• 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 ...

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  • My Eyes Are Never Stopping

    "They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to ...

    "They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to stay and Brett will do all the driving.” Road trips are commonplace for Anne, her youngest dau ...

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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 ...

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  • Tasmania's Poor Devils

    My wife and I are in downtown Hobart standing in front of the wooden hut that once housed Australian expl ...

    My wife and I are in downtown Hobart standing in front of the wooden hut that once housed Australian explorer Douglas Mawson and his Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1912. (The hut is a replica. T ...

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  • Connected to the Sea

    “My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. ...

    “My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. I feel I’m more open about how things are falling in my life. I’ve learned about the laws of t ...

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  • Umberto Menghi: Fresh, Simple, and Authentic

    Foodies are rejoicing. Umberto’s back in town. Vancouver’s effervescent restaurateur – nobody calls him M ...

    Foodies are rejoicing. Umberto’s back in town. Vancouver’s effervescent restaurateur – nobody calls him Mr. Menghi; it’s simply Umberto – is back in business, mere footsteps from the legendary Yaletow ...

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  • Rise Up!

    The gowns were resplendent and the music uplifting. “It was fun. We all danced in our wheelchairs,” says ...

    The gowns were resplendent and the music uplifting. “It was fun. We all danced in our wheelchairs,” says entrepreneur Tabassum Chagani as she recounts her experience participating in the 2017 Miss Whe ...

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  • Vic Sarin: The Art of the Possible

    “My whole journey has been to experience life and I don’t know of any other profession as rich as mine th ...

    “My whole journey has been to experience life and I don’t know of any other profession as rich as mine that allows you to do that. I’ve travelled the world a million times over and lived in so many pl ...

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  • Stand Tall: Burton Cummings

    “Old people, ha. Listen to me, I’m 70. We all grow old, but I like to think like a teenager still mesmeri ...

    “Old people, ha. Listen to me, I’m 70. We all grow old, but I like to think like a teenager still mesmerized by the music,” says the septuagenarian. “I’m still mesmerized by the music. Definitely.” ...

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  • Rick Hansen: Still in Motion

    Rick Hansen's 1985 Man in Motion Tour raised $26 million for spinal cord research. Thirty years later, th ...

    Rick Hansen's 1985 Man in Motion Tour raised $26 million for spinal cord research. Thirty years later, the former Paralympian remains as passionate as ever. ...

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  • Roman Holiday

    Hollywood idols Gregory and Audrey may have had the run of the place in the 1950s, but we found modern Ro ...

    Hollywood idols Gregory and Audrey may have had the run of the place in the 1950s, but we found modern Rome packed with people; try as we may, we couldn’t always escape the hordes. ...

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  • Live at the Blue Frog

    On a rainy Monday morning in White Rock, Michael, Ron, Bryan and Luke amble into the Blue Frog Studios on ...

    On a rainy Monday morning in White Rock, Michael, Ron, Bryan and Luke amble into the Blue Frog Studios on Johnston Street. ...

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  • Home Sweet Tiny Home

    Ann Eynon loves her new digs. Her small one-and-a-half-storey house is modern, efficient and close to fam ...

    Ann Eynon loves her new digs. Her small one-and-a-half-storey house is modern, efficient and close to family. In fact, Ann’s grandchildren are no more than six metres away in the “big house” on the ot ...

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