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Karmavore: Vegan Shop in BC

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Karmavore, Karmavore, go go go!

Karmavore, Karmavore, go go go!

Yesterday, we took an exciting trip to New Westminster to visit BC’s new vegan store, Karmavore.  It was their grand opening, and the generous proprietors were offering up all kinds of yummy samples.  We enjoyed an old favourite, Chi Cake,  as well some awesome fair trade dark chocolate, OrganicFair, which is made locally in the Cowichan Valley.

There was all kinds of great stuff there–shirts and buttons and stickers from Herbivore, adorable sweatshop- and leather-free shoes from Mooshoes and Vegetarian Shoes, wallets, belts, gloves, toys, dog food, and more!  There was also an assortment of vegan marshmallows, cheese, and other desserts.   Super fun!  We all got popsicles, s’mores, and natural sodas to cool us off for a bit before wandering out into the blinding summer sunshine.

If you aren’t quite close enough to get to Karmavore yourself, don’t despair!  You can visit their store online, via their très chic website and order almost anything there!

Whee!

Whee!

Fur sales at the Bay

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Yesterday one of our directors went to the Bay at the Richmond Centre Mall and saw that they were holding a fur sale. The Bay holds these fur sales at different Bay locations each weekend throughout the winter season.

Several weeks ago we disrupted one of theses sales at the Bay in downtown Vancouver. Security guards were incredibly aggressive and were seen pushing and shoving our activists, including one elderly lady.

The Bay had gone fur-free several years ago, but is now selling fur again.

Our director attempted to take a picture of the person running the fur sale as he refused to give her his card. When she tried, he grabbed her hand as if he wanted to break it. She then was able to speak to a store manager who made the fur sale guy give her his card and also gave her his own information.

Please contact the Bay and ask them to stop holding these fur sales and to go back to being a fur-free company. Tell them that you will not shop there until they remove all fur from their stores, including closing their “fur salon.”

Phone: 416-861-6437
Contact form: http://www.thebay.com/stores/shop/ContactView?storeId=10052&langId=1

There is no reason to wear fur in the twenty-first century. Animals are trapped and die slow and painful deaths or are raised on miserable fur farms and anally electrocuted or skinned alive. There are no laws that protect animals on fur farms.

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