Alive magazine: Most nail polish is toxic

ByHeather Conn April 9, 2003April 24, 2023

Toxic nail polish

Did you know that most nail polishes contain the same material found in dynamite? For more information, read my article “Spiked!” from Alive magazine (April 2003).

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Ah, This is the Life: my feature on Secret Cove Marina
ByHeather Conn April 15, 2023December 31, 2023

It was a treat to interview Andreas and Kendra Tize, owners of Secret Cove Marina in Halfmoon Bay, BC. I got to luxuriate, albeit briefly, in their 5,000-square-foot float home and discover the cozy seafood restaurant The Upper Deck. (I knew Andreas as the Roberts Creek rep for the Sunshine Coast Regional District.) Their marina…

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My essay “A slow goodbye” part of new anthology
ByHeather Conn July 30, 2019April 24, 2023

As my late husband Frank McElroy was dying at home through 2018-19, it was tough to write about my challenges as a caregiver. Although I couldn’t distance myself from the ongoing experience, I wanted to describe both my conflicting emotions and the overwhelming support and generosity of my local community. The result became the essay…

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Environment

Sierra magazine: Bald eagles and lots more
ByHeather Conn January 9, 2009April 24, 2023

I wrote an eco-tour story for the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Sierra magazine on the bald eagles of Brackendale, B.C. (Sierra, the national publication of the Sierra Club in the U.S., has more than a million readers.) Click here to read my article. Brackendale has set the world record for the most bald eagles counted in a single…

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Almost three decades of eco-coverage
ByHeather Conn January 9, 2012April 24, 2023

In the late 1980s, I served as publicist for an eco-tour hosted by the Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment, based in Ipswich, MA. The Center retraced the steps of naturalist John James Audubon on the Quebec North Shore. I also took photographs and wrote about community-based educational projects to introduce children to Atlantic puffins….

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Candace Campo celebrates her Indigenous history, culture and ancestors through Talaysay Tours
ByHeather Conn March 1, 2022April 24, 2023

I profiled and photographed Candace Campo, co-founder of Talaysay Tours and a shishalh Nation member, for the winter 2022 issue of Sunshine Coast Life Magazine. Each year, her First Nations ecotour company hosts visitors from around the globe, introducing them to Pacific Northwest Indigenous culture, history, ancestors, local flora and fauna, and the spiritual significance…

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Environment

Local and global: A few recommended books
ByHeather Conn January 9, 2008April 24, 2023

ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS Do you want to save the planet with small, daily steps? Try reading the books I reviewed for the HR Voice website: http://hrvoice.org/story.aspx?&storyid=4248&issueid=825 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken Fight Global Warming Now by Bill McKibben RECOMMENDED GREEN PUBLISHER New Society Publishers, carbon-neutral and…

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