“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather ...
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DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME
DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME
“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather when I was five. It was a see-through box camera.” This is a simple story about a girl and her ...
| by John Kelly -
JOE COUGHLIN: DON’T EVER GIVE UP!
JOE COUGHLIN: DON’T EVER GIVE UP!
Big band jazz dominated popular music between WWI and WWII. Every band had a vocalist and big band record ...
Big band jazz dominated popular music between WWI and WWII. Every band had a vocalist and big band records by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and other singing stars amplified the musi ...
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LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING
LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING
Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spi ...
Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spirit Three glides into the dock on Vancouver’s Granville Island. Three passengers disembark whil ...
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LORI MCLEOD: A CALL TO ACTION
LORI MCLEOD: A CALL TO ACTION
Lori McLeod couldn’t believe her ears as she listened intently to her former mother-in-law, Donna, descri ...
Lori McLeod couldn’t believe her ears as she listened intently to her former mother-in-law, Donna, describe the “nice man” who helped her with chores. “He was the window washer, and he was a good ...
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ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA: THE REVIVAL OF A GREAT TALENT
ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA: THE REVIVAL OF A GREAT TALENT
“Passing by one of Zappacosta’s events in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, I heard his voice and stopped dead ...
“Passing by one of Zappacosta’s events in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, I heard his voice and stopped dead in my tracks,” says Toby Reinhart. “I didn’t know who was singing, at first, but I was captiva ...
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LORNA CROZIER: THERE’S A POEM INSIDE MY HEAD
LORNA CROZIER: THERE’S A POEM INSIDE MY HEAD
Photo: University of Victoria photo services Lorna Crozier answers the telephone. “It’s just so beautiful ...
Photo: University of Victoria photo services Lorna Crozier answers the telephone. “It’s just so beautiful. I’m sitting in my study which has a sliding glass door which leads to a deck which surrounds ...
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ALEXANDRA MORTON: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
ALEXANDRA MORTON: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
Photo: Courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Society “I was eight when I knew I wanted to be a scientist,” renowne ...
Photo: Courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Society “I was eight when I knew I wanted to be a scientist,” renowned marine biologist Alexandra Morton tells me from her home on Vancouver Island. “I knew that’s ...
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ROBYN McCORQUODALE: NOMADIC CHANTEUSE
ROBYN McCORQUODALE: NOMADIC CHANTEUSE
She was the only Westerner to sing for the Sultan of Brunei. She sang and played piano in Iran, had her o ...
She was the only Westerner to sing for the Sultan of Brunei. She sang and played piano in Iran, had her own cabaret act on cruise ships from coast to coast, starred in her own musical production in Ne ...
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MOSHE DENBURG: MUSIC UNITES THE WORLD
MOSHE DENBURG: MUSIC UNITES THE WORLD
Founder and original artistic director of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra performing at a concert ...
Founder and original artistic director of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra performing at a concert by the Tzimmes ensemble at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. Photo: Naomi Arney Sur ...
| by John Thomson -
ANGELA HEWITT: HOMEGROWN TALENT ON A WORLD STAGE
ANGELA HEWITT: HOMEGROWN TALENT ON A WORLD STAGE
Chatter fades as the lights dim. The energy of the concert hall is palpable. For a moment, stillness. But ...
Chatter fades as the lights dim. The energy of the concert hall is palpable. For a moment, stillness. But when Angela Hewitt enters the stage, the audience erupts in applause as a gentle smile tiptoes ...
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TOMMY TRANSIT: We’re All On The Same Bus
TOMMY TRANSIT: We’re All On The Same Bus
Getting there, they say, is half the fun. If Tom Tompkins, a.k.a. Tommy Transit continues to have his way ...
Getting there, they say, is half the fun. If Tom Tompkins, a.k.a. Tommy Transit continues to have his way, getting there may even become three quarters of it. Altruism. Tommy learned it from an early ...
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BARBARA FRADKIN: PSYCHOLOGY MEETS “WHODUNIT”
BARBARA FRADKIN: PSYCHOLOGY MEETS “WHODUNIT”
What do a background in psychology and writing about topics like buried bones and a missing uncle have in ...
What do a background in psychology and writing about topics like buried bones and a missing uncle have in common? For crime novel writer Barbara Fradkin, who spent 25 years as a child psychologist, th ...
| by Kate Robertson -
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN: IN THE PURSUIT OF FAIRNESS
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN: IN THE PURSUIT OF FAIRNESS
Based on the legal systems, which early colonists brought to Canada in the 17 and 18 centuries, Canada’s ...
Based on the legal systems, which early colonists brought to Canada in the 17 and 18 centuries, Canada’s judicial structure has remained stable, allowing Canadian courts a way to resolve disputes peac ...
| by Kate Robertson -
DENISE DONLON: CURIOSITY & COMPASSION
DENISE DONLON: CURIOSITY & COMPASSION
“I was a horrible, colicky baby and no amount nursing, gripe water or walking around the block would calm ...
“I was a horrible, colicky baby and no amount nursing, gripe water or walking around the block would calm me down.” It’s true. Denise Donlon was a restless baby. Okay, maybe even raucous, but things e ...
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Reg Sherren: Still Telling Stories
Reg Sherren: Still Telling Stories
As someone who has been part of the Canadian journalism scene for over four decades, Reg Sherren knows ho ...
As someone who has been part of the Canadian journalism scene for over four decades, Reg Sherren knows how to tell a story. Most of his career has been focused on reporting on the social issues and pe ...
| by Kate Robertson