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ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART

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|Date: September 27, 2022
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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 ...

September 27, 2022
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ALFIE ZAPPACOSTA: THE REVIVAL OF A GREAT TALENT

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|Date: March 24, 2022
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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 ...

March 24, 2022
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MAUDE BARLOW: A Passionate Fighter For Justice

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|Date: November 01, 2020
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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 ...

November 01, 2020
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David Vest: Still A Blues Master

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|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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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 ...

November 01, 2018
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Impeccable Service

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|Date: February 01, 2018
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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 ...

February 01, 2018
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Best Beach in the World

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|Date: October 01, 2017
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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 ...

October 01, 2017
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Ann Mortifee: The Mystery of it All

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|Date: August 01, 2017
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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. ...

August 01, 2017
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A Self-Reliant Man

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|Date: April 01, 2017
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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 ...

April 01, 2017
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The Price of Freedom

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|Date: November 01, 2016
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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 ...

November 01, 2016
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Heart-Driven Hippy

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|Date: May 01, 2016
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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 ...

May 01, 2016
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Attached to Nature

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|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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Eagles on an Island

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|Date: April 01, 2015
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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 ...

April 01, 2015
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A Dynamo on the Hill

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|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
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Two Old Guys’ Great Canoe Adventure

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|Date: September 01, 2013
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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 ...

September 01, 2013
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