• An Alpine Paradise

    A getaway in BC’s interior last July introduces us to summer activities at Sun Peaks. Comfortable lodging ...

    A getaway in BC’s interior last July introduces us to summer activities at Sun Peaks. Comfortable lodgings in the heart of the village make the perfect “home base” for exploring this area already wide ...

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  • The Middle Kingdom

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to me ...

    Twenty years ago, a small group of women from British Columbia went on a trip to China specifically to meet Chinese women working in science, at home, in politics, on farms and in factories; and to to ...

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  • Living Her Passion

    At 62, environmentalist/artist Donna Polos is passionate about the colour green: living green, saving tre ...

    At 62, environmentalist/artist Donna Polos is passionate about the colour green: living green, saving trees, and painting greenery. Yet, when she's exerting her political and social voices in her art, ...

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  • Cowpokes and Collies

    Standing amid elegant log structures, we gaze eastward over green pasturelands rolling toward the Marble ...

    Standing amid elegant log structures, we gaze eastward over green pasturelands rolling toward the Marble Mountains. To the west, wooded hills border a grassy valley that goes on forever. Echo Valley R ...

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  • Soaking in Adventure

    During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfield ...

    During the mid-1800s, 61-kilometre-long Harrison Lake was part of the main route to the Cariboo goldfields. Falling from a canoe, a prospector expecting frigid waters discovered a future hotspot inste ...

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  • One Heavenly Date

    Dating. My heart flutters at the thought - the anticipation, the getting ready, and yes, another opportun ...

    Dating. My heart flutters at the thought - the anticipation, the getting ready, and yes, another opportunity to know my beau better. But you sure don't have to be single, a honeymooner - or even young ...

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  • Celebrating Creativity

    Much can be said about British Columbia and her artists. Whether they toil in paint, sculpture, photograp ...

    Much can be said about British Columbia and her artists. Whether they toil in paint, sculpture, photography, performing arts, music or word play, these artists share one thing in common – a creativity ...

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  • Ella Lee: Summer Breeze

    During the first week of September 1995, Ella Lee walked onto the track area of the BC Senior Games in Ol ...

    During the first week of September 1995, Ella Lee walked onto the track area of the BC Senior Games in Oliver, and wondered what she was doing there. She knew she was entering some races in a track me ...

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  • Foodies Go Nuts in the Fraser Valley

    Skyrocketing travel expenses encourage avid adventurers like us to explore closer to home. So hearing of ...

    Skyrocketing travel expenses encourage avid adventurers like us to explore closer to home. So hearing of farming tours less than two hours from Vancouver, we investigate rural life around Agassiz-Harr ...

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  • A Challenge of Time

    Slowing down is not on Mike Harcourt's to-do list. Although the former B.C. premier said goodbye to provi ...

    Slowing down is not on Mike Harcourt's to-do list. Although the former B.C. premier said goodbye to provincial politics in 1996, his schedule remains filled. "I think retirement is a phoney gig, anywa ...

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  • Nature Umblemished

    "There is a calm tranquility, which stretches from the smooth surface of the reflecting water straight up ...

    "There is a calm tranquility, which stretches from the smooth surface of the reflecting water straight up into infinity. The deep calm of eternal silences is only disturbed by the muffled roar of thro ...

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  • A Wild Life

    Not only has Gillian Radcliffe devoted most of her life to wildlife ecology, but she has also embraced he ...

    Not only has Gillian Radcliffe devoted most of her life to wildlife ecology, but she has also embraced her love of raptors, birds of prey, to such an extent that she conquered her fear of heights and ...

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  • The Chain Gang

    Jan (John) Van Beek, Dave Beer, Jim Kirby and Debby Keith have been working on The Chain Gang. Far from w ...

    Jan (John) Van Beek, Dave Beer, Jim Kirby and Debby Keith have been working on The Chain Gang. Far from wearing leg irons and black-and-white stripes or doing hard time, the members of this Chain Gang ...

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  • Life on the Lights

    "I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her hers ...

    "I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her herself when she was 19 and headed out on her own from Ellerslie, Alberta to Vancouver. Unbeknownst ...

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