• SHOULD YOU EXERCISE WHEN ILL?

    Feeling under the weather? Let your symptoms decide whether to skip your workout. Light exercise is gener ...

    Feeling under the weather? Let your symptoms decide whether to skip your workout. Light exercise is generally safe, especially if you’re a reasonably fit person with ‘above-the-neck’ symptoms of illne ...

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  • LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in ...

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in bed; in the easy chair journalling; or at my desk writing a draft of something to be submitted. ...

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  • HOW WE MET

    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago fro ...

    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago from her high school sweetheart, whom she met at age seven, dated at 17, and eventually married. “ ...

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  • IF I COULD SPEAK TO MY 50-YEAR-OLD SELF

    For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other s ...

    For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other scientific marvels would allow us to send a message back to our 50-year-old selves, what would t ...

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  • WALKING MEDITATION TO REDUCE STRESS

    A recent survey by Nanos Research found that 46 per cent of Canadians feel more stressed, up from 21 per ...

    A recent survey by Nanos Research found that 46 per cent of Canadians feel more stressed, up from 21 per cent pre-pandemic. Stress is a natural response to any event in our lives, and triggers may inc ...

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  • DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

    Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...

    Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...

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  • ROAMING GREAT BRITAIN

    The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather ...

    The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather. I welcome the brisk breeze from the North Sea, as even Britain, known for its cool, grey weat ...

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  • KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT: HAWAII’S FIRST KING

    Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Is ...

    Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Island… A lifelike statue in little Kapa’au town honours this extraordinary king. Heading west, w ...

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  • GOING WITH THE FLOW IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

    When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I ...

    When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I were on a Viking European River cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, but because of high water le ...

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  • ODE TO A CANADIAN WINTER

    Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbi ...

    Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbirds among us, the thought of not spending our winter under a palm tree in Mexico or in a golf c ...

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  • IF HORSES COULD FLY

    As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose gr ...

    As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose grunting and crashing through the bush 25 metres away. At the tail end of another 100 days of fly ...

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  • Adventure Awaits in Costa Rica

    “Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. ...

    “Costa Rica is different from any place I’ve ever visited,” says INSPIRED Magazine columnist Pat Nichol. Along with Collette and a group of fellow adventurers, Pat will travel to the Central American ...

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  • The Ageless Beauty of Women

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egy ...

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egypt; white powdered faces in the 18th century; or a curvy feminine shape in the 1950s. Over the ...

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  • Vic Sarin: The Art of the Possible

    “My whole journey has been to experience life and I don’t know of any other profession as rich as mine th ...

    “My whole journey has been to experience life and I don’t know of any other profession as rich as mine that allows you to do that. I’ve travelled the world a million times over and lived in so many pl ...

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  • Reboot - October 2017

    Barries Webster relocated to Victoria from Winnipeg after a multi-faceted analytical chemistry career. Lu ...

    Barries Webster relocated to Victoria from Winnipeg after a multi-faceted analytical chemistry career. Lucy Russell knew when she was 10 years old that home design was her passion. ...

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