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Housesitting, Including Pets

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|Date: August 31, 2025
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Housesitting, Including Pets

Looking up from the keyboard, my gaze extends out over the neighbouring vineyard just waking up from its ...

Looking up from the keyboard, my gaze extends out over the neighbouring vineyard just waking up from its winter slumber. Escaping the dreary grey skies back home, my temporary office is the wisteria-s ...

August 31, 2025
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Hunt for the Franklin Expedition: Victoria’s Captain Bill Noon Tells the Story

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|Date: November 01, 2024
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Hunt for the Franklin Expedition: Victoria’s Captain Bill Noon Tells the Story

Captain Bill Noon is nautical royalty in B.C., and part of Canadian history. It was summer of 2014 ...

Captain Bill Noon is nautical royalty in B.C., and part of Canadian history. It was summer of 2014 when Bill led his crew on the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Wilfred Laurier to the Arctic ...

November 01, 2024
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A Vision That Is Mine

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|Date: November 01, 2024
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A Vision That Is Mine

“I have too many fingers,” she said, with sleepy eyelids drooping as she stood by the bathroom sink. I la ...

“I have too many fingers,” she said, with sleepy eyelids drooping as she stood by the bathroom sink. I laughed for a change, and teased her for being a wimp. Imagine complaining about having too many ...

November 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

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|Date: November 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the wil ...

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the will and desire to make the most of any situation goes a long way in surviving any crisis. In the ...

November 01, 2024
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Adventurous Women: Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic

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|Date: July 03, 2024
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Adventurous Women: Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic

‘Adventure’ is a relative term. For some it can be the day you lock yourself out of your car, negotiated ...

‘Adventure’ is a relative term. For some it can be the day you lock yourself out of your car, negotiated the public transport system in Bangkok, or simply got off course on an organized tour. For othe ...

July 03, 2024
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John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…

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|Date: April 30, 2024
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John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…

Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favo ...

Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favourite writers? Photo courtesy of John Thomson In general, most of us remember the content of an ...

April 30, 2024
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Tom Roden: Radio Royalty

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|Date: April 27, 2024
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Tom Roden: Radio Royalty

Tom Roden, the host and producer of “What’s Next” on CHLY 101.7 FM, shares insights on maintaining an act ...

Tom Roden, the host and producer of “What’s Next” on CHLY 101.7 FM, shares insights on maintaining an active lifestyle and achieving longevity. At 93 years old, Tom, an online business pioneer, emphas ...

April 27, 2024
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When I Was 17…

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|Date: January 01, 2024
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When I Was 17…

When I was 17, I took the city bus to college. I felt so clean...so polished...so groomed. As ...

When I was 17, I took the city bus to college. I felt so clean...so polished...so groomed. As I began my day, steps were light and my smile was bright. My hair was glossy and styled to the ...

January 01, 2024
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Pender’s Fired-Up Volunteers

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|Date: October 30, 2023
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Pender’s Fired-Up Volunteers

Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-ol ...

Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-old Ben Shugar emerges from the live fire training facility on Pender Island. He’s tired but ener ...

October 30, 2023
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Unstoppable

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|Date: October 30, 2023
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Unstoppable

At 65, and blind, Victoria’s Doris Belusic does not allow the lack of sight to serve as an obstacle to a ...

At 65, and blind, Victoria’s Doris Belusic does not allow the lack of sight to serve as an obstacle to a full and meaningful life. She is a poet, non-fiction writer, children’s book author, magazine e ...

October 30, 2023
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Camino Sisters

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|Date: September 26, 2023
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Camino Sisters

Neighbours sparked my initial interest in Camino de Santiago. They enthusiastically described walking par ...

Neighbours sparked my initial interest in Camino de Santiago. They enthusiastically described walking parts of pilgrimage routes through towns in France, Spain and Portugal. All routes eventually led ...

September 26, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: September 26, 2023
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How We Met

VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova S ...

VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova Scotia Department of Education & Early Childhood Development in 2014, Virginia moved from Ha ...

September 26, 2023
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IF I COULD SPEAK TO MY 50-YEAR-OLD SELF

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|Date: November 25, 2022
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IF I COULD SPEAK TO MY 50-YEAR-OLD SELF

For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other s ...

For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other scientific marvels would allow us to send a message back to our 50-year-old selves, what would t ...

November 25, 2022
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IF HORSES COULD FLY

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|Date: November 25, 2022
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IF HORSES COULD FLY

As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose gr ...

As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose grunting and crashing through the bush 25 metres away. At the tail end of another 100 days of fly ...

November 25, 2022
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HOSTING UKRANIAN REFUGEES IN VICTORIA

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|Date: October 26, 2022
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HOSTING UKRANIAN REFUGEES IN VICTORIA

From January 1 to October 2, 2022, approximately 98,600 Ukrainian refugees fled to Canada due to the Russ ...

From January 1 to October 2, 2022, approximately 98,600 Ukrainian refugees fled to Canada due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Of that number, approximately 550 refugees arrived on Vancouver Island ...

October 26, 2022
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