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Comox Valley watercolour artist Judi Pedder relishes a challenge, an advantage, since her life has been full of adversity. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the youngest of seven children, Judi's first unwanted challenge came at age eight when she had to deal with the death of her father who was a dentist. Read more...
Lifetime volunteers Sannee McFarlane and her sister, the late Audrey Tappin, both honoured by Pearson United World College in 2009, learned the importance of giving from their mother. Read more...
With a fertile imagination and infectious humour, author Bernice Williams takes her readers to a land of Make Believe. Read more...
Entertainer Pauline Le Bel is trying to reconnect with her mother earth and bring others along for the ride. Read more...
Highly acclaimed artist lends his talents and time to important causes and charities. Read more...
In a misty Vancouver back garden, roses bloom for grower and mentor Janet Wood. Read more...
With no agenda in mind, a Vancouver couple jump in their car and head south to the sunshine state. Read more...
Restless in retirement, Beth Rowles Scott launched an educatinal society and became an author. Read more...
Rev. Tom Oshiro wasn't just passing time in retirement when he joined the Mustard Seed Food Bank; he was answering a calling. Read more...
For the young Judith Millar, the local library contained the stuff of which her dreams were made. Read more...
If Eric McMorran's grandfather had decided to join his relatives in Australia thousands of people would not have danced the light fantastic while overlooking the shores of Cordova Bay under the roof of McMorran's Beach House. Read more...
Throughout her life, Judith Berlin never strayed far from the stage no matter what turns her path took. Read more...
A late bloomer, Rosemarie Hurst has enjoyed more success with her music in the past decade than all the years leading up to it put together. Read more...
Entering Tinkertown is like turning back time to a wildly wacky nether world of Americana, the breathtaking result of one man's passion; a joyful celebration of life - unstructured and in miniature; Monty Python in clay-mation - wonky, whimsical and silly, and all with a subtle undercurrent of social commentary. Read more...
The city Vancouver has changed a lot over the years - take a look back. Read more...
More than half a century later, penpals celebrate their 65th birthdays half way around the world. Read more...
There's no such thing as retirement," says professional wildlife photographer, artist and musician James Lawler. "I'm busier now than when I was working!" Read more...
"If I knew then what I know now, I could have delayed the onset of or avoided diabetes," says Steve Drinkwater. Read more...
Cycling for 201 kilometres over river valleys and with 11,000 feet [3353 m] of Pyrenean ups and downs thrown in, albeit through stunningly beautiful scenery in France, would likely leave anyone with aches and pains. But, it was Brian Twohig's aches and pains that led him to take part in the 2003 Líetape de Tour Read more...
Not every author gets their first book published at the age of 65, but neither do they receive inspiration from a remarkable orphaned cat named after their husband's grandmother! Unlikely as it sounds, that is what happened to Rebecca Kool, though there were a number of other steps along the journey. Read more...
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