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    David Vest: Still A Blues Master

    How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out b ...

    How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out blues tunes to packed houses? How long can he win awards and write songs? Surely it must slow do ...

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    Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs

    “If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian ...

    “If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian music legend Dan Hill. “I find it to be more mentally, intellectually and creatively challengi ...

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    A Very Strange Fisherman

    A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiia ...

    A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiian fisherman known locally for his abundance of fishing derby awards, took a detour in high scho ...

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    Many of us have a fear of missing out – a fear that once we reach a certain age, we are “too old” to try ...

    Many of us have a fear of missing out – a fear that once we reach a certain age, we are “too old” to try anything new. Instead, we watch from the sidelines as the younger generation takes part in acti ...

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    Are You Retired Yet?

    “Are you retired yet?” was the most common question people would ask me before I closed my law practice. ...

    “Are you retired yet?” was the most common question people would ask me before I closed my law practice. The second most common question was, “When are you retiring?” I actually stopped practicing in ...

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    Making the Podium Achievable

    If you tuned into the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, then you already know Canada’s mixed doubles ...

    If you tuned into the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, then you already know Canada’s mixed doubles curling team beat out Switzerland to win the gold. Like hockey, curling is a sport Canada cons ...

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    Russ Froese: Still Curious

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I a ...

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I am actively involved with them,” he says. “They are young and it’s a good time to be there.” He ...

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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 ...

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    Reboot July 2018

    JIM WALCHUK can best be described as a 21st century Renaissance man. A 2013 inductee into the BC Entertai ...

    JIM WALCHUK can best be described as a 21st century Renaissance man. A 2013 inductee into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame for his (and sister Judy Ginn Walchuk’s) musical contributions, Jim is still ...

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    Peter Legge: Empire Builder

    If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legg ...

    If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legge or at least one of his publications. TV Week is one of 30 print and digital properties that m ...

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    Retooling Not Retiring

    "Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have ...

    "Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest." –Georgia O'Keefe, famed American artist Hudson Mack may not ...

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    Providing Respite

    The call of the Klondike brought Clive Piercy’s ancestors from Yorkshire to Victoria, where they set up b ...

    The call of the Klondike brought Clive Piercy’s ancestors from Yorkshire to Victoria, where they set up business provisioning the miners who were heading to the goldfields. The family established itse ...

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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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    The Art of Hand Blown Glass

    When people enter GBS, the welcome they'll get from Ann Fowle is as sparkling, warm and alive as the deli ...

    When people enter GBS, the welcome they'll get from Ann Fowle is as sparkling, warm and alive as the delightful array of glass objects that surround her. Full of enthusiastic energy, Ann is eager to i ...

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