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REBOOT- November 2019

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|Date: November 01, 2019
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REBOOT- November 2019

Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the ...

Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the globe to volunteer or furthering her formal education, she finds renewed inspiration by regene ...

November 01, 2019
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Making Music Accessible

Posted by Myles Shane
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Making Music Accessible

This isn’t your typical rock star story about a boy discovered while singing his songs on YouTube. This i ...

This isn’t your typical rock star story about a boy discovered while singing his songs on YouTube. This is the tale of real-life guitar playing virtuoso Dr. Alexander Dunn, a professor at the Universi ...

September 01, 2019
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Overlanding in Africa

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: June 01, 2019
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Overlanding in Africa

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver ...

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver with four wives; a man who was expelled from high school and now, between stints as a park rang ...

June 01, 2019
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Music For Life

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

May 01, 2019
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Where Compassion and Empathy Intersect

Posted by John Kelly
|Date: May 01, 2019
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Where Compassion and Empathy Intersect

They say charity begins at home. I’m not so sure. Kent Macaulay grew up on a grain farm in southwestern S ...

They say charity begins at home. I’m not so sure. Kent Macaulay grew up on a grain farm in southwestern Saskatchewan. Wholesome. Canadian. Fibrous. Like many, he gave to charities and causes when and ...

May 01, 2019
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Victoria’s Trendy Food Scene

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Victoria’s Trendy Food Scene

Cut off from the mainland, it can be hard for an island to be self-sufficient. But from coffee roasters t ...

Cut off from the mainland, it can be hard for an island to be self-sufficient. But from coffee roasters to salt makers, when it comes to its food scene, Vancouver Island can take care of itself. Check ...

April 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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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

Posted by Joan Boxall
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenil ...

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenile, a mature adult and a red-spawner journey back to a fresh-water home. Pivotal are a school of ...

February 01, 2019
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Personal Experience Leads to Board Presidency

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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Personal Experience Leads to Board Presidency

John Thomas knows firsthand what it’s like to navigate the healthcare system and end-of-life care for an ...

John Thomas knows firsthand what it’s like to navigate the healthcare system and end-of-life care for an aging parent. He was first introduced to the work of the Eldercare Foundation when his father, ...

November 01, 2018
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Feelings of Guilt as a Caregiver

Posted by Jessie Bell
|Date: June 29, 2018
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Feelings of Guilt as a Caregiver

As caregivers, one often faces the overwhelming challenge of trying to balance work, family and the careg ...

As caregivers, one often faces the overwhelming challenge of trying to balance work, family and the caregiving commitment. In trying to juggle it all, it is common for caregivers to experience guilt ...

June 29, 2018
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Reboot May 2018

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|Date: May 01, 2018
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Reboot May 2018

GUY MATTHEWS’ life work is an extension of his long-time yoga practice. Teaching yoga since 1995, at UBC ...

GUY MATTHEWS’ life work is an extension of his long-time yoga practice. Teaching yoga since 1995, at UBC and at other Vancouver locations, “keeps me in harmony and balance,” he says. About two years a ...

May 01, 2018
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Attached to Nature

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: May 01, 2016
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Attached to Nature

An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loome ...

An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loomed before me. The dry heat and dust of Africa rose around us. I was nervous and felt vulnerable, ...

May 01, 2016
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Passionate Purpose

Posted by Carol Matthews
|Date: May 01, 2016
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Passionate Purpose

Adrianne Dartnall is 64, looks 50, laughs like a 20-year old, and works like a person who is driven by an ...

Adrianne Dartnall is 64, looks 50, laughs like a 20-year old, and works like a person who is driven by an inspirational mission. She and her partner, Rick Lennert, are equally at home speaking to 400 ...

May 01, 2016
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Peppering the Planet with Finger Labyrinths

Posted by Carol Matthews
|Date: February 01, 2014
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Peppering the Planet with Finger Labyrinths

Last year marked the first time the “Gathering” of The Labyrinth Society (TLS) was held in Canada. TLS is ...

Last year marked the first time the “Gathering” of The Labyrinth Society (TLS) was held in Canada. TLS is an international organization whose mission is to support all those who create, maintain and u ...

February 01, 2014
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10 Memory Boosters

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: November 01, 2013
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10 Memory Boosters

When we reach our mid-30s, our memories begin to fade and we’ll continue “forgetting” as we age. That’s n ...

When we reach our mid-30s, our memories begin to fade and we’ll continue “forgetting” as we age. That’s normal. As we age, we become busier and have more to remember. Here are 10 tips to boost memory: ...

November 01, 2013
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