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The Penguins of Patagonia

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|Date: May 01, 2025
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The Penguins of Patagonia

The captain cuts the engine and the catamaran drifts closer to shore. I’m aboard a shallow-draft passenge ...

The captain cuts the engine and the catamaran drifts closer to shore. I’m aboard a shallow-draft passenger ferry — with an onboard bar, no less — approaching Martillo Island in the Argentine half of t ...

May 01, 2025
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BOB MCDONALD: “Just Say Yes”

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|Date: February 28, 2025
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BOB MCDONALD: “Just Say Yes”

“I thought I was going to be an actor,” says broadcaster Bob McDonald, longtime host of CBC Radio’s scien ...

“I thought I was going to be an actor,” says broadcaster Bob McDonald, longtime host of CBC Radio’s science magazine Quirks & Quarks. As a promising college thespian, he could have gone far, but h ...

February 28, 2025
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David Bouchard: For the Love of Reading

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|Date: January 01, 2025
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David Bouchard: For the Love of Reading

“How’s the city, boy?” my grandfather asked me about my new foster home. It was my third foster home, and ...

“How’s the city, boy?” my grandfather asked me about my new foster home. It was my third foster home, and my first one in the big city. “Grandfather, it’s awesome,” I answered respectfully. And I answ ...

January 01, 2025
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Inspirational Humourist David Roche: I Will Not Hide

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|Date: November 01, 2024
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Inspirational Humourist David Roche: I Will Not Hide

“You’ve heard of a bad hair day. I’m having a bad face day,” David Roche says to a group of grade six stu ...

“You’ve heard of a bad hair day. I’m having a bad face day,” David Roche says to a group of grade six students who have assembled to hear his message. They laugh. “What you see is a birth difference, ...

November 01, 2024
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Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion

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|Date: September 01, 2024
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Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion

Feisty, driven, and uncompromising, octogenarian Alma Lee exemplifies the adage “no surrender.” Recipient ...

Feisty, driven, and uncompromising, octogenarian Alma Lee exemplifies the adage “no surrender.” Recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University and ...

September 01, 2024
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The Many Faces of Berlin

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|Date: July 03, 2024
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The Many Faces of Berlin

Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, ...

Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, is overflowing with happy Berliners quaffing beer at communal tables singing, laughing and danc ...

July 03, 2024
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John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…

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|Date: April 30, 2024
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John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…

Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favo ...

Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favourite writers? Photo courtesy of John Thomson In general, most of us remember the content of an ...

April 30, 2024
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David Malysheff: Picture Perfect

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|Date: January 01, 2024
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David Malysheff: Picture Perfect

Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on p ...

Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on productions such as Amazing Race Canada and Canada’s Next Top Model, the news magazine The Fifth ...

January 01, 2024
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Pender’s Fired-Up Volunteers

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|Date: October 30, 2023
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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 ...

October 30, 2023
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Chef Don Guthro Today’s Special: Help And Hope

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|Date: September 26, 2023
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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 ...

September 26, 2023
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose

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|Date: July 28, 2023
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose

Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on t ...

Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on the phone with Canada’s 26th Governor-General, the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, talking abo ...

July 28, 2023
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer

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|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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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

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|Date: January 31, 2023
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...

Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...

January 31, 2023
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

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|Date: November 25, 2022
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...

Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...

November 25, 2022
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LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING

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|Date: May 29, 2022
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LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING

Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spi ...

Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spirit Three glides into the dock on Vancouver’s Granville Island. Three passengers disembark whil ...

May 29, 2022
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