Celebrating National Seniors Day
In 2010, the Government of Canada declared that National Seniors Day would be celebrated each year on October 1, to coincide with the United Nations' International Day of Older Persons. Read more...
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Working with Wood
Dudley Ritchie, with a playful twinkle in his eye, loves to get people’s attention by telling them he spent 13 years in jail - that is - as an Anglican prison chaplain. After this startling revelation, he revels in telling all about one of his main loves - the Ladner Woodworkers’ Club. Read more...
Scientist Turned Author
In her historical fiction, The Devil’s Ruse, Ruth Welburn looks for clues that might solve the enigma of the wave of Spanish flu in 1918. Read more...
Grace in the Midst of Difficult Times
Born in Vancouver, Cathie Borrie’s extensive and diverse working life has included careers in health, law and business. For seven years, she cared for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, which led her to write a rich memoir of that experience in The Long Hello, The Other Side of Alzheimer’s. Read more...
Hobby to International Acclaim
Ada Oegema is a self-taught fibre artist who has won international acclaim for her handwoven rugs and wall hangings. Read more...
Studio65
Studio65, Victoria’s newest art gallery showcasing the 65-year or older artist, welcomed over 100 first-time visitors when it opened its doors on June 30. Read more...
An Enduring Faith
Born and raised in Paraguay, Emma Salmon-Plett, author of An Enduring Faith, a novel chronicling the trials of the Mennonites while they moved from country to country looking for a place to freely practise their faith, has personally endured and persevered to overcome language, health and financial obstacles. Read more...
Hang Johnny
John Watkins lives in two worlds; by day he paints, not portraits but interior landscapes. He is a house painter plying his trade since 1978. Read more...
Artist in Residence
One could say Angela Au Hemphill was born to be an artist, and they wouldn’t be far off. Read more...
The Joys of Music
In the 1970s, Marilyn Rummel heard a recording that influenced many in her generation - "Le Renaissance de la harpe Celtique" by Alan Stivell. Hearing that "made me aware of the possibilities," she says, "and later when I saw a Celtic harp and put my hands on it for the first time, well, within 10 minutes of ever having seen and touched one I bought one - and that was it!" Read more...
Artist Reinvented
Artist Alice Rich expresses herself and makes sense of her world through art. Read more...
Better With Age
Three years after retiring, musician and entertainer Patti McGregor has recently brought to the stage My Scandalous Life, And Maybe Yours - a one-woman show she wrote and performs for adoring audiences. Read more...
Untold Stories
Rosemary Georgeson is passionate about telling untold stories. As a 53-year-old Coast Salish/Dene woman from Galiano Island, she understands what it is to come from a minority and struggle to be heard. Read more...
A Little Sideways
Queen's Jubilee medallist, Member of the Order of Canada and award-winning author Rachel Wyatt started writing in her childhood. Read more...
People, Places and Murder
Growing up an only child, Louise (Lou) Allin, mystery writer, traveller, outdoorswoman and B.C./Yukon Vice-President of Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), always had an urge to write about anything and everything. Read more...
A Birthday Celebration
Hilary Coupland's bucket list includes an unforgettable 65th birthday celebration. Hilary, a Victoria and Cowichan Valley conductor, musician and singer, confesses, "My middle daughter gave me the needed push when she said, ‘Mom, you know everything we do in life is a choice except for death - if you want to do this then do it." Read more...
Reflections of Red
"Laughter is the best medicine," says professional clown Alan Greenwood, known as Fizzlepop to children and Red Skelton's double to adults. Read more...
Imposing a Sense of Order
Flow patterns, such as those found in water as it moves effortlessly, fascinate Saanich artist Bob Brinton. Read more...
Music for the Soul
"The Argentine tango is the only tango," says Claude Esposito with a smile. "It is in my blood." Read more...
Gentle Giant
At six-feet-nine inches tall, Jim Adams is not only large in stature, but also multifarious in nature. At age 67, he is an accomplished artist and a retired fine arts teacher. Read more...
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