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    Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

    I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me som ...

    I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me something new or inspirational. And I never turn down a cozy mystery even if the subtext is to eat ...

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    Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone

    The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outsi ...

    The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outside Nelson, she brought in $500. It was more than enough to turn the electricity back on in her ...

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    Mad About Tango!

    The colourful and lively city of Buenos Aires never sleeps and can get under your skin in many ways. It’s ...

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    Making The Grade

    Halfway into the 16-km climb on that second day of cycling, I wasn’t sure I’d made the right move signing ...

    Halfway into the 16-km climb on that second day of cycling, I wasn’t sure I’d made the right move signing up for this trip. I may have bitten off more than I could chew. The author asks himself, “What ...

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    Lubbock: Cowboy Culture and Plenty More

    “To put things in perspective, Denver had its own symphony before this region was a permanently inhabited ...

    “To put things in perspective, Denver had its own symphony before this region was a permanently inhabited settlement,” says Lea Ann Lust, our guide at the National Ranching Heritage Center. The 12-hec ...

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    Inspired Makeover: Maureen Leyland

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    Living On Purpose

    MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfi ...

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    Be Kind To Your Liver

    Fatty liver occurs when excess fat constitutes more than five per cent of the liver’s mass. It tends to d ...

    Fatty liver occurs when excess fat constitutes more than five per cent of the liver’s mass. It tends to develop in people who are overweight or obese, although it also affects those at a healthy weigh ...

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    How We Met

    Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river c ...

    Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river cruise in France this month. Both Saskatchewanians, they met there in 1975 when she was working ...

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    Navigating Iguazu Falls

    Iguazu Falls straddles the countries of Argentina and Brazil and can be safely viewed from either country ...

    Iguazu Falls straddles the countries of Argentina and Brazil and can be safely viewed from either country. The Iguazu River is split between the Upper and Lower rivers, with one plummeting into the ot ...

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    The Healing Power of Music

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    A group of Alzheimer’s patients gather in the recreation room of the care facility, my mom is one of them. She sits in a chair, off to the side. Her eyes are vacant; her mind is somewhere far away. Th ...

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    The Worth of Water

    The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contamina ...

    The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contaminated agua, to Buena Vista. It passes by a graveyard, with vultures lurking in the shadows of the ...

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    Volunteers Find Perfect Match Helping Women In Need

    Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four r ...

    Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four resale stores in Victoria, BC (Cook St, Saanich Centre, Pandora St, and Westside Village). Reven ...

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    Opening Their Homes And Hearts

    Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home ...

    Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home, you may want to rush out, buy a farm, and adopt them all. Perhaps more pragmatically, you can ...

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    Discovering Wonder In My Own Backyard

    “The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, ...

    “The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, I’m hooked. We’re fishing from a small flat-bottomed fishing boat that you can stand up in, ca ...

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