• Living On Purpose

    Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the ...

    Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the holiday season, you’re in good company. For many years, I participated in a very merry season, ...

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  • David Sinclair: Hooked On Helping

    When it comes to volunteering, David Sinclair can’t say no. Since retiring in 1994, he has raised money f ...

    When it comes to volunteering, David Sinclair can’t say no. Since retiring in 1994, he has raised money for numerous causes, secured housing for seniors, helped fellow veterans transition to civilian ...

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  • Weaving Through History At Colossal Cave Mountain Park

    The fit spelunkers suit up with hard hats and headlamps. They’re told to remove cumbersome backpacks that ...

    The fit spelunkers suit up with hard hats and headlamps. They’re told to remove cumbersome backpacks that may hamper their maneuverability through claustrophobically confined spaces. “Does anyone feel ...

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  • Pender's Fired-Up Volunteers

    Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-ol ...

    Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-old Ben Shugar emerges from the live fire training facility on Pender Island. He’s tired but ener ...

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  • Unstoppable

    At 65, and blind, Victoria’s Doris Belusic does not allow the lack of sight to serve as an obstacle to a ...

    At 65, and blind, Victoria’s Doris Belusic does not allow the lack of sight to serve as an obstacle to a full and meaningful life. She is a poet, non-fiction writer, children’s book author, magazine e ...

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  • Thrive Beyond 55 - October

    Each month, we ask our featured cover person what they would tell their 20-year-old self. Without fail, i ...

    Each month, we ask our featured cover person what they would tell their 20-year-old self. Without fail, it’s sage advice. Something they couldn’t have envisioned in their youth; something which has be ...

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  • Chef Don Guthro Today's Special: Help And Hope

    D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach ...

    D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach features a rustic grass enclosure where hungry diners feast at weather-beaten picnic tables. I ...

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  • Carb Cycling

    Carb Cycling is a diet that strategically alternates your carbohydrate (carb) intake over days, weeks or ...

    Carb Cycling is a diet that strategically alternates your carbohydrate (carb) intake over days, weeks or months. Advocates say the diet helps with fat loss and improves athletic performance. That’s wh ...

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  • London's Favourite Haunts

    He’s dressed from head to toe in raven black and melds seamlessly into the pitch-dark night. In one hand ...

    He’s dressed from head to toe in raven black and melds seamlessly into the pitch-dark night. In one hand is an umbrella that doubles as a cane. In the other, a flashlight, waiting to come to life. Tim ...

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  • Legendary Guatemala

    Guatemala has many narratives. This remarkable country and welcoming citizens invite you to discover its ...

    Guatemala has many narratives. This remarkable country and welcoming citizens invite you to discover its beauty and mystery, from fascinating Mayan culture and Spanish colonial cities to active volcan ...

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  • Camino Sisters

    Neighbours sparked my initial interest in Camino de Santiago. They enthusiastically described walking par ...

    Neighbours sparked my initial interest in Camino de Santiago. They enthusiastically described walking parts of pilgrimage routes through towns in France, Spain and Portugal. All routes eventually led ...

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  • Living On Purpose

    October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harves ...

    October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harvested, and pumpkins become abundant and found on so many front entrances. Corn mazes and pumpkin ...

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  • How We Met

    VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova S ...

    VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova Scotia Department of Education & Early Childhood Development in 2014, Virginia moved from Ha ...

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  • Thrive Beyond 55 - September

    Several months ago our columnist, Laurie Mueller, wrote about coffee mugs – how their shape, colour or me ...

    Several months ago our columnist, Laurie Mueller, wrote about coffee mugs – how their shape, colour or message impacts us. Today I was thinking about the message on one of my mugs that says, “Life isn ...

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  • Loutet Farm And Its Multiple Hats

    I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the marke ...

    I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the market. The Loutet team is hard at it, farming in my backyard (FIMBY), and it entails farm duties wh ...

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