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David Vest: Still A Blues Master

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: June 01, 2019
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David Vest: Still A Blues Master

How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out b ...

How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out blues tunes to packed houses? How long can he win awards and write songs? Surely it must slow do ...

June 01, 2019
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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

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|Date: June 01, 2019
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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel ent ...

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel enthusiasts met to launch the 55+ Travel Club in Victoria. Held at the elegant Berwick Royal Oak r ...

June 01, 2019
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Testicular Cancer: What You Need to Know

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|Date: May 02, 2019
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Testicular Cancer: What You Need to Know

With about 1,200 cases of testicular cancer diagnosed each year in Canada, it has become the most common ...

With about 1,200 cases of testicular cancer diagnosed each year in Canada, it has become the most common form of cancer in young men in the county. If you or someone close to you has been recently dia ...

May 02, 2019
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Reboot – May 2019

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|Date: May 01, 2019
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Reboot – May 2019

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver ...

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver neighbourhood elementary school in False Creek. He first engages students with his voice and g ...

May 01, 2019
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Volunteering

Posted by Joseph Blake
|Date: May 01, 2019
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Volunteering

When I took the buy-out from Victoria’s Times Colonist after over two decades as their popular music colu ...

When I took the buy-out from Victoria’s Times Colonist after over two decades as their popular music columnist and later, Go-Explore page and travel writer, I never imagined I'd spend the rest of my l ...

May 01, 2019
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Janet Austin: For Queen and Country

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Janet Austin: For Queen and Country

Tucked away behind the rhododendrons, hostas and hellebores two-and-a-half kilometres west of the Legisla ...

Tucked away behind the rhododendrons, hostas and hellebores two-and-a-half kilometres west of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria’s Government House is a local landmark. The surrounding gardens featuri ...

April 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instea ...

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instead of going “cold turkey.” And that’s exactly what the former Vancouver teacher did. Post retire ...

April 01, 2019
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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

Posted by Toni O'Keeffe
|Date: February 28, 2019
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Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that wo ...

Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that would “complete” them. “Why do you want to be complete? And, why do you think another person coul ...

February 28, 2019
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Mr. Dressed Up

Posted by John Kelly
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Mr. Dressed Up

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling ...

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling What better way to get dressed than to have someone else dress you? I’m not sure, but I don’t t ...

October 01, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: July 01, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms ...

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms large.” ~ Dale L. Baker, author Herb Bryce knows about holes. He lived down one for a portion o ...

July 01, 2018
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One Size Does Not Fit All

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: June 01, 2018
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One Size Does Not Fit All

If you had a choice of how you lived with a partner, what would it be? For previous generations, there wa ...

If you had a choice of how you lived with a partner, what would it be? For previous generations, there was a choice. In the 19th century, husbands and wives often had their own bedrooms. This option i ...

June 01, 2018
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How to Live to 100: Tips from the World’s Oldest People

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|Date: May 02, 2018
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How to Live to 100: Tips from the World’s Oldest People

Living to 100 is easier than ever before. In the UK, while the percentage of centenarians is small, they ...

Living to 100 is easier than ever before. In the UK, while the percentage of centenarians is small, they are the fastest-growing age group in the country. With over 14,910 100-year-olds in the UK (and ...

May 02, 2018
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A Self-Reliant Man

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: April 01, 2017
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A Self-Reliant Man

A large maple — we call him the Captain — commands the backyard and provides welcoming shade for our deck ...

A large maple — we call him the Captain — commands the backyard and provides welcoming shade for our deck. His leafy limbs rise high above our two-storey house and his girth and rugged character sugge ...

April 01, 2017
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At Home in Africa

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: May 01, 2015
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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 ...

May 01, 2015
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Free Weights or Machines?

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: September 01, 2014
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Free Weights or Machines?

Working out at the fitness centre can be a technical nightmare. Some of those gadgets in the gym are pret ...

Working out at the fitness centre can be a technical nightmare. Some of those gadgets in the gym are pretty intimidating to a first-time visitor. Although machines are a great tool to achieving overal ...

September 01, 2014
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