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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me som ...

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me something new or inspirational. And I never turn down a cozy mystery even if the subtext is to eat ...

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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 ...

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Living On Purpose

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Living On Purpose

MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfi ...

MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfit to Grade 12 celebrations is an essential component of that rite. While young people ar ...

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Be Kind To Your Liver

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Be Kind To Your Liver

Fatty liver occurs when excess fat constitutes more than five per cent of the liver’s mass. It tends to d ...

Fatty liver occurs when excess fat constitutes more than five per cent of the liver’s mass. It tends to develop in people who are overweight or obese, although it also affects those at a healthy weigh ...

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How We Met

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How We Met

Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river c ...

Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river cruise in France this month. Both Saskatchewanians, they met there in 1975 when she was working ...

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Navigating Iguazu Falls

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Navigating Iguazu Falls

Iguazu Falls straddles the countries of Argentina and Brazil and can be safely viewed from either country ...

Iguazu Falls straddles the countries of Argentina and Brazil and can be safely viewed from either country. The Iguazu River is split between the Upper and Lower rivers, with one plummeting into the ot ...

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The Healing Power of Music

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The Healing Power of Music

A group of Alzheimer’s patients gather in the recreation room of the care facility, my mom is one of them ...

A group of Alzheimer’s patients gather in the recreation room of the care facility, my mom is one of them. She sits in a chair, off to the side. Her eyes are vacant; her mind is somewhere far away. Th ...

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The Worth of Water

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The Worth of Water

The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contamina ...

The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contaminated agua, to Buena Vista. It passes by a graveyard, with vultures lurking in the shadows of the ...

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Volunteers Find Perfect Match Helping Women In Need

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Volunteers Find Perfect Match Helping Women In Need

Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four r ...

Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four resale stores in Victoria, BC (Cook St, Saanich Centre, Pandora St, and Westside Village). Reven ...

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Opening Their Homes And Hearts

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Opening Their Homes And Hearts

Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home ...

Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home, you may want to rush out, buy a farm, and adopt them all. Perhaps more pragmatically, you can ...

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Discovering Wonder In My Own Backyard

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Discovering Wonder In My Own Backyard

“The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, ...

“The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, I’m hooked. We’re fishing from a small flat-bottomed fishing boat that you can stand up in, ca ...

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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 ...

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Thrive Beyond 55: May

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Thrive Beyond 55: May

This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for pe ...

This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for people, animals and the environment. Several years ago, I met with one of the charities that ran ...

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Thrive Beyond 55 – April

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Thrive Beyond 55 – April

Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Cov ...

Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Covid-19 cases escalated and government restrictions increased to meet the pandemic tsunami, it wa ...

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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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