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    Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

    One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Livin ...

    One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Living. Set in beautiful Minoru Park in the heart of Richmond, the 33,000 square foot seniors centre ...

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    Justifying the Cost of Retirement Housing

    Sticker shock is a significant deterrent for families searching for the next level in care for their love ...

    Sticker shock is a significant deterrent for families searching for the next level in care for their loved one. Monthly fees for senior care range from around $1,400 to $6,000, according to the Govern ...

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    Salt Spring Rambles

    Learning of the numerous parks on BC’s largest Gulf Island inspires an April hiking holiday on Salt Sprin ...

    Learning of the numerous parks on BC’s largest Gulf Island inspires an April hiking holiday on Salt Spring. Our walkabouts begin just north of Vesuvius Bay with a pastoral two-kilometre stroll around ...

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    High Energy and High Living in the High Country

    Holding tightly onto a chain embedded in the side of a mountain while negotiating a steep, narrow trail a ...

    Holding tightly onto a chain embedded in the side of a mountain while negotiating a steep, narrow trail above a pristine lake had not entered my imagination when my husband and I signed up for a hikin ...

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    Into the Northwest Passage

    Before I boarded, I knew surprisingly little about the Northwest Passage, except that it has more polar b ...

    Before I boarded, I knew surprisingly little about the Northwest Passage, except that it has more polar bears than humans – and no trees. As I read about the Arctic temperatures in August, and necessi ...

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    Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

    Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fil ...

    Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fill the void with our own end-of-August adventure, one that would entail minimum planning and pre ...

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    The Heart of Yoga

    After walking, yoga is one of the most popular leisure activities in Canada. Even though yoga has been re ...

    After walking, yoga is one of the most popular leisure activities in Canada. Even though yoga has been regularly practiced for over 2,000 years in Eastern cultures, particularly India, it’s only in th ...

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    Building Community in the Third Act

    What are today’s choices for living an engaged and meaningful life when staying at home is no longer an o ...

    What are today’s choices for living an engaged and meaningful life when staying at home is no longer an option? Jane Fonda, in a TED Talk in her mid 70s, famously referred to the now 30+ years of life ...

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    A Love Story

    This is a love story. Not your usual love story. It is a story about the love a community can share from ...

    This is a love story. Not your usual love story. It is a story about the love a community can share from a distance. On a brilliantly sunny day in December, I was on Salt Spring Island, a 45-minute fe ...

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    Still Faster, Higher and Stronger

    Seniors are certainly motivated to stay active. Here are some who’ve had a head start… without jumping th ...

    Seniors are certainly motivated to stay active. Here are some who’ve had a head start… without jumping the gun. ...

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    Martial Arts for Fun and Fitness

    Much more than just physical exercise, martial arts is said to exercise the whole person. The combination ...

    Much more than just physical exercise, martial arts is said to exercise the whole person. The combination of body awareness and relaxation can improve both physical and emotional health, reduce stress ...

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    Rafting the Grand Canyon

    Stirring awake, your eyes flutter and focus. You see the constellation Orion, enormous and speckled with ...

    Stirring awake, your eyes flutter and focus. You see the constellation Orion, enormous and speckled with rarely-seen tiny stars, fading in the predawn darkness. Then, the sound of rushing water, gurgl ...

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    Bill Nikolai: Flybrarian

    Bill’s passions include skiing, SCUBA diving and paragliding. The list is by no means exhaustive; it scra ...

    Bill’s passions include skiing, SCUBA diving and paragliding. The list is by no means exhaustive; it scratches the surface of the breadth of his recreation. ...

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    Hut to Hut in Norway

    My husband, Chris, and I had joined a Norwegian Trekking Association group to travel on Nordic skis acros ...

    My husband, Chris, and I had joined a Norwegian Trekking Association group to travel on Nordic skis across mountain regions of Norway. ...

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    Pas de Deux

    David Roland and Amalia Schelhorn continue to dance through life. They both had distinguished careers in ...

    David Roland and Amalia Schelhorn continue to dance through life. They both had distinguished careers in ballet as “youngsters,” ...

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