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    Creating Spaces

    “Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what ...

    “Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what it was like to be married at a young age, and how it not only affected their lives but the liv ...

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    My Eyes Are Never Stopping

    "They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to ...

    "They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to stay and Brett will do all the driving.” Road trips are commonplace for Anne, her youngest dau ...

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    Using Opioids for Pain

    Pain control is an issue in times of illness or injury, but the medications used to address the pain can ...

    Pain control is an issue in times of illness or injury, but the medications used to address the pain can carry a double-edged sword that we need to be aware of. Outside the drug culture that makes new ...

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    Peter Legge: Empire Builder

    If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legg ...

    If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legge or at least one of his publications. TV Week is one of 30 print and digital properties that m ...

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    Connected to the Sea

    “My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. ...

    “My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. I feel I’m more open about how things are falling in my life. I’ve learned about the laws of t ...

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    Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

    At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she h ...

    At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she had won the CBC Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. She was sure neither luck nor magic had ...

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    Minerva's Owl: The Bereavement Phase of My Marriage, by Carol Matthews

    In Minerva’s Owl, Carol Matthews reflects on Hegel’s observation that the owl of Minerva, the Roman godde ...

    In Minerva’s Owl, Carol Matthews reflects on Hegel’s observation that the owl of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, spreads its wings only at twilight. Understanding comes late in life and, as Hege ...

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    Mother of the Main Event

    While most brides will don a white (or white-ish) gown, the fashion rules are less clear for the beloved ...

    While most brides will don a white (or white-ish) gown, the fashion rules are less clear for the beloved mother of the bride or groom. ...

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    He Moved In

    We knew there would be adjustments. But we didn’t realize what it would be like to combine two households ...

    We knew there would be adjustments. But we didn’t realize what it would be like to combine two households into one, small condo… and two lives. ...

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    The Price of Freedom

    At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly ...

    At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly and has hearing problems, he is an iconic gentleman, one of the few veterans of the Second Worl ...

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    Heart-Driven Hippy

    If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspe ...

    If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspendered septuagenarian is constantly on the go. By his count, Valdy has played an average of 200 ...

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    Attached to Nature

    An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loome ...

    An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loomed before me. The dry heat and dust of Africa rose around us. I was nervous and felt vulnerable, ...

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    Living Apart Together

    When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycli ...

    When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycling buddy and maybe a new friend. In the late afternoon of their lives, neither of them had anti ...

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    Going for Everything

    Being the founder and CEO of the world's largest fitness club owned by a single individual doesn't happen ...

    Being the founder and CEO of the world's largest fitness club owned by a single individual doesn't happen overnight. And it doesn't happen by accident – unless it does. David Patchell-Evans, affection ...

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    Life Layers

    Marjorie Horne poses before the “Spirit of Sail,” but by the time this sculpture was erected in 1978, the ...

    Marjorie Horne poses before the “Spirit of Sail,” but by the time this sculpture was erected in 1978, the waterfront in downtown Kelowna was old-hat to Marjorie. Her family moved to the valley communi ...

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