Tag: senior living | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 12

The Healing Power of Music

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: April 28, 2023
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The Healing Power of Music

A group of Alzheimer’s patients gather in the recreation room of the care facility, my mom is one of them ...

A group of Alzheimer’s patients gather in the recreation room of the care facility, my mom is one of them. She sits in a chair, off to the side. Her eyes are vacant; her mind is somewhere far away. Th ...

April 28, 2023
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The Worth of Water

Posted by Brent Stumph
|Date: April 28, 2023
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The Worth of Water

The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contamina ...

The water truck moves slowly up the gently sloping hill, carrying 20,000 litres of precious but contaminated agua, to Buena Vista. It passes by a graveyard, with vultures lurking in the shadows of the ...

April 28, 2023
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Volunteers Find Perfect Match Helping Women In Need

Posted by Jesmina Biserovic
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Volunteers Find Perfect Match Helping Women In Need

Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four r ...

Women In Need (WIN) is a non-profit community service cooperative consisting of an online shop and four resale stores in Victoria, BC (Cook St, Saanich Centre, Pandora St, and Westside Village). Reven ...

April 28, 2023
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Opening Their Homes And Hearts

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Opening Their Homes And Hearts

Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home ...

Visiting a pet rescue website or your local BCSPCA and seeing the animals that are waiting for a new home, you may want to rush out, buy a farm, and adopt them all. Perhaps more pragmatically, you can ...

April 28, 2023
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Discovering Wonder In My Own Backyard

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Discovering Wonder In My Own Backyard

“The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, ...

“The tug is the drug,” says Cam, my fly-fishing guide, and after my first catch of a small rainbow trout, I’m hooked. We’re fishing from a small flat-bottomed fishing boat that you can stand up in, ca ...

April 28, 2023
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Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing

Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getti ...

Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.” “Sixty is the new 40.” And so on. When it comes to the topic ...

April 28, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55: May

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55: May

This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for pe ...

This month we celebrate the many worthy charities in our communities that help to make life better for people, animals and the environment. Several years ago, I met with one of the charities that ran ...

April 28, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – April

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – April

Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Cov ...

Three years ago, I was forced to make the difficult decision to close the magazine for two months. As Covid-19 cases escalated and government restrictions increased to meet the pandemic tsunami, it wa ...

March 29, 2023
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer

The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the la ...

The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the launch of Michael Kluckner’s new graphic novel The Rooming House. The Youngbloods, Steppenwolf, D ...

March 29, 2023
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Charlevoix and the new Charlevoix Club Med

Posted by Bruce Sach
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Charlevoix and the new Charlevoix Club Med

Venturing out to the Club Med Charlevoix, northeast of Québec City, is akin to visiting a new country. Th ...

Venturing out to the Club Med Charlevoix, northeast of Québec City, is akin to visiting a new country. The vistas looking upstream over the St. Lawrence River are enticing and maddeningly unfamiliar. ...

March 29, 2023
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In My DNA

Posted by Sam Margolis
|Date: March 29, 2023
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In My DNA

Throughout her life, Valerie Green has never been far from a pen and paper. “I started writing when I was ...

Throughout her life, Valerie Green has never been far from a pen and paper. “I started writing when I was a child. I always knew I wanted to write. I see a story in everything,” she says. Possessed wi ...

March 29, 2023
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Culinary Lavender

Posted by Nancy J Schaaf, RN
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Culinary Lavender

Lavender, one of the most popular smells in human history, has been celebrated worldwide for over 2,500 y ...

Lavender, one of the most popular smells in human history, has been celebrated worldwide for over 2,500 years. The ancient Egyptians used this flowering herb for its potent fragrance during mummificat ...

March 29, 2023
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Tips For Back Pain Relief

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Tips For Back Pain Relief

Got an ache in the back? Join the crowd. Back pain is the most common injury complaint. Almost one-third ...

Got an ache in the back? Join the crowd. Back pain is the most common injury complaint. Almost one-third of Canadians experience it. Pain is classified as either chronic or acute. The most common caus ...

March 29, 2023
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Getaway To Gananoque

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Getaway To Gananoque

“Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and ...

“Welcome to Gananoque,” my husband reads, pronouncing it incorrectly, as we cruise beneath the stone and timber archway. “It’s actually Gan-an-ock-way,” I respond, sounding out each syllable, “and it ...

March 29, 2023
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Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup som ...

As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup somewhere in Canada. There is, in Laurierville, close to Québec City. Canada accounts for 75 per c ...

March 29, 2023
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