• Music For Life

    Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of t ...

    Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of the year travelling to Leeds, England to care for his widowed mother, he worked as a crisis line ...

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  • Forging a Dichotomous Path

    Barbara Allyn’s widespread legacy as a beacon of light and support to others began on a boat in the Victo ...

    Barbara Allyn’s widespread legacy as a beacon of light and support to others began on a boat in the Victoria harbour in the 1970s. An unlikely place to launch a career as a trauma counsellor to be sur ...

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  • The Personalities of Saguenay and Lac Saint-Jean

    I believe, like people, places have their own personalities. When we arrive to a new destination, we deci ...

    I believe, like people, places have their own personalities. When we arrive to a new destination, we decide, almost instantly, if we want to get to know it better, or pass on through. On my visit to S ...

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  • Adventure Awaits in Costa Rica

    “Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. ...

    “Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. Along with Collette and a group of fellow adventurers, Pat will travel to the Central American ...

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  • Elkhart Lake, WI: Summer the Way it Used to Be

    Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door f ...

    Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door feel of summer: fields of grass, a convivial dining room, a nice beach and long, lazy days to en ...

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  • Off the Cuff by Design

    “Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred ...

    “Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred J. Beckwith If you have never commissioned or captained an enormous and beautiful yacht, you mi ...

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  • Paddling to the Beat of Their Own Drummer

    You’d be forgiven if you questioned your sanity. Out of the mist atop the glass-like water of a cool, blu ...

    You’d be forgiven if you questioned your sanity. Out of the mist atop the glass-like water of a cool, blue lake comes the head of a dragon. In its belly more than a dozen silver-haired women are paddl ...

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  • Lovin' the Lavender Life

    When it comes to second chances, Victoria Lavender owner and farmer Alan Mayfield could write the book. I ...

    When it comes to second chances, Victoria Lavender owner and farmer Alan Mayfield could write the book. It took not one but two major heart attacks in his mid-fifties to change the trajectory of his l ...

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  • The Long Run

    “Lonesome Mary” kicks off the Chilliwack road show these days. The iconic BC band continues to thrill boo ...

    “Lonesome Mary” kicks off the Chilliwack road show these days. The iconic BC band continues to thrill boomers and millennials alike with 20 to 25 engagements a year ...

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  • Ireland's 50 Shades of Green

    “For every shade of green that exists - the Ring of Kerry is the place!” exclaim our Irish friends, knowi ...

    “For every shade of green that exists - the Ring of Kerry is the place!” exclaim our Irish friends, knowing how riveting I find my life-long favourite colour. After embracing the liveliness of Dublin, ...

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  • The Fraser's North Arm

    Our home port is a marina on the North Arm of the Fraser, so the first and last hours of every trip we ta ...

    Our home port is a marina on the North Arm of the Fraser, so the first and last hours of every trip we take are spent on the river. When we chug downstream in our boat at a speed of six or seven knots ...

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  • Seawise Women Cruise 2008

    When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows a ...

    When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome is set in the English Lake District not far from the coast where S ...

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  • Team Work, Team Play

    Dragon Boat Racing began more than 2,000 years ago on the rivers of southern China amidst myths and legen ...

    Dragon Boat Racing began more than 2,000 years ago on the rivers of southern China amidst myths and legends that swirl around its humble beginning. The races were different in those days, when people ...

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