Nathaniel Christopher / 1 November 2013

Queer content absent from BC curriculum review so far

Gay educators in BC are concerned that the Ministry of Education’s curriculum overhaul contains few specifics on the inclusion of mandatory queer content. The ministry has so far posted curriculum dra...

Reflections and Opinions

Nathaniel Christopher / 28 October 2013 / 7 Comments

Fine bone china, cats and a flying teapot!

I absolutely love bone china. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines it as “fine china made of clay mixed with the ash from bones.” In other words, the really expensive dishes that your grandmother ke...

Nathaniel Christopher / 23 October 2013

Pink Triangle Press joins coalition to protect Canadians’ privacy

More than 30 Canadian organizations, citizens, experts and businesses — including Xtra’s publisher, Pink Triangle Press (PTP) — have joined the Protect Our Privacy Coalition to safeguard the privacy o...

Nathaniel Christopher / 22 October 2013

Queer Canadians should be especially concerned about spying: BCCLA

The executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) says queer Canadians should be particularly concerned about government surveillance programs because of their long history of spyin...

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 October 2013

New HIV testing program targets couples in the US and Ontario

Researchers in the US are expanding an HIV testing program focused on testing gay men in couples, after finding that up to two-thirds of new HIV infections come from couples. The program, called Testi...

Personal

Nathaniel Christopher / 11 October 2013 / 3 Comments

National Coming Out Day

My Facebook feed tells me that today is “National Coming Out Day” and as a self-identified “professional gay” I thought it’d be good to write a little post. I consider myself visibly gay. ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 10 October 2013

Early HIV-testing pilot project gets permanent nod in BC

Gay and bisexual men in British Columbia will soon have greater access to a more accurate form of HIV testing that can detect the virus as soon as a week after exposure. A BC Centre for Disease Contro...

Burnaby

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 October 2013 / 1 Comment

New White Spot at Kensington Square in North Burnaby!

A new White Spot just opened for business in my neighbourhood and I thought it’d be a perfect excuse to write an impromptu restaurant review. For those of you who don’t know White Spot is a chain of r...

Food and Lifestyle

Nathaniel Christopher / 28 September 2013 / 6 Comments

President’s Choice brand Nanaimo bars!

I made some Nanaimo bars today! The other day Housemate came home and happily exclaimed that he had purchased some Nanaimo bars and triumphantly plopped this box down on the counter: “Uhm… those aren’...

Food and Lifestyle

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 September 2013 / 5 Comments

Ice cream tub art!

Usually the companies who produce four litre tubs of ice cream don’t put a lot of thought into the design of the lids so I was pleasantly surprised to see the incredibly cute and whimsical “lid art” o...