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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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    Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing

    Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getti ...

    Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.” “Sixty is the new 40.” And so on. When it comes to the topic ...

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    Thrive Beyond 55: May

    This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for pe ...

    This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for people, animals and the environment. Several years ago, I met with one of the charities that ran ...

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    Thrive Beyond 55 - April

    Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Cov ...

    Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Covid-19 cases escalated and government restrictions increased to meet the pandemic tsunami, it wa ...

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    Michael Kluckner: Vancouver's Cultural Geographer

    The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the la ...

    The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the launch of Michael Kluckner’s new graphic novel The Rooming House. The Youngbloods, Steppenwolf, D ...

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    Charlevoix and the new Charlevoix Club Med

    Venturing out to the Club Med Charlevoix, northeast of Québec City, is akin to visiting a new country. Th ...

    Venturing out to the Club Med Charlevoix, northeast of Québec City, is akin to visiting a new country. The vistas looking upstream over the St. Lawrence River are enticing and maddeningly unfamiliar. ...

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    In My DNA

    Throughout her life, Valerie Green has never been far from a pen and paper. “I started writing when I was ...

    Throughout her life, Valerie Green has never been far from a pen and paper. “I started writing when I was a child. I always knew I wanted to write. I see a story in everything,” she says. Possessed wi ...

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    Culinary Lavender

    Lavender, one of the most popular smells in human history, has been celebrated worldwide for over 2,500 y ...

    Lavender, one of the most popular smells in human history, has been celebrated worldwide for over 2,500 years. The ancient Egyptians used this flowering herb for its potent fragrance during mummificat ...

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    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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