Tag: british columbia | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 9

An Alpine Paradise

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: April 01, 2015
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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 ...

April 01, 2015
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The Middle Kingdom

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: June 01, 2013
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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 ...

June 01, 2013
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Living Her Passion

Posted by Eileen Mackenzie
|Date: February 01, 2013
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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, ...

February 01, 2013
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Cowpokes and Collies

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: July 01, 2011
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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 ...

July 01, 2011
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Soaking in Adventure

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: July 01, 2011
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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 ...

July 01, 2011
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One Heavenly Date

Posted by Chris Millikan
|Date: April 01, 2011
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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 ...

April 01, 2011
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Celebrating Creativity

Posted by Bobbie Jo Reid
|Date: July 01, 2010
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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 ...

July 01, 2010
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Ella Lee: Summer Breeze

Posted by Kevin McKay
|Date: July 01, 2009
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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 ...

July 01, 2009
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Foodies Go Nuts in the Fraser Valley

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: June 30, 2009
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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 ...

June 30, 2009
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A Challenge of Time

Posted by Tracey Block
|Date: May 01, 2009
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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 ...

May 01, 2009
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Nature Umblemished

Posted by Mary Anne Hajer
|Date: April 01, 2009
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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 ...

April 01, 2009
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A Wild Life

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: July 01, 2007
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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 ...

July 01, 2007
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The Chain Gang

Posted by Christel Martin
|Date: April 01, 2007
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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 ...

April 01, 2007
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Life on the Lights

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: March 01, 2007
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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 ...

March 01, 2007
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