• Across the Miles

    About a quarter of all family caregivers live long distance. Getting a true sense of how well their loved ...

    About a quarter of all family caregivers live long distance. Getting a true sense of how well their loved one is doing can be difficult to judge over the phone. Some elderly parents forget what the do ...

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  • A Home for One and All

    Have you ever felt insecure about having a roof over your head? For more and more people – young and old ...

    Have you ever felt insecure about having a roof over your head? For more and more people – young and old – in Victoria and Vancouver, the concept of having a secure place to live is becoming an unatta ...

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  • Detoxing: Myth or Magic?

    Barring any mitigating factors (like certain illness or medications), if you’ve gained weight, it’s likel ...

    Barring any mitigating factors (like certain illness or medications), if you’ve gained weight, it’s likely due to poor lifestyle habits. And the only way to fix that is to focus on behaviour changes. ...

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  • Taming Market Volatility Through Diversification

    One of the proven ways to reach your long-term financial goals is through an investment technique known a ...

    One of the proven ways to reach your long-term financial goals is through an investment technique known as diversification. Diversification basically means spreading out your invested money across dif ...

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  • Rise Up!

    The gowns were resplendent and the music uplifting. “It was fun. We all danced in our wheelchairs,” says ...

    The gowns were resplendent and the music uplifting. “It was fun. We all danced in our wheelchairs,” says entrepreneur Tabassum Chagani as she recounts her experience participating in the 2017 Miss Whe ...

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  • Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

    Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fil ...

    Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fill the void with our own end-of-August adventure, one that would entail minimum planning and pre ...

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  • Ignite Your Senses in Portugal

    Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart a ...

    Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart ache to stroll the cobbled lanes of quaint villages and bustling town squares? Or do you long to ...

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  • The Heart of Yoga

    After walking, yoga is one of the most popular leisure activities in Canada. Even though yoga has been re ...

    After walking, yoga is one of the most popular leisure activities in Canada. Even though yoga has been regularly practiced for over 2,000 years in Eastern cultures, particularly India, it’s only in th ...

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  • Carving out an Active Life

    Sculpture is arguably the most enduring manifestation of fine art that humans the world over have produce ...

    Sculpture is arguably the most enduring manifestation of fine art that humans the world over have produced. The three-dimensional figures – like the tiny Paleolithic Age Venus of Willendorf from over ...

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  • 21st Century Vietnam and Cambodia Revealed

    When I decided to visit Vietnam and Cambodia, I checked with my travel agent to see what was available. I ...

    When I decided to visit Vietnam and Cambodia, I checked with my travel agent to see what was available. I decided on Exodus Travels because of their stellar reputation and their comprehensive guide to ...

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  • Joy Fera: Going for Gold

    Winning athletic medals is nothing new for Joy Fera of Tsawwassen, BC. As a member of Canada’s rowing tea ...

    Winning athletic medals is nothing new for Joy Fera of Tsawwassen, BC. As a member of Canada’s rowing team at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she recorded a 7th-place finish in the Coxed Four, the ...

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  • In Praise of Loving Touch

    People are generally living longer, but are they thriving in their later years? Clinical psychologist, Am ...

    People are generally living longer, but are they thriving in their later years? Clinical psychologist, Ami Rokach studies loneliness and says lonely seniors are a serious public health issue, and the ...

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  • Time for a Portfolio Spring Cleaning

    Ahh, the arrival of spring. After a long, wet winter, it’s a welcomed breath of fresh air. For you, it’s ...

    Ahh, the arrival of spring. After a long, wet winter, it’s a welcomed breath of fresh air. For you, it’s an opportunity to think strategically about your portfolios for the coming year. What better wa ...

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  • Reboot - March 2018

    JOYCE BEDDOW-BUCKLAND and PHYLLIS RAINEY became angels of Ashcroft after the July 2017 wildfires tore thr ...

    JOYCE BEDDOW-BUCKLAND and PHYLLIS RAINEY became angels of Ashcroft after the July 2017 wildfires tore through their community and went on to quickly destroy a 49-home seniors trailer park in nearby Bo ...

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  • Find Pleasure Everywhere

    Learning to cultivate pleasure and invite it into all areas of our lives – no matter what else is happeni ...

    Learning to cultivate pleasure and invite it into all areas of our lives – no matter what else is happening – is a skill. Sometimes, when life is bearing down, it can be difficult to seek out pleasure ...

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