What’s Wrong With Dairy?

Kimberly Costello, active organizer for the Brock Animal Rights Group, identifies the ethical reasons for abstaining from dairy.

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Bake Sales!

If Elementary School taught us anything, it's that to raise money you simply need to have a bake sale. Come on out and help raise funds for the OPIRG!

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Busy December - New Events

Our Monthly Movie Night is coming up, as well as the 1st Annual HVS Winter Soltice Party!

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Power of the Fork

The answer to the most pressing questions of our time is sitting in your kitchen drawer. How can a fork possibly do all this you ask? Well, it depends how you use it.

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HVS Making Its Mark

The HVS was present at a couple of major recent events, the 7th Annual Youth Peace Education Conference and the Age of Stupid Movie Presentation with David Suzuki.

HVS On Air

Beau Caza to host "Green Sense" on CFMU 93.3 FM as a fill in for Peter Ormond.

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What’s Wrong With Dairy?

Kimberly Costello, active organizer for the Brock Animal Rights Group, identifies the ethical reasons for abstaining from dairy.

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Bake Sales!

If Elementary School taught us anything, it's that to raise money you simply need to have a bake sale. Come on out and help raise funds for the OPIRG!

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Busy December - New Events

Our Monthly Movie Night is coming up, as well as the 1st Annual HVS Winter Soltice Party!

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The Organic Guarantee

Goodness Me! natural food market is now exclusively offering 100% Organic produce in their stores.

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New Upcoming Events

HVS is proud to be involved with two different upcoming events. To see how you can get involved, be sure to check out our Events section!

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HVS Partners with OPIRG McMaster

The Hamilton Vegetarian Society has partnered with the Ontario Public Interest Research Group of McMaster University to increase public awareness about the environmental impacts of diet.

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De La Sol Yoga Expansion Celebration

De La Sol Yoga is celebrating their recent expansion! Come out on June 28th and help fill the new space with good vibes! Drop in anytime between 5pm-10pm for local, organically grown food, live music, prizes and more!

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St. Joseph's Environtmental Fair

St. Joseph's is holding an environmental fair to encourage individuals to increase their effort to be green on June 4th, 2009.

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New Recipes

Our latest batch of recipes have come from certified chef Marni Wasserman! We're thrilled to have such a talented chef provide us with these tasty creations.

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Veggie Super Friends: A Full Day Celebration

An all day affair with music, cooking demos, awareness and celebration of the vegan lifestyle. Excited? Good! May 31st, mark your calendars, it's coming up quick! Check out the full entry for more information.

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Social Justice Fair: Young Mind with Bright Ideas

Aspiring students with bright ideas, community leaders, and environmental groups took part this this year's second annual HWDSB Social Justice Fair. To learn more about the event and to view a small gallery of photos, read the full entry.

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City Of Change: Hamilton Economic Summit

Major economic players in Hamilton engage youth to encourage active, aspiring, and creative minds in an effort to build foundations for a better future.

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Swine Flu: Hype, Hoax or History in the Making?

A myriad of mainstream media outlets have placed the Swine Flu as a mutating pandemic disease ready to kill millions. China has even banned imports of Canadian pork, which has prompted the Canadian government to request council with the World Trade Organization.

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What to Avoid: Sunscreen

In this new "What to Avoid" article, we look at the relatively unknown effects of using sunscreen. "Suncreens are often made of toxic chemicals, reduce your ability to make Vitamin D, pollute oceans and kill corral reefs."

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Bill C-6

Canadians are once again having their freedom to purchase and consume natural health products tested. Many human rights critics warned that Canada would face the challenge again and it has arrived in the form of Bill C-6.

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Farmers in Hamilton Region No Longer Allowed Signs

A by-law signed in 2007 is now being enforced while removing the rights for farmer's to advertise their local produce, even on their own property.

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Greenpeace Welcomes Obama

Political activists Greenpeace welcomed U.S. president Barrack Obama to Canada Thursday with two large banners spanning the Alexandra Bridge in Ottawa.

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Duck, Duck, Toxic Tailing Pond

Syncrude, Alberta tar sands developer, charged by provincial and federal authorities for a maximum combined penalty of $800,000 in the deaths of 500 birds.

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Blue Gold: The Water Solution

It takes 400,000 liters of water to make one car. In the Alberta tar sands, where an estimated one third of the remaining oil supplies exist, it takes 9 barrels of water to produce 1 barrel of oil. Are we forgetting to protect our water reserves?

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Hamilton Hopeful

The city of Hamilton is awaiting potential funding from federal and provincial governments alike for a combined amount of $200 million.

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