 16th Avenue, Vancouver
Cost: $10 per person or $15 per couple
Contact: 604-678-8600
E-mail: admin@acubalance.ca
Web: http://www.acubalance.ca/event
Discover the latest advances and natural options in fertility treatments from Dr Anthony Cheung, Medical Director of UBC In Vitro Fertilization program, and Lorne Brown, Dr of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Clinical Director of Acubalance Wellness Centre.
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Spring-Summer Natural Aid Remedies
Who: Julieta Criollo, Clinical Herbalist, Wellness Trading Post
When: April 14, 9 am – 4 pm
Where: Douglas College, 10060 King George Hwy, Surrey
Cost: $75
Contact: Douglas College at 604-588-7772
Join us in this workshop and learn how to create natural healing remedies for the spring-summer months. Handouts and ingredients are included in the cost of the course. Participants will take home: Dr. Christopher’s BFC oil to aid the healing of swelling/inflammation, muscle and joint pain, and tissue injuries; first aid for minor cuts; natural insect repellent, relaxing bath salts to relieve sore muscle/joint, or to relax the mind; lip balm for chapped lips, soothing skin cream that helps protect from sun’s UV light.
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The Haven Institute’s Fourth International Vancouver Symposium – Personal Leadership in the Real World
Who: Dan Millman
When: April 13th, 7:30 pm and April 14th, 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Where: Friday - Vancouver Marriot Pinnacle, 1128 West Hastings St. Saturday - SFU Harbour Centre Campus, 515 West Hastings St.
Cost: $55 (+GST) Friday Evening Keynote Address, $99 (+GST) Saturday Panel & amp; Presentations, $139(+GST) Two-day Package
Contact: toll free 1-877-247-9238, ext 234
Email: registrar@haven.ca
Web: www.haven.ca
Friday evening keynote speaker/author, Dan Millman shares his wisdom on Laws of Life, Laws of Reality: A Peaceful Warrior’s Approach to Living Wisely and Well;. Saturday morning panel discussion with Dan Millman and The Haven Faculty and afternoon interactive presentations with The Haven Faculty: Self-Compassion, Come Alive (experience The Haven’s core program), Becoming an Intern (an overview of The Haven Learning Path) Opening to an Erotic Life and Visions of the Future Mind.
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