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Shell Busey's solution for slowing down may be to toss his hat into B.C.'s political ring again. "I've come to the conclusion that maybe that's my ‘out'; my way out of the office I go to seven days a week," says Shell. Read more...
History was made on August 31, 1957 when Elvis Presley stepped onto the Empire Stadium stage to perform a rock ‘n' roll show in Vancouver. Not only was it his first and only live show in Vancouver, it was the last time Elvis would ever grace a stage outside of the U.S. The Master of Ceremonies that evening was Vancouver disc jockey Red Robinson. Read more...
During the first week of September 1995, Ella Lee walked onto the track area of the BC Senior Games in Oliver, and wondered what she was doing there. She knew she was entering some races in a track meet; it's just that, at 57, she had never competed in one before. Read more...
What started as a fun and thoughtful gift for her children turned into a passionate career for Elizabeth Elwood. Read more...
Juno award-winning musician Charlotte Diamond took a chance, cashed in her pension and has never looked back. Read more...
One-time Olympic hopeful Joseph Incantalupo is now his zone's director for tennis for the BC Senior Games. Read more...
The walls of South Park School, across from Beacon Hill Park, must still echo to the acid tones of British Columbia's first female Principal, Agnes Deans Cameron. She was bad-tempered, opinionated, cantankerous and argumentative. Yet, as her contemporary Emily Carr said, "Agnes was very clever." She was also a gifted teacher and many students spoke appreciatively of her skill in making learning fun. Read more...
It all really started when my friend goaded me into relaying my travel industry experiences. I had told him that my adventures started way back in 1946 when, fresh out of a business administration course in college, I landed a job in a travel agency at age 19. Read more...
Long dark locks frame the sweet face of a 13-year-old boy in the picture looking down over the entrance to Les Chan's home. The arresting photo was taken days before Les had his head shaved for brain tumour surgery. It is a memory that still burns 40 years later. That pivotal time launched Les' determined crusade to handle life's challenges with his new body. His mantra became: Move Forward. Read more...
A life-long reader decides to tackle a few books from the writer's chair. Read more...
Private investigator may be her day job, but Wendy Morton's passion is in poetry. Read more...
When I think of my mum, who died on Mother's Day in l989, at the age of 91, I equate her memory with courage, honesty, humour and all the other attributes that made her the epitome of what a mum should be. Read more...
When Mary Hargreaves Norbury moved from Vancouver to northern India in 1948, she felt as though she was living in a fairytale. Her daughter Judy, now 59, travelled to India in 1998 for the first time since she left her birthplace almost 50 years earlier. When she returned from her trip, she realized that her account of India was the perfect ending to her mother's unpublished memoir. She began working on the manuscript for *Come Back, Judy Baba*, a fusion of her story with her mother's. Read more...
Slowing down is not on Mike Harcourt's to-do list. Although the former B.C. premier said goodbye to provincial politics in 1996, his schedule remains filled. Read more...
Roger Bannister was the first known human to run a mile in less than four minutes. In 1954, Roger and John Landy would race against one another in Vancouver, British Columbia, in what was called by many, "The Mile of the Century." Read more...
Hockey fans across British Columbia, and even casual observers, will have heard his announcements, but how many can put the name John Ashbridge to the voice? Fewer still can put a face to it. Regardless, John is front and centre at all home games of the Vancouver Canucks, and he still manages to maintain a relatively low profile. Read more...
Some experiences in life leave indelible marks on our souls. They enrich us, open our eyes to new worlds, give us joy - and then they pass, leaving us with warm and lasting memories to cherish forever. Nadine Jones was lucky enough to have such experiences when, as a woman who had lived for nearly 50 years in big cities, she moved to a small and secluded farm in northern B.C. Read more...
The sign read "Walk In and Dance Out." Janice Stevens used to drive past the Royal Towers Hotel in New Westminster back in the mid-1980s and, every time she did, she noticed the sign, which belonged to a business called Dance City. It caught and held her attention until she decided to throw caution to the wind and sign up for an introductory ballroom dance lesson. Read more...
Turning 60 this year, Global TV's Wayne Cox has been a part of B.C.'s radio and television industry since 1968, when he was just 19 years old. Read more...
Reading books and creating stories played a large role in Canadian kids' writer Julie Lawson's childhood in Victoria. Read more...
By Julie H. Ferguson
Visiting an idyllic resort on the banks of the unspoiled Harrison River...
By Suzanne Buller
Tips to avoid cultural blunders that could turn your dream escape into a comedy of errors...
By Rick Neal
A rugged and wind-swept ramble along Vancouver Island's unblemished rocky shores...
Holiday Touch We interview Rob Davies of Victorian at McKenzie. Part of the Holiday Touch chain, Victorian at McKenzie has cluster care services, on-site, live-in managers, and an amazing travel program that allows their residents to travel to any one of over three hundred and twenty communities in North America where they can stay and eat... for FREE. CLICK HERE
Sunrise of Victoria is a licensed long term care community located just minutes from Beacon Hill Park, downtown Victoria and three blocks from the Empress Hotel and Inner Harbor. Our community is set in a well-established, quiet residential neighborhood. We pride ourselves in our high-quality, resident-focused care and services. CLICK HERE.
Berwick Retirement Communities has made a very clear statement about how this small, family-owned BC company intended to elevate the quality of life for its residents.
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