• 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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  • Reboot - December 2017

    Marlee Hosho Ross is an ordained Zen chaplain, and says she is now “doing the work that I’m meant to do.” ...

    Marlee Hosho Ross is an ordained Zen chaplain, and says she is now “doing the work that I’m meant to do.” Mauro Azzano noticed, when he returned my call, that the last four digits of my phone number s ...

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  • Reboot - November 2017

    Verena Foxx is a Vancouver writer/educator. Each month, she will explore how people across BC are living, ...

    Verena Foxx is a Vancouver writer/educator. Each month, she will explore how people across BC are living, transforming and re-imagining their 55+ lives. ...

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  • Put a Price on Retirement

    Take the time to complete a financial plan as living and retiring in beautiful BC should be enjoyed! ...

    Take the time to complete a financial plan as living and retiring in beautiful BC should be enjoyed! ...

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  • Caring for the Entire Family

    The traditional model of a retirement residence is being transformed by companies that all believe family ...

    The traditional model of a retirement residence is being transformed by companies that all believe family and community values should be first and foremost ...

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  • Okanagan's Summer Stars

    Like the vines from whence their pay cheques originate, these reliable, loyal and skilled employees will ...

    Like the vines from whence their pay cheques originate, these reliable, loyal and skilled employees will bring the heat during the high season ...

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  • Off to Great Places

    After deciding to make a later-life move, Nell Plotnikoff is happy she did - and she isn't looking back. ...

    After deciding to make a later-life move, Nell Plotnikoff is happy she did - and she isn't looking back. ...

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  • Poster Boy for Retirement

    When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had ne ...

    When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had never been in a kayak and didn’t own a bike. He watched as his Island neighbours vigorously pedal ...

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  • Retooling Not Retiring

    "Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have ...

    "Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest." –Georgia O'Keefe, famed American artist Hudson Mack may not ...

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  • On the Loose in Peru

    Like many today, Marian Lowery and husband, Bruce Dolsen, embrace retired life with enthusiasm. Regularly ...

    Like many today, Marian Lowery and husband, Bruce Dolsen, embrace retired life with enthusiasm. Regularly taking on new projects and challenges, they engage their minds, expand their interests and enr ...

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  • Finishing is Winning

    We drive past them on the way to appointments without a second glance. We share space with them on bike p ...

    We drive past them on the way to appointments without a second glance. We share space with them on bike paths and walking trails with little more than casual nods. They go largely unnoticed until the ...

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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 ...

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  • Lawn Bowling: A Sport for Any Age

    Lawn bowling is popular among young and old in Australia and England. There, it’s appreciated as an ideal ...

    Lawn bowling is popular among young and old in Australia and England. There, it’s appreciated as an ideal lifetime sport and social activity for all ages. Here in Canada, lawn bowling is played mostly ...

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  • Where Gringos Roost

    Posing behind a 100-year-old giant tortoise in the Galapagos and knocking knees with a Shaman at a ritual ...

    Posing behind a 100-year-old giant tortoise in the Galapagos and knocking knees with a Shaman at a ritualistic ceremony deep in the Amazon Basin were thrills that entranced us during our first two wee ...

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  • Our Family Christmas Mexican Style

    “How about a Christmas of sun, surf and sand?” gives rise to cheers louder than a mariachi band from our ...

    “How about a Christmas of sun, surf and sand?” gives rise to cheers louder than a mariachi band from our five sons and their families. Being scattered across Canada, it has been a long time since all ...

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