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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to ...

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to soft jazz tones from a YouTube channel over our heads. Palm plants form one wall and snake pla ...

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Thrive Beyond 55 – January/February

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Thrive Beyond 55 – January/February

Getting Out of the Rut Our featured person this issue, David Bouchard, says, “When something touches me a ...

Getting Out of the Rut Our featured person this issue, David Bouchard, says, “When something touches me and sits in my craw for long enough, something just starts to percolate in the back of my mind, ...

January 01, 2025
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REFRESH: Explore Lifelong Learning

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REFRESH: Explore Lifelong Learning

Elizabeth N., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she b ...

Elizabeth N., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she became bored with her backyard vegetable garden. With the support of her daughter and a car-shar ...

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River Cruising Zurich to Paris

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River Cruising Zurich to Paris

Arriving in Zurich, I was escorted to a hotel so that I could explore this beautiful Swiss city. Zurich i ...

Arriving in Zurich, I was escorted to a hotel so that I could explore this beautiful Swiss city. Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, located between two forested chains of hills, about 40 miles ...

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Maritime Celtic Colours

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Maritime Celtic Colours

It’s a glorious afternoon in mid-October, and my husband Tom and I are enjoying a surprisingly challengin ...

It’s a glorious afternoon in mid-October, and my husband Tom and I are enjoying a surprisingly challenging hike on the Coxheath Hills Wilderness Trail. We stop along the trail to admire the beau ...

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Retirement Priorities?

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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Retirement Priorities?

How are you at defining your priorities in retirement? Oh gosh, some of you say - I’ve been working hard ...

How are you at defining your priorities in retirement? Oh gosh, some of you say - I’ve been working hard all my life...why would I want to have priories? And you settle into the pile of books and maga ...

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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

Life Shouldn’t Be On Speed Dial Have you ever been surprised by how many hours your phone reports you spe ...

Life Shouldn’t Be On Speed Dial Have you ever been surprised by how many hours your phone reports you spent each day last week texting, emailing, and scrolling through the internet and social media? P ...

November 01, 2024
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Adrienne Arsenault: Thirty Years of Seeking the Truth

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Adrienne Arsenault: Thirty Years of Seeking the Truth

Adrienne Arsenault, chief correspondent of CBC News and host of The National, has seen it all in her 30 y ...

Adrienne Arsenault, chief correspondent of CBC News and host of The National, has seen it all in her 30 years of covering the world. From jaw-dropping, terrifying, life-threatening experiences to sitt ...

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A Positive Makeover Boost

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A Positive Makeover Boost

Over the past two issues, we have profiled the candidates chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ ...

Over the past two issues, we have profiled the candidates chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Show. Here is our third and final candidate, Karen Weiss. “The makeover was a truly ...

November 01, 2024
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Inspirational Humourist David Roche: I Will Not Hide

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Inspirational Humourist David Roche: I Will Not Hide

“You’ve heard of a bad hair day. I’m having a bad face day,” David Roche says to a group of grade six stu ...

“You’ve heard of a bad hair day. I’m having a bad face day,” David Roche says to a group of grade six students who have assembled to hear his message. They laugh. “What you see is a birth difference, ...

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Hunt for the Franklin Expedition: Victoria’s Captain Bill Noon Tells the Story

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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 ...

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Terry Gainer: Train Enthusiast and Travel Vagabond

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Terry Gainer: Train Enthusiast and Travel Vagabond

Some call him a vagabond, full of wanderlust and adventure — a free spirit who prefers the transient life ...

Some call him a vagabond, full of wanderlust and adventure — a free spirit who prefers the transient life of a traveler over the safety and security of home. Terry Gainer would happily agree. He loves ...

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Aging Hair

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Aging Hair

As women, we are well aware of the variety of changes (and challenges) we experience as we get older, and ...

As women, we are well aware of the variety of changes (and challenges) we experience as we get older, and our hair is high up on the list. As we age, so does our hair, and just like our skin, there is ...

November 01, 2024
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Cordova Bay Hikers

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Cordova Bay Hikers

In 1982, three women, Sheila Ogilvie, Audrey Mills and Shirley Mills, began hiking together on Wednesdays ...

In 1982, three women, Sheila Ogilvie, Audrey Mills and Shirley Mills, began hiking together on Wednesdays. Soon, others joined them. In 1986, they placed an ad in the local Cordovan newsletter that br ...

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A Vision That Is Mine

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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 ...

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