• At Home in Africa

    “Do you want to go to Africa or get married?” And, with that Bob and Helen Nation embarked on a life plan ...

    “Do you want to go to Africa or get married?” And, with that Bob and Helen Nation embarked on a life plan that continued from the day they graduated university to today as a retired couple living in D ...

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  • Old Dame; Young Heart

    In the early sixties, when Hilly was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, she worked as a s ...

    In the early sixties, when Hilly was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, she worked as a stylist for a well-known designer while she designed and sewed clothes for her friends to make a ...

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  • Beautiful Blissful Bali

    Our usual budget-mode of travel is thrown to the soft tropical breezes. Rick and I decide to lavish ourse ...

    Our usual budget-mode of travel is thrown to the soft tropical breezes. Rick and I decide to lavish ourselves in a bit of luxury… heck, über-pampering even. After all, it is our Wedding Anniversary we ...

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  • Don't Be Snookered by Great-Gran's Age

    Norma Spencer, as the oldest participant in the 2009 Richmond BC Seniors Games, was bestowed the honour o ...

    Norma Spencer, as the oldest participant in the 2009 Richmond BC Seniors Games, was bestowed the honour of torchbearer to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony in the Olympic Oval. The Games, whi ...

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  • Ella Lee: Summer Breeze

    During the first week of September 1995, Ella Lee walked onto the track area of the BC Senior Games in Ol ...

    During the first week of September 1995, Ella Lee walked onto the track area of the BC Senior Games in Oliver, and wondered what she was doing there. She knew she was entering some races in a track me ...

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  • A Time For Giving

    At this time of year, being overwhelmed by an avalanche of toys couldn't make the Salvation Army's Jim te ...

    At this time of year, being overwhelmed by an avalanche of toys couldn't make the Salvation Army's Jim ten Hove happier. Toys arrive at the Salvation Army year round, but it's after the annual Naden B ...

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  • Learning the Pipes

    The movie audience sat in rapt expectation as Rob Roy, arrested and taken to London, was led by a lone ba ...

    The movie audience sat in rapt expectation as Rob Roy, arrested and taken to London, was led by a lone bagpiper, to his interview with the powers that be. A pause in the on-screen sound, much to the a ...

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  • Life on the Lights

    "I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her hers ...

    "I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her herself when she was 19 and headed out on her own from Ellerslie, Alberta to Vancouver. Unbeknownst ...

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