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Reboot – June 2019

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|Date: June 01, 2019
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Reboot – June 2019

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joinin ...

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joining a team of Zambian Flying Doctors (although he was flown – not piloting himself – to the villa ...

June 01, 2019
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Hasta La Pasta and Other Reflections on Gardening

Posted by Wynne Crombie
|Date: May 01, 2019
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Hasta La Pasta and Other Reflections on Gardening

Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch ...

Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch of backyard earth. It started back in the forties when I was seven; I planted a tomato seed in ...

May 01, 2019
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Reboot – May 2019

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|Date: May 01, 2019
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Reboot – May 2019

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver ...

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver neighbourhood elementary school in False Creek. He first engages students with his voice and g ...

May 01, 2019
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Volunteering

Posted by Joseph Blake
|Date: May 01, 2019
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Volunteering

When I took the buy-out from Victoria’s Times Colonist after over two decades as their popular music colu ...

When I took the buy-out from Victoria’s Times Colonist after over two decades as their popular music columnist and later, Go-Explore page and travel writer, I never imagined I'd spend the rest of my l ...

May 01, 2019
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Forging a Dichotomous Path

Posted by Sherry Conly
|Date: May 01, 2019
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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 ...

May 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instea ...

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instead of going “cold turkey.” And that’s exactly what the former Vancouver teacher did. Post retire ...

April 01, 2019
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A Love of Grandparenting

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: March 01, 2019
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A Love of Grandparenting

The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can often be a special one. No one knows that better than ...

The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can often be a special one. No one knows that better than Pauline Daniel, author of Tuesdays with Jack, a compilation of memoirs and reflections of her ...

March 01, 2019
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Strategies to Build Resiliency

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Strategies to Build Resiliency

Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her ...

Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her partner who has chronic pain and a brain injury from a motor vehicle accident. She feels like ...

March 01, 2019
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Reboot – March 2019

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|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
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Visit Burns Bog

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|Date: January 31, 2019
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Visit Burns Bog

Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the w ...

Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the west coast of North America—Burns Bog. That is only a few of the accolades heaped on Burns Bog. ...

January 31, 2019
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Try Cruising on Your Next Family Vacation

Posted by Marilyn Jones
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Try Cruising on Your Next Family Vacation

“Dr. Seuss is on the loose!”, children, their parents and at least one grandmother (me) shout as we parad ...

“Dr. Seuss is on the loose!”, children, their parents and at least one grandmother (me) shout as we parade with the Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and Sam I Am from one end of Carnival Fantasy t ...

January 01, 2019
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Tapping Into Magic

Posted by Diana Wing
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Tapping Into Magic

Lights dim, curtains rise. Out of the darkness, we are suddenly dazzled by a glamorous, exuberant tap dan ...

Lights dim, curtains rise. Out of the darkness, we are suddenly dazzled by a glamorous, exuberant tap dancing troupe. Synchronized, happy, high energy, their silver-tinged locks and sparkling smiles h ...

December 01, 2018
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Getting Your Affairs in Order

Posted by Janet McMaster
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Getting Your Affairs in Order

My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married an ...

My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married and did not have any children, and much to our dismay, we discovered after he died that he did no ...

November 01, 2018
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Feeding the Children

Posted by Charlotte Sheldrake
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Feeding the Children

The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine reg ...

The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine regions is not lost on Fatima Da Silva, chef-operator of the vineyard-based gourmet restaurant Vin ...

November 01, 2018
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Letting Go

Posted by Angela Junker
|Date: September 01, 2018
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Letting Go

Remember what it was like being newly married and setting up your first home, excited and eager to begin ...

Remember what it was like being newly married and setting up your first home, excited and eager to begin building a lifetime of precious memories? The thought of growing old seemed so far away. But ti ...

September 01, 2018
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