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Thrive Beyond 55: January/February

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: December 30, 2025
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Thrive Beyond 55: January/February

Holding The Centre In A Fractured World As Canadians, we often speak with pride about our diversity. We t ...

Holding The Centre In A Fractured World As Canadians, we often speak with pride about our diversity. We tell ourselves—and the world—that people from many cultures, faiths, and backgrounds have found ...

December 30, 2025
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JIM CUDDY AT 70: Four Decades of Music, Family, and Canadian Pride

Posted by Jennifer Hartley
|Date: December 30, 2025
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JIM CUDDY AT 70: Four Decades of Music, Family, and Canadian Pride

It has been a whirlwind couple of years for Canadian music giant Jim Cuddy—well, more like 40 years. The ...

It has been a whirlwind couple of years for Canadian music giant Jim Cuddy—well, more like 40 years. The year 2024 marked the 40th anniversary of his band Blue Rodeo, his induction into the Canadian S ...

December 30, 2025
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BERNARD CUFFLING: Still Treading the Boards

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|Date: December 30, 2025
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BERNARD CUFFLING: Still Treading the Boards

Legendary Vancouver actor Bernard Cuffling is an unapologetic name-dropper. And why shouldn’t he be? He h ...

Legendary Vancouver actor Bernard Cuffling is an unapologetic name-dropper. And why shouldn’t he be? He has rubbed shoulders with theatrical heavyweights John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, John Neville, ...

December 30, 2025
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UNRETIREMENT: Going Back To Work At 67

Posted by Joan Thompson
|Date: December 30, 2025
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UNRETIREMENT: Going Back To Work At 67

“Why was Cronus so envious of Zeus?” asks one of the students in the grade five class. “He was worried th ...

“Why was Cronus so envious of Zeus?” asks one of the students in the grade five class. “He was worried that his sons would simply take control of everything,” I reply, delighted that the student share ...

December 30, 2025
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CRUISING SOUTHWEST FRANCE: A Taste of Bordeaux

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: December 30, 2025
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CRUISING SOUTHWEST FRANCE: A Taste of Bordeaux

A bullet train from Montparnasse Station whisks our family threesome out of Paris. Leaving rural villages ...

A bullet train from Montparnasse Station whisks our family threesome out of Paris. Leaving rural villages and rolling countryside behind, we arrive at Gare St-Jean in Bordeaux within two hours. There, ...

December 30, 2025
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Escape to the Tropics

Posted by Marilyn Jones
|Date: December 30, 2025
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Escape to the Tropics

I had never experienced the West Indies, although I had explored many of the Caribbean islands in both th ...

I had never experienced the West Indies, although I had explored many of the Caribbean islands in both the eastern and western regions. Viking Ocean Cruises offers the perfect way to rectify this with ...

December 30, 2025
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Canal Cruising Through Haarlem’s Golden Past

Posted by Sher Hackwell
|Date: December 30, 2025
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Canal Cruising Through Haarlem’s Golden Past

Chet Baker streams from a Bluetooth speaker as I step into de Cornelia, Skipper Jeroen Hagen’s open sloop ...

Chet Baker streams from a Bluetooth speaker as I step into de Cornelia, Skipper Jeroen Hagen’s open sloop. Jeroen, owner of Haarlem Canal Tours, is a lifelong Harlemmer who knows the city inside and o ...

December 30, 2025
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Spellbound With Snow

Posted by Jocelyn Garwood
|Date: December 30, 2025
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Spellbound With Snow

It always amazes me how we humans can regard the same thing from such different viewpoints. Some of us ma ...

It always amazes me how we humans can regard the same thing from such different viewpoints. Some of us marvel at things that others may disregard. Some of us find beauty in a setting that others find ...

December 30, 2025
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Living On Purpose: Yoga & The Meaning Of Life

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: December 30, 2025
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Living On Purpose: Yoga & The Meaning Of Life

It was a rainy winter day. I hadn’t slept much the night before, having had afternoon tea with friends an ...

It was a rainy winter day. I hadn’t slept much the night before, having had afternoon tea with friends and forgetting that caffeine would keep me awake all night! When I finally did get to sleep—after ...

December 30, 2025
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