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    ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART

    The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and o ...

    The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and other running apparel are wonderful displays of running history spanning four decades. This hist ...

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    ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA: THE REVIVAL OF A GREAT TALENT

    “Passing by one of Zappacosta’s events in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, I heard his voice and stopped dead ...

    “Passing by one of Zappacosta’s events in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, I heard his voice and stopped dead in my tracks,” says Toby Reinhart. “I didn’t know who was singing, at first, but I was captiva ...

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    MAUDE BARLOW: A Passionate Fighter For Justice

    At 73, Maude Barlow, an outspoken advocate on issues including democratic and social rights, trade sovere ...

    At 73, Maude Barlow, an outspoken advocate on issues including democratic and social rights, trade sovereignty, environmental justice and, especially, water rights, summed up her philosophy in one pow ...

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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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    A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

    “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky ...

    “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.” These powerfully sad ...

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    Impeccable Service

    I’m sitting next to a window with views of Victoria’s Inner Harbour and the stately provincial Parliament ...

    I’m sitting next to a window with views of Victoria’s Inner Harbour and the stately provincial Parliament Buildings, where a statue of Queen Victoria gazes dourly through the mist and rain. Inside the ...

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    Best Beach in the World

    I'm sipping a mango margarita on a golden beach in Guayabitos, Mexico. The sun-baked shore is lined with ...

    I'm sipping a mango margarita on a golden beach in Guayabitos, Mexico. The sun-baked shore is lined with palapa-covered restaurants and bars, and we turistas are constantly approached by vendors in co ...

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    Ann Mortifee: The Mystery of it All

    Singer, songwriter and author Ann Mortifee is fascinated by the mystery that permeates life. She always h ...

    Singer, songwriter and author Ann Mortifee is fascinated by the mystery that permeates life. She always has been. ...

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    A Self-Reliant Man

    A large maple — we call him the Captain — commands the backyard and provides welcoming shade for our deck ...

    A large maple — we call him the Captain — commands the backyard and provides welcoming shade for our deck. His leafy limbs rise high above our two-storey house and his girth and rugged character sugge ...

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    The Price of Freedom

    At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly ...

    At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly and has hearing problems, he is an iconic gentleman, one of the few veterans of the Second Worl ...

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    Heart-Driven Hippy

    If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspe ...

    If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspendered septuagenarian is constantly on the go. By his count, Valdy has played an average of 200 ...

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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, ...

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    Eagles on an Island

    The bald eagle swooped and my heart hammered as enormous wings darkened the sky and talons like lethal sc ...

    The bald eagle swooped and my heart hammered as enormous wings darkened the sky and talons like lethal scimitars passed only a few feet above my head. I retreated. Quickly. Armed with a telephoto lens ...

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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 ...

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    Two Old Guys' Great Canoe Adventure

    On two sunny days in May, my friend Marty (a resident of Ontario) and I (a resident of Pender Island) had ...

    On two sunny days in May, my friend Marty (a resident of Ontario) and I (a resident of Pender Island) had a truly Canadian experience. The first day, we built a 16-foot, red canoe from scratch. Yes, i ...

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