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    Frosty Wooldridge: Living His Spectacular Life

    “Frosty,” the nickname by which this 72-year-old has been known since age 12, has had a career path that ...

    “Frosty,” the nickname by which this 72-year-old has been known since age 12, has had a career path that reads like a disjointed list of career possibilities. At one time or another he has been a math ...

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    New Year: New Adventures

    Do you remember what you were doing 20 years ago, on the last day of 1999? Some kept their families close ...

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    How Can You Not?

    “How can you not?” is Dahlia Beck’s answer to the question of why she got involved in Canada’s Private Sp ...

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    For the Love of Africa

    There’s no shortage of Canadian charities doing important work. Most of us, however, want to ensure that ...

    There’s no shortage of Canadian charities doing important work. Most of us, however, want to ensure that the time and money we’re donating are making a maximum impact and that our charity-of-choice is ...

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    A Serendipitous Legacy Lives On

    When Dennis Minaker was growing up in Coquitlam, he never envisioned he would one day become a writer. In ...

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    VIVA Vagabonds

    As we age, we often go through social and relationship changes that affect how we travel. I’ve always con ...

    As we age, we often go through social and relationship changes that affect how we travel. I’ve always considered myself an intrepid traveller, ready to hare off in any direction on my own to discover ...

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    Berlin: Embracing the Past

    While Berlin embraces its history, it adapts to modern times – adopting a liberal perspective even as its ...

    While Berlin embraces its history, it adapts to modern times – adopting a liberal perspective even as its culture perseveres. An essential experience is a visit to the Story of Berlin exhibit. This en ...

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    Ancient Treasures of the Middle East

    “Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thi ...

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    Keep Going at 85 with Zest in Life

    To retire into idleness is to die. This opinion is supported by a recent Wall Street Journal report, “The ...

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    Conscious Connections

    For me, September has always felt as much of a new beginning as January. To that end, I would like to sha ...

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    Reboot- September 2019

    Ann is a life-long volunteer at different local organizations. Photo Courtesy of Ann Munro. ANN MUNRO is ...

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    Definitely Not Karate Kid

    We were all on our knees, my husband, Michael, facing one great-niece, I another. As one, we lowered our ...

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    The Colourful Cabot Trail

    “A little wildlife and some colour would be nice to see,” my husband, Brent, says wistfully. “And the occ ...

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    SAILING ON PORTUGAL’S “RIVER OF GOLD”

    It is easy to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the Douro River Valley as we sail toward Porto. Only 10 day ...

    It is easy to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the Douro River Valley as we sail toward Porto. Only 10 days ago, I arrived in Lisbon to begin my tour of Portugal and I have fallen in love with this cul ...

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    The Ultimate Travel Experience: Mars

    Mars. I’m finally going. Yep – got my boarding pass and everything – departing from the launch site at Ca ...

    Mars. I’m finally going. Yep – got my boarding pass and everything – departing from the launch site at Cape Canaveral Airforce Station in Florida in July 2020 on an Atlas V-541 rocket. We’ll achieve E ...

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