Climbing Burnaby Mountain!

In the Sound of Music Mother Abbess tells us through song to climb every mountain. She probably wasn’t referring to actual mountains but I think it’s a powerful message of hope. So, with that song in ...

Food and Lifestyle

Nathaniel Christopher / 1 April 2013 / 3 Comments

Glenburn Soda Fountain and Confectionery

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Nathaniel Christopher / 28 March 2013

Birthday cake flavour Oreo cookies [Video]

The other day I discovered the limited edition birthday cake flavour Oreo cookies at Safeway. I like Oreos and absolutely love the taste of birthday cake so this was a must-have treat for Nathaniel. W...

Burnaby

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 March 2013 / 2 Comments

The Woodward Mausoleum – Until the daybreak and the shadows flee away

I would like to be a more proactive individual. Over the course of my life there have been many instances when I have decided to do something but never got around to it. I would make a plan in my mind...

Nathaniel Christopher / 24 March 2013

Queer youth camp seeks to expand nationally

The University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services has launched a $5-million fundraising campaign that will expand their groundbreaking camp for queer youth to every provin...

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 March 2013

Yukon: More than 250 to rally in support of queer-inclusive school policies

A “sea of pink expression” will descend on the Yukon Legislative Assembly March 21 as queer Yukoners and their allies rally in support of LGBT-inclusive policies for all publicly funded Yukon schools....

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 March 2013

Law school students, alumni object to Trinity Western application

More than 1,000 law students and alumni from eight law schools across Canada have voiced their objection to a Christian university’s bid to establish its own law school in BC because the university up...

Nathaniel Christopher / 17 March 2013 / 3 Comments

Shamrock Shake reviews – McDonald’s vs. Dairy Queen

I would like to with everyone, and their cats, a happy St. Patrick’s Day. But unlike many people I’m not going to overstate my connection to the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. My family left...

Personal

The first Mind's Eye staff photo. I was wearing a McDonald's uniform underneath my sweater.

Nathaniel Christopher / 12 March 2013

Fifteen years as a journalist

I have been a journalist for 15 years today. On this date in 1998 the first issue of the Mind’s Eye, a youth newspaper in my hometown of Nanaimo, British Columbia, was published. I was part of the you...

Nathaniel Christopher / 5 March 2013

Yukon education minister asks Whitehorse Catholic school to remove anti-gay document

Yukon’s education minister has asked a Roman Catholic school in Whitehorse to remove a religious document from its website that describes “homosexual orientation” as “intrinsically disordered” and “ho...