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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

Posted by James Ellsworth
|Date: September 01, 2019
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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Veron ...

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Verona, replete with love locks, kissing couples, graffiti hearts pierced with Eros' arrows, pledges ...

September 01, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

Posted by INSPIRED Staff
|Date: August 01, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: ...

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: DrawBridge: Drawing Alongside My Brother’s Schizophrenia by Joan Boxall Illustrations by ...

August 01, 2019
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Master Wood Carver: Hope’s Pete Ryan

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Master Wood Carver: Hope’s Pete Ryan

Reasons abound for heading up the Fraser Valley to Harrison Hot Springs. This time, we attend the Interna ...

Reasons abound for heading up the Fraser Valley to Harrison Hot Springs. This time, we attend the International Woodcarvers Competition in Hope, Canada’s Chainsaw Carving Capital. Before the big event ...

April 01, 2019
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Reboot – March 2019

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Reboot – March 2019

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian archi ...

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian architects and engineers, was a pioneer in her fields of civic and computer engineering. “I was the ...

March 01, 2019
| by Verena Foxx

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Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

Posted by City of Richmond
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Livin ...

One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Living. Set in beautiful Minoru Park in the heart of Richmond, the 33,000 square foot seniors centre ...

March 01, 2019
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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

Posted by Toni O'Keeffe
|Date: February 28, 2019
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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that wo ...

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that would “complete” them. “Why do you want to be complete? And, why do you think another person coul ...

February 28, 2019
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The Ageless Beauty of Women

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: February 01, 2019
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The Ageless Beauty of Women

Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egy ...

Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egypt; white powdered faces in the 18th century; or a curvy feminine shape in the 1950s. Over the ...

February 01, 2019
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Reboot – January 2019

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Reboot – January 2019

THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could ...

THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could find in his childhood home. “I’ve wanted to know what makes things work since I was four when I ...

January 01, 2019
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Reboot – November 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Reboot – November 2018

PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delig ...

PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delight the eye,” says the former advertising agency owner. “I needed to step aside from that and pu ...

November 01, 2018
| by Verena Foxx

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When Strangers Make Friends

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: September 01, 2018
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When Strangers Make Friends

I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victori ...

I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victoria, you may have wandered around the annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In (formerly the Moss Street Pa ...

September 01, 2018
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Visiting Florence

Posted by Michael Benedict
|Date: August 30, 2018
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Visiting Florence

When planning a visit to Florence, remember one critical fact: you are but one of 16 million people who d ...

When planning a visit to Florence, remember one critical fact: you are but one of 16 million people who do so every year. The city boasts one of the world’s greatest collections of Renaissance art tre ...

August 30, 2018
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Cycling in Southern Quebec

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: July 01, 2018
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Cycling in Southern Quebec

With eight spectacular bicycle routes stretching 5,000+ kilometres, Canada’s Belle Province lures eager c ...

With eight spectacular bicycle routes stretching 5,000+ kilometres, Canada’s Belle Province lures eager cyclists like us. Having cycled in Quebec City, Montreal, through the Laurentians and around Lac ...

July 01, 2018
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Before & After – Suzanne Cascanette

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|Date: July 01, 2018
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Before & After – Suzanne Cascanette

Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Ma ...

Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Matter Specialist relating to Canada Customs rules and regulations. She is partnered with a globa ...

July 01, 2018
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Each Day is a Gift

Posted by Carol Matthews
|Date: May 01, 2018
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Each Day is a Gift

At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads t ...

At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads turn when she enters a room because she walks fast, laughs a lot, wears classy, colourful clothe ...

May 01, 2018
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Artistic Activist

Posted by Sherry Conly
|Date: November 01, 2017
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Artistic Activist

Accomplished artist Hinda Avery expresses her deepest thoughts, fears and triumphs through her work. Best ...

Accomplished artist Hinda Avery expresses her deepest thoughts, fears and triumphs through her work. Best known for her Resisterrrz series, which premiered in 2011 at the Martin Batchelor Gallery ...

November 01, 2017
| by Sherry Conly

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