• Music For Life

    Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of t ...

    Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of the year travelling to Leeds, England to care for his widowed mother, he worked as a crisis line ...

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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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  • 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 ...

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  • Traipsing Around Quaint Old Québec

    We discover during this visit to Old Québec that all you need is a good pair of walking shoes and a yearn ...

    We discover during this visit to Old Québec that all you need is a good pair of walking shoes and a yearning to discover this city's colourful past. Come along on our self-guided tour and enjoy some o ...

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  • A Love of Grandparenting

    The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can often be a special one. No one knows that better than ...

    The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can often be a special one. No one knows that better than Pauline Daniel, author of Tuesdays with Jack, a compilation of memoirs and reflections of her ...

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  • Visit Burns Bog

    Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the w ...

    Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the west coast of North America—Burns Bog. That is only a few of the accolades heaped on Burns Bog. ...

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  • Elkhart Lake, WI: Summer the Way it Used to Be

    Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door f ...

    Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door feel of summer: fields of grass, a convivial dining room, a nice beach and long, lazy days to en ...

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  • Evelyn Hart: En Pointe

    “My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my ...

    “My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my brother had perfect pitch. That’s why I ended up in dance. Everyone else had their particular ...

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  • Feeding the Children

    The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine reg ...

    The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine regions is not lost on Fatima Da Silva, chef-operator of the vineyard-based gourmet restaurant Vin ...

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  • Creating Spaces

    “Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what ...

    “Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what it was like to be married at a young age, and how it not only affected their lives but the liv ...

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