Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on t ...
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on the phone with Canada’s 26th Governor-General, the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, talking abo ...
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Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone
Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone
The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outsi ...
The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outside Nelson, she brought in $500. It was more than enough to turn the electricity back on in her ...
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Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing
Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing
Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getti ...
Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.” “Sixty is the new 40.” And so on. When it comes to the topic ...
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the la ...
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the launch of Michael Kluckner’s new graphic novel The Rooming House. The Youngbloods, Steppenwolf, D ...
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Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive
Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive
Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art c ...
Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art captured on record for a century is Victoria-based traditional jazz pianist Toni Blodgett’s insp ...
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...
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FINDING GRACE AND MERCY
FINDING GRACE AND MERCY
“To see the truth that destruction comes only from myself is not depressing; it is freeing. To see this t ...
“To see the truth that destruction comes only from myself is not depressing; it is freeing. To see this truth, to finally see this, is to be awakened to freedom,” writes Patricia June Vickers in Singi ...
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ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART
ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART
The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and o ...
The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and other running apparel are wonderful displays of running history spanning four decades. This hist ...
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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 ...
“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 ...
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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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