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Redefining Exotic in Churchill

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: November 01, 2019
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Redefining Exotic in Churchill

My travel dreams have always been of exotic, far-off lands. Foreign-ness is alluring to me, like the trop ...

My travel dreams have always been of exotic, far-off lands. Foreign-ness is alluring to me, like the tropics with 365 days a year of hot weather or camels in the Sahara Desert. But on a recent learnin ...

November 01, 2019
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Smoke And Mirrors

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: August 01, 2019
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Smoke And Mirrors

He will forever be known as the Cigarette Smoking Man, the creepy and sinister operative in the TV series ...

He will forever be known as the Cigarette Smoking Man, the creepy and sinister operative in the TV series The X-Files. While heroes Scully and Mulder were investigating the paranormal, the Cigarette S ...

August 01, 2019
| by John Thomson

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“Greenada”

Posted by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand
|Date: June 01, 2019
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“Greenada”

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoeni ...

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoenix rises from the ashes, Grenada is re-emerging after weathering the storms. After being devasta ...

June 01, 2019
| by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand

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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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Reboot – October 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Reboot – October 2018

DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save ...

DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save the Frogs Day in Vancouver schools, is adamant about leaving a civic legacy of diversity that e ...

October 01, 2018
| by Verena Foxx

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Slow Fashion

Posted by Callie Martin
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Slow Fashion

With global warming, plastic-filled oceans and overpopulation central among the issues environmentalists ...

With global warming, plastic-filled oceans and overpopulation central among the issues environmentalists are facing, it’s no wonder more people are asking that their clothing not just be fashionable, ...

August 02, 2018
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From Luxurious to Living Off the Land

Posted by Sherry Conly
|Date: August 02, 2018
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From Luxurious to Living Off the Land

PACIFIC LANDING Pacific Landing aims to provide the foundation and backdrop for an amazing quality of lif ...

PACIFIC LANDING Pacific Landing aims to provide the foundation and backdrop for an amazing quality of life. Based on a philosophy of three pillars for happy and healthy living: Active Engagement, Soci ...

August 02, 2018
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Telling BC’s Stories

Posted by Knowledge Network
|Date: June 07, 2018
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Telling BC’s Stories

As someone who makes documentaries for a living, Charles Wilkinson is glad there’s a place like Knowledge ...

As someone who makes documentaries for a living, Charles Wilkinson is glad there’s a place like Knowledge Network - not only as a showcase for his own carefully crafted films, but also for the work of ...

June 07, 2018
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Reboot – February 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: February 01, 2018
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Reboot – February 2018

PIET RUTGERS moved from making significant creative decisions in his role as former Director of Planning ...

PIET RUTGERS moved from making significant creative decisions in his role as former Director of Planning and Operations with the Vancouver Parks Board (up to and including the 2010 Olympic planning), ...

February 01, 2018
| by Verena Foxx

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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
| by Hans Tammemagi

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Norway: Green and Serene

Posted by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand
|Date: January 01, 2016
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Norway: Green and Serene

One century ago, Roald Amundsen completed his journey through the Northwest Passage. Several years prior, ...

One century ago, Roald Amundsen completed his journey through the Northwest Passage. Several years prior, fellow Norwegian Richard With, initiated a coastal steamer cruise along the country’s shorelin ...

January 01, 2016
| by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand

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A Dynamo on the Hill

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: February 01, 2014
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A Dynamo on the Hill

Politicians are not held in high regard these days. Not surprising given international attention for mayo ...

Politicians are not held in high regard these days. Not surprising given international attention for mayoral drunken stupors, Senators’ mishandling of funds, pervasive graft in Montreal and a former P ...

February 01, 2014
| by Hans Tammemagi

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Environmental Stewardship Begins with Family

Posted by Mathieu Powell
|Date: May 01, 2013
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Environmental Stewardship Begins with Family

Dr. David Suzuki attributes his father, Kaoru Carr Suzuki, for inspiring him to enjoy and appreciate the ...

Dr. David Suzuki attributes his father, Kaoru Carr Suzuki, for inspiring him to enjoy and appreciate the natural world in his youth. Mr. Suzuki senior, born in Vancouver, was the son of Japanese immig ...

May 01, 2013
| by Mathieu Powell

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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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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
| by Tracey Block

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