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My Eyes Are Never Stopping

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|Date: August 02, 2018
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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 ...

August 02, 2018
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Peter Legge: Empire Builder

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|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
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Tasmania’s Poor Devils

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|Date: June 01, 2018
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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 ...

June 01, 2018
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Connected to the Sea

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|Date: June 01, 2018
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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 ...

June 01, 2018
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Umberto Menghi: Fresh, Simple, and Authentic

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|Date: April 01, 2018
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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 ...

April 01, 2018
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Rise Up!

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|Date: March 01, 2018
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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 ...

March 01, 2018
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Vic Sarin: The Art of the Possible

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|Date: February 01, 2018
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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 ...

February 01, 2018
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Stand Tall: Burton Cummings

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|Date: December 01, 2017
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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.” ...

December 01, 2017
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Rick Hansen: Still in Motion

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|Date: November 01, 2017
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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. ...

November 01, 2017
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Roman Holiday

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|Date: June 01, 2017
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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. ...

June 01, 2017
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Live at the Blue Frog

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|Date: February 01, 2017
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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. ...

February 01, 2017
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Home Sweet Tiny Home

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|Date: February 01, 2013
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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 ...

February 01, 2013
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