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JACK WHYTE: History, Brogue and Talent

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: January 02, 2021
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JACK WHYTE: History, Brogue and Talent

Photo by John Lehmann The Canadian National Exhibition field in Toronto is crowded with 1,100 musicians a ...

Photo by John Lehmann The Canadian National Exhibition field in Toronto is crowded with 1,100 musicians as world-renowned regimental bands and a huge array of pipe bands enthrall 33,000 spectators at ...

January 02, 2021
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Susan Musgrave: The Poet

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: November 01, 2019
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Susan Musgrave: The Poet

Writer and poet Susan Musgrave’s life is a far cry from the mundane. In fact, she says her role as a “soc ...

Writer and poet Susan Musgrave’s life is a far cry from the mundane. In fact, she says her role as a “social misfit” started early in life, when she was kicked out of her kindergarten class for laughi ...

November 01, 2019
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A Serendipitous Legacy Lives On

Posted by Darryl Wilson
|Date: November 01, 2019
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A Serendipitous Legacy Lives On

When Dennis Minaker was growing up in Coquitlam, he never envisioned he would one day become a writer. In ...

When Dennis Minaker was growing up in Coquitlam, he never envisioned he would one day become a writer. In fact, he pursued a profession in nursing. Drawn by the flexibility of the job and the opportun ...

November 01, 2019
| by Darryl Wilson

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Volunteering

Posted by Joseph Blake
|Date: May 01, 2019
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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 ...

May 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instea ...

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instead of going “cold turkey.” And that’s exactly what the former Vancouver teacher did. Post retire ...

April 01, 2019
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I Walk Alone

Posted by Cal Smith
|Date: March 01, 2019
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I Walk Alone

When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to ...

When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to live past 18… so every day is just one big miserable surprise. I doubt if it will be much diff ...

March 01, 2019
| by Cal Smith

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Reboot – November 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: November 01, 2018
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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 ...

November 01, 2018
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The Enduring Charm of Italy’s Positano – Then and Now

Posted by Gary and Pamela Baker
|Date: October 01, 2018
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The Enduring Charm of Italy’s Positano – Then and Now

Reflections on John Steinbeck’s 1953 Harper’s Bazaar Article Positano, the world’s most photographed fish ...

Reflections on John Steinbeck’s 1953 Harper’s Bazaar Article Positano, the world’s most photographed fishing village, shines as the jewel of Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Its houses, built up the steep side o ...

October 01, 2018
| by Gary and Pamela Baker

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A Safe Harbour

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: September 01, 2018
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A Safe Harbour

“Just about everything in my life is because I was blown off course. I never intended to sail to Saturna ...

“Just about everything in my life is because I was blown off course. I never intended to sail to Saturna (her Gulf Island home) but I got blown off course. I never intended to leave the newspaper busi ...

September 01, 2018
| by John Thomson

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Late Bloomer

Posted by John Kelly
|Date: July 01, 2018
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Late Bloomer

It’s never too late. And if you bristle at that old adage, allow me to try to change your mind. Meet Lona ...

It’s never too late. And if you bristle at that old adage, allow me to try to change your mind. Meet Lona Manning. She has done something for the first time at the age of 60. It’s something she’d alwa ...

July 01, 2018
| by John Kelly

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Reboot July 2018

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|Date: July 01, 2018
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Reboot July 2018

JIM WALCHUK can best be described as a 21st century Renaissance man. A 2013 inductee into the BC Entertai ...

JIM WALCHUK can best be described as a 21st century Renaissance man. A 2013 inductee into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame for his (and sister Judy Ginn Walchuk’s) musical contributions, Jim is still ...

July 01, 2018
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Peter Legge: Empire Builder

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: June 01, 2018
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Peter Legge: Empire Builder

If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legg ...

If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legge or at least one of his publications. TV Week is one of 30 print and digital properties that m ...

June 01, 2018
| by John Thomson

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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: May 01, 2018
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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she h ...

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she had won the CBC Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. She was sure neither luck nor magic had ...

May 01, 2018
| by J. Kathleen Thompson

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Stolen Moments

Posted by Sherry Conly
|Date: February 01, 2018
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Stolen Moments

“Philomela and I sometimes see our sentences slurring with alliterations – caused perhaps by verse writin ...

“Philomela and I sometimes see our sentences slurring with alliterations – caused perhaps by verse writing. We also both like shoes,” says Benni Chisholm, on Philomela Nightingale, the protagonist in ...

February 01, 2018
| by Sherry Conly

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Retooling Not Retiring

Posted by James Ellsworth
|Date: June 01, 2016
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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 ...

June 01, 2016
| by James Ellsworth

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