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Compassion For Self

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Compassion For Self

Last November, I spent four days on Bowen Island with 60 other people learning about and sharing compassi ...

Last November, I spent four days on Bowen Island with 60 other people learning about and sharing compassion. Compassion for self, for others, for nature. I have already written about nature, so I thou ...

April 01, 2019
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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as ...

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as my reference point for “old.” Like 1534, when Jacques Cartier sailed across the Atlantic into t ...

February 01, 2019
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The Comfort & Connection of Food

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: July 01, 2018
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The Comfort & Connection of Food

Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part o ...

Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part of celebration, connection with family and a source of comfort. But in the last few years, food ...

July 01, 2018
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Freedom & Fairy Tales

Posted by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand
|Date: June 01, 2018
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Freedom & Fairy Tales

Bremen may be at the end of Germany’s Fairy Tale Road, but it was the beginning of liberty in the region ...

Bremen may be at the end of Germany’s Fairy Tale Road, but it was the beginning of liberty in the region and remains a Free Hanseatic City today. Regarded as a state-city, as are Hamburg and Berlin, B ...

June 01, 2018
| by Alan G. Luke & Jacquie Durand

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What’s Next?

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: May 01, 2018
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What’s Next?

Mary cares for her aging father. They live in the same city. She works full-time. When she called the Fam ...

Mary cares for her aging father. They live in the same city. She works full-time. When she called the Family Caregivers of BC for some caregiver support, she summarized how difficult it can be for a c ...

May 01, 2018
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Living Apart Together

Posted by Linda Breault
|Date: March 01, 2016
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Living Apart Together

When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycli ...

When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycling buddy and maybe a new friend. In the late afternoon of their lives, neither of them had anti ...

March 01, 2016
| by Linda Breault

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Choosing the Right Mobility Device (Part 1)

Posted by Sandy Daughen
|Date: February 01, 2009
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Choosing the Right Mobility Device (Part 1)

Mobility devices are one way that seniors can keep themselves safe and active. Using the appropriate mob ...

Mobility devices are one way that seniors can keep themselves safe and active. Using the appropriate mobility device can allow one to continue to be mobile, both in the home and in the community, saf ...

February 01, 2009
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