• Reboot July 2020

    MIA JOHNSON returned to Vancouver after living in California to complete an art history degree at Emily C ...

    MIA JOHNSON returned to Vancouver after living in California to complete an art history degree at Emily Carr School of Art. She followed that up with a master’s degree and then a PhD in computer techn ...

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  • Reboot April 2020

    PETER PHILLIPS says his upbringing in the British Midlands framed his lifelong values and philosophies th ...

    PETER PHILLIPS says his upbringing in the British Midlands framed his lifelong values and philosophies that include a strong work ethic and a commitment to family and community. Peter Phillips “It’s a ...

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  • REBOOT March 2020

    ROSEMARY NOWICKI found her poetic voice after she closed a successful contemporary furniture store in Van ...

    ROSEMARY NOWICKI found her poetic voice after she closed a successful contemporary furniture store in Vancouver in 2013. The former co-owner of entreNous, with partners Karen Nordin and Espe Thorleifs ...

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  • REBOOT February 2020

    ANNETTE DUCHARME is all charm! The accomplished Diamond award-winning Franco-Ontarian pop and rock singer ...

    ANNETTE DUCHARME is all charm! The accomplished Diamond award-winning Franco-Ontarian pop and rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer, originally from Windsor, has called Vancouver home since t ...

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  • Reboot January 2020

    KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Albe ...

    KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Alberta 40 years ago. “I was a closet player until I turned 50, and then I came out playing harmoni ...

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  • REBOOT December 2019

    DON and COLLEEN THOMSON relocated themselves and their business, DonCol Nature Products, to Salmon Arm fr ...

    DON and COLLEEN THOMSON relocated themselves and their business, DonCol Nature Products, to Salmon Arm from Abbotsford to be closer to their children and grandchildren. The couple wanted “to have more ...

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  • REBOOT- November 2019

    Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the ...

    Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the globe to volunteer or furthering her formal education, she finds renewed inspiration by regene ...

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  • Reboot- October 2019

    Former actor, and theatre board member Rob Haynes. Photo credit: Carollyne Sinclaire. ROB HAYNES received ...

    Former actor, and theatre board member Rob Haynes. Photo credit: Carollyne Sinclaire. ROB HAYNES received the Mayor’s Award of Excellence for Civic Volunteers in his native Vancouver in 2016, the same ...

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  • Reboot- August 2019

    Vancouver School Board member Barb Parrott. Photo courtesy of Barb Parrott. BARB PARROTT was still underg ...

    Vancouver School Board member Barb Parrott. Photo courtesy of Barb Parrott. BARB PARROTT was still undergoing radiation therapy last year when she decided it was time to run for a civic election seat ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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  • Cynthia Dale: Entertainment's Triple Threat

    “I’m the lowly producer. That’s what they call me. I’m learning.” Actor Cynthia Dale, well-known for her ...

    “I’m the lowly producer. That’s what they call me. I’m learning.” Actor Cynthia Dale, well-known for her mastery of stage, screen and television, reflects on her new role. Not only is she the lead in ...

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  • Reboot - March 2019

    DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian archi ...

    DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian architects and engineers, was a pioneer in her fields of civic and computer engineering. “I was the ...

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  • Reboot - February 2019

    IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (T ...

    IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (The Drop – Why Young People Don’t Vote) and author, recently launched his newest work to an audi ...

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  • Reboot - January 2019

    THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could ...

    THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could find in his childhood home. “I’ve wanted to know what makes things work since I was four when I ...

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