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    Remembering Dot

    The Saanich Peninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation has been fundraising on the peninsula since 19 ...

    The Saanich Peninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation has been fundraising on the peninsula since 1985. Their mission is to provide up-to-date facilities, innovative programs, and proactive solut ...

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    Bill Good: Striving For Excellence

    It didn’t take radio and television broadcaster Bill Good long to figure out what he wanted to do with hi ...

    It didn’t take radio and television broadcaster Bill Good long to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. Fresh out of high school, he sent his first audition tape to the CBC, which landed him ...

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    Reboot April 2020

    PETER PHILLIPS says his upbringing in the British Midlands framed his lifelong values and philosophies th ...

    PETER PHILLIPS says his upbringing in the British Midlands framed his lifelong values and philosophies that include a strong work ethic and a commitment to family and community. Peter Phillips “It’s a ...

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    Unearthing Some of Canada's Most Notable Historical Events

    “May you live all the days of your life.” –Jonathan Swift Esquimalt resident Michael Dupuis has truly liv ...

    “May you live all the days of your life.” –Jonathan Swift Esquimalt resident Michael Dupuis has truly lived – and is continuing to live – all the days of his life. This 71-year-old author and historia ...

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    REBOOT March 2020

    ROSEMARY NOWICKI found her poetic voice after she closed a successful contemporary furniture store in Van ...

    ROSEMARY NOWICKI found her poetic voice after she closed a successful contemporary furniture store in Vancouver in 2013. The former co-owner of entreNous, with partners Karen Nordin and Espe Thorleifs ...

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    Chef Lynn Crawford: Passionate About Family and Food

    The day starts early for celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford. When I catch up with her, she’s en route to the ne ...

    The day starts early for celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford. When I catch up with her, she’s en route to the next errand with her partner, Lora Kirk, and their youngest daughter, Gemma. She’s been up since ...

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    Rewriting Retirement

    Author Ann Pearson, a former UBC instructor, wasn’t forced to retire at age 60. Enjoying good health and ...

    Author Ann Pearson, a former UBC instructor, wasn’t forced to retire at age 60. Enjoying good health and energy, she chose to retire. “I retired at 60 as my mother was ill and I wanted to be free to g ...

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    REBOOT February 2020

    ANNETTE DUCHARME is all charm! The accomplished Diamond award-winning Franco-Ontarian pop and rock singer ...

    ANNETTE DUCHARME is all charm! The accomplished Diamond award-winning Franco-Ontarian pop and rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer, originally from Windsor, has called Vancouver home since t ...

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    Amazing Malta

    What's one thing most people hope for when they travel? Good weather, right? My husband and I are on a 12 ...

    What's one thing most people hope for when they travel? Good weather, right? My husband and I are on a 12-day Holland America Mediterranean cruise with our friends, the Fishers. And thankfully the wea ...

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    There Must Be Passion

    Amanda Hale has been writing for as long as she can remember. “I wrote my first novel at age 11,” she say ...

    Amanda Hale has been writing for as long as she can remember. “I wrote my first novel at age 11,” she says. “It was an illustrated work, a love story between two frogs set against the rich cultural ba ...

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    "Helms Alee": Learning To Sail At 62

    It’s my turn at bow watch. I look to the sides, then straight ahead as the ship motors through water smoo ...

    It’s my turn at bow watch. I look to the sides, then straight ahead as the ship motors through water smooth as glass. The morning mist still hangs on the deeply forested islands surrounding us and the ...

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    Reboot January 2020

    KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Albe ...

    KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Alberta 40 years ago. “I was a closet player until I turned 50, and then I came out playing harmoni ...

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    Joining The Class Of 2021

    “The two best decisions I ever made were to marry my husband and enroll in this writing program,” she sai ...

    “The two best decisions I ever made were to marry my husband and enroll in this writing program,” she said. “It’s just what you need.” We’d been sipping chai lattés at the local café and talking about ...

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    House Exchange Experience

    Back in the early 1990s, when my family joined Intervac, an original home exchange network and pioneer in ...

    Back in the early 1990s, when my family joined Intervac, an original home exchange network and pioneer in the sharing economy, we didn't have a home computer. Intervac, short for International Vacatio ...

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    Makeover Jane Cassie

    For over 30 years, INSPIRED Magazine contributor Jane Cassie worked as a nurse in a program caring for ch ...

    For over 30 years, INSPIRED Magazine contributor Jane Cassie worked as a nurse in a program caring for children with chronic health care needs. While her career was rewarding, it didn’t cater to her c ...

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