• Many of us have a fear of missing out – a fear that once we reach a certain age, we are “too old” to try ...

    Many of us have a fear of missing out – a fear that once we reach a certain age, we are “too old” to try anything new. Instead, we watch from the sidelines as the younger generation takes part in acti ...

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  • Reboot - November 2018

    PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delig ...

    PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delight the eye,” says the former advertising agency owner. “I needed to step aside from that and pu ...

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  • Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phras ...

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phrase is attributed to Nathan Myhrvold, the American author of the six-volume series Modernist Cuis ...

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  • Reboot - October 2018

    DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save ...

    DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save the Frogs Day in Vancouver schools, is adamant about leaving a civic legacy of diversity that e ...

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  • Reboot September 2018

    JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 succes ...

    JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 successful years as a jazz performer in Germany and Spain’s luxury hotels. The vivacious musician say ...

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  • Reboot August 2018

    LINDA DICKEY, a four-time volunteer builder with Habitat for Humanity Canada, says she has always believe ...

    LINDA DICKEY, a four-time volunteer builder with Habitat for Humanity Canada, says she has always believed that “housing is the game changer” when it comes to improving a family’s life. She’s put her ...

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  • Russ Froese: Still Curious

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I a ...

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I am actively involved with them,” he says. “They are young and it’s a good time to be there.” He ...

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  • A Visit Home

    “So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our ea ...

    “So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our early years can call us back with a visceral urge. My BC childhood landscape held a fusion of emo ...

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  • The Comfort & Connection of Food

    Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part o ...

    Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part of celebration, connection with family and a source of comfort. But in the last few years, food ...

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  • Reboot June 2018

    JUNE KATZ has been singing vocals with acclaimed jazz pianist MILES BLACK accompanying her on both piano ...

    JUNE KATZ has been singing vocals with acclaimed jazz pianist MILES BLACK accompanying her on both piano and guitar since she was a part owner and music manager at Alma Street Café, Vancouver’s premie ...

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  • Darcy Rota: Head Down, Follow Through

    Everyone is a household name… even if it’s only in their house. “With the 13th pick overall, the Chicago ...

    Everyone is a household name… even if it’s only in their house. “With the 13th pick overall, the Chicago Blackhawks are pleased to select… (if general manager Tommy Ivan doesn’t say the right name, I’ ...

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  • A Big Birding Year

    Birding is about to get bigger with an amazing year ahead. The Year of the Bird, according to The Nationa ...

    Birding is about to get bigger with an amazing year ahead. The Year of the Bird, according to The National Geographic Society, the Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and BirdLife Internat ...

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  • Reboot May 2018

    GUY MATTHEWS’ life work is an extension of his long-time yoga practice. Teaching yoga since 1995, at UBC ...

    GUY MATTHEWS’ life work is an extension of his long-time yoga practice. Teaching yoga since 1995, at UBC and at other Vancouver locations, “keeps me in harmony and balance,” he says. About two years a ...

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  • The Ultimate Reward

    With heavy time commitments during the working and parenting stages of life, volunteering/working oversea ...

    With heavy time commitments during the working and parenting stages of life, volunteering/working overseas (or even in our own neighbourhood) can be an unattainable endeavour. But with more time being ...

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  • Each Day is a Gift

    At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads t ...

    At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads turn when she enters a room because she walks fast, laughs a lot, wears classy, colourful clothe ...

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