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Retired hockey player, Georges Laraque has been named the new deputy leader of Canada’s Green Party. Known for his gentlemanly approach to fighting, Laraque is a soft-spoken vegan and animal rights activist who caught the eye of the Green Party after his numerous interviews about veganism’s positive impact on the environment. As Deputy Leader of [...]

The press seems to have Katie Holmes’ life with her couch hopping hubby a bit skewed — are we really supposed to believe their regular accounts of the actress being banished in an impossible to access ivory tower?!? It actually seems as though the highly scrutinized 31-year-old gets out and about quite often, whether she’s [...]

The behind-the-scenes fur industry documentary ‘Skin Trade’ – directed by Animal Rescue, Media & Education (ARME) non-profit founder Shannon Keith (who also happens to be an animal rights lawyer, to boot) – is still going strong since its premiere earlier this year on February 25. Its latest official public screening, just last week at Los [...]

Among the seemingly countless environmental pet projects that Woody Harrelson has championed throughout the years, he’s thrown his considerable green weight behind his own (now defunct) sustainable website Voice Yourself, he’s bankrolled (along with Alanis Morissette) the 50% recycled denim line called Reco Jeans, supported Shaun Monson’s 2005 film Earthlings, backed the Healthy School Meals [...]

With it’s raw behind-the-scenes footage, the powerful documentary Earthlings – also dubbed the “vegan maker” — continues to affect those who walk in celebrity circles as diverse as Canadian NHL ice hockey player Georges Laraque and musician Anthony Kiedis, who has been consuming a plant-based diet for close to three decades. In fact, it was [...]

Exploring the fact that human beings are entirely dependent upon animals for everything from advances in medicine to clothing and entertainment, Shaun Monson’s 2005 documentary Earthlings is still receiving a great deal of attention for its impactful message. Narrator Joaquin Phoenix once said of the film that it continues to illicit the most conversation and [...]

Earlier this year we reported that powerhouse NHL star Georges Laraque had gone vegetarian after watching one of our favorite documentaries, Earthlings. In May, Georges said: “I’m also proud to announce that I have officially become a vegetarian and will slowly work towards becoming totally vegan.” Well the deed is done folks! Since June 1st of [...]

Vegetarian hockey player Georges Laraque is pictured here chowing down on a vegan chicken sandwich at a KFC in Canada. While the cruelty-free treat has yet to make it to this country, we’re happy to see that Canada is catching on. Would you go to KFC if they started offering vegan chicken sandwiches in the U.S.? Chime in and [...]

NHL star Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens is proving once again that green protein is all you need.  Standing six-foot three and weighing 260 lbs, Laraque is one of Canada’s most famous hockey players. Oh yeah…and he’s also a HUGE animal lover and proud vegetarian!! Georges recently took to his official site to discuss [...]