• Tips For Back Pain Relief

    Got an ache in the back? Join the crowd. Back pain is the most common injury complaint. Almost one-third ...

    Got an ache in the back? Join the crowd. Back pain is the most common injury complaint. Almost one-third of Canadians experience it. Pain is classified as either chronic or acute. The most common caus ...

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  • Getaway To Gananoque

    “Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and ...

    “Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and timber archway. “It’s actually Gan-an-ock-way,” I respond, sounding out each syllable, “and it ...

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  • Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

    As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup som ...

    As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup somewhere in Canada. There is, in Laurierville, close to Québec City. Canada accounts for 75 per c ...

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  • How We Met

    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, ...

    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, Ontario in 1978. “We met socially,” says Debbie, “and started dating soon after.” She then move ...

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  • Living On Purpose

    WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask oursel ...

    WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask ourselves a question, our subconscious mind attempts to answer it. It looks for examples to prove the ...

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  • Thrive Beyond 55 - March

    As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle S ...

    As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle Show on March 21st in Victoria. My amazing staff and I have organized over 20 of these events. M ...

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  • Reykjavík, Iceland: My Kind of Town

    I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness b ...

    I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness bag on Icelandair, instead of a dry, boring sanitary notification, introduced the Icelandic word ...

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  • Buenos Aires: In Quest of the Blind Pig

    This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, ...

    This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, due to its multiple layers of history. Buenos Aires, Argentina stands waiting to be explored an ...

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  • Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive

    Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art c ...

    Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art captured on record for a century is Victoria-based traditional jazz pianist Toni Blodgett’s insp ...

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  • A Recipe For Living Your Best Life

    Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, ma ...

    Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, making up plays, and singing with her sisters. She has had an exciting life, onstage and off and ...

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  • Dealing with Aggressive Dogs

    Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter ag ...

    Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter aggressive dogs when you’re outdoors, note that they aren’t necessarily vicious. It’s inaccurate ...

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  • Pursue Your Passion

    Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abro ...

    Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abroad as a musician with the likes of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, published thousands of news phot ...

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  • How We Met

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

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  • Living on Purpose

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold i ...

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold in the May 2022 issue of INSPIRED magazine. Richard Wong sent me an email and suggested that he ...

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  • Thrive Beyond 55-February

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even p ...

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even possessions. This year started out with some big changes for me. One of my dearest friends passe ...

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