Lauren Kramer

British Columbia

Contributing Writer at BOULEVARD Magazine

TravelWriter, Blogger, Columnist, Mother, Hobby Pianist & aspiring to be a Professional Juggler of life's many challenges

Articles

From Shabby to Chic: Breathing New Life into Old Motels

1 week ago | nwtravelmag.com | Lauren Kramer

We've all seen bland roadside motels on our travels, establishments that look a few decades outdated, tired and uninviting. They’re the kinds of places where most of us hope, barring an emergency, never to have to spend the night. But next time you pass one, look again. There are entrepreneurs across the region who have purchased these old motels and engaged vision and creativity to transform and transport them into modernity.
Meet new director of JACS

2 weeks ago | jewishindependent.ca | Lauren Kramer

0 Flares 0 Flares × In February, Jewish Addiction Community Services (JACS) appointed Rabbi Joshua Corber as its new director. The Vancouver-born Conservative rabbi spent the last 10 years as a congregational rabbi in Calgary, Vaughan, Ont., and Louisville, Ky., before returning home in July 2023. “Practically the entire time I was serving congregations, I was in recovery,” Corber said. “Prior to that, I was in active addiction.
Grizzly Safari in the B.C. Wilderness

3 weeks ago | nwtravelmag.com | Lauren Kramer

The early morning mist is swirling above the aquamarine water of the Chilko River, and I wake before dawn to the sound of a large animal moving swiftly through the water directly below my safari tent. I’m in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, a mountainous wilderness dotted with turquoise lakes and rivers and all but untouched by time. This is grizzly bear country, and the footsteps belong to a large bear who is trolling the riverbank in search of salmon, just 300 feet away from me.
TEAM shares its vision

4 weeks ago | jewishindependent.ca | Lauren Kramer

0 Flares 0 Flares × In Vancouver, affordable housing continues to be an issue, despite the amount of development. (photo from satanoid / flickr)In the April 5 civic by-election, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver has nominated Colleen Hardwick, a former city councilor, and Theodore Abbott, a community organizer and urban researcher.
With Washington's net pen ban official, what's next for U.S. salmon farmers?

Jan 21, 2025 | globalseafood.org | Lauren Kramer

Tribal leaders, veterinarians and other salmon farming proponents decry decision to restrict net pen aquaculture in state watersJanuary’s decision by the Washington State Board of Natural Resources to uphold a ban on commercial net pens for aquaculture has met with disappointment and a resolve to fight back by tribal leaders, veterinarians and the Northwest Aquaculture Alliance among others.
Mad for Montreal

Jan 6, 2025 | thenorthernview.com | Lauren Kramer

Montreal is a city bursting with flavour, one where history seeps from the pores of its ancient stone buildings. Its vibrant cultural life is always in celebration, through festivals, music, dance and theatre. And its food scene is spectacular, whether you hunger for poutine, smoked meat, buttery croissants or a bagel with lox.
How the oceans are changing the very fabric of the fashion industry

Dec 9, 2024 | globalseafood.org | Lauren Kramer

Ocean resources like seaweed, old fishing nets and invasive species are replacing the yarns, leathers and plastics used in the fashion industry’s apparel and packagingThe fashion industry is not known for being on the cutting edge of environmental change. Several growing businesses are trying to change that by creating products useful to the industry that are made from plants or species that originate in ocean or fresh-water environments.
Update on taskforce

Nov 28, 2024 | jewishindependent.ca | Lauren Kramer

0 Flares 0 Flares × Since Oct. 7, 2023, many members of the Jewish community have experienced antisemitism in some form or another. Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs have been addressing these incidents, as well as progressing on a strategy to combat it. A taskforce on antisemitism was appointed last November. Phase 1 was an emergency response in the months directly after Hamas’s attack on Israel.
Judaism’s funny sides

Nov 7, 2024 | jewishindependent.ca | Lauren Kramer

0 Flares 0 Flares × Los Angeles-based comedian and podcaster Antonia Lassar brings The Best Jew to Vancouver Performing Stars’ theatre on Nov. 30. (photo by Xander DePascale)Ever wonder how Sarah might have welcomed back Abraham and Isaac from their “camping trip”? Who’s the biggest diva in the Hebrew Bible? What elements an interior designer for synagogues considers? These are just a few of the questions comedian Antonia Lassar answers in recent social media posts. On Nov.
Samidoun on terrorist list

Oct 24, 2024 | jewishindependent.ca | Lauren Kramer

0 Flares 0 Flares × Samidoun was an organizer of an Oct. 7 rally celebrating Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel ayear earlier. Protesters tried to burn the Canadian flag while shouting that Israel should burn. They also chanted “death to” Canada, the United States and Israel. (screenshot Global News)Last week, the Government of Canada designated Samidoun, a not-for-profit corporation based in Canada, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.