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Lorraine Nygaard: A Calling To Sing

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Lorraine Nygaard: A Calling To Sing

Not everyone begins a singing career after the age of 50. For Lorraine Nygaard, it was never even on her ...

Not everyone begins a singing career after the age of 50. For Lorraine Nygaard, it was never even on her list of things to do, though she has been singing her whole life. “It was an innate part of me ...

August 29, 2023
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose

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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose

Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on t ...

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 ...

July 28, 2023
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Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone

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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 ...

May 29, 2023
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Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing

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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 ...

April 28, 2023
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer

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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

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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 ...

February 27, 2023
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

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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 ...

January 31, 2023
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

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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 ...

November 25, 2022
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FINDING GRACE AND MERCY

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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 ...

May 29, 2022
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LORI MCLEOD: A CALL TO ACTION

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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 ...

April 27, 2022
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ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA: THE REVIVAL OF A GREAT TALENT

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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 ...

March 24, 2022
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