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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: November 01, 2024
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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

Life Shouldn’t Be On Speed Dial Have you ever been surprised by how many hours your phone reports you spe ...

Life Shouldn’t Be On Speed Dial Have you ever been surprised by how many hours your phone reports you spent each day last week texting, emailing, and scrolling through the internet and social media? P ...

November 01, 2024
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Adrienne Arsenault: Thirty Years of Seeking the Truth

Posted by Jennifer Hartley
|Date: November 01, 2024
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Adrienne Arsenault: Thirty Years of Seeking the Truth

Adrienne Arsenault, chief correspondent of CBC News and host of The National, has seen it all in her 30 y ...

Adrienne Arsenault, chief correspondent of CBC News and host of The National, has seen it all in her 30 years of covering the world. From jaw-dropping, terrifying, life-threatening experiences to sitt ...

November 01, 2024
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A Positive Makeover Boost

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: November 01, 2024
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A Positive Makeover Boost

Over the past two issues, we have profiled the candidates chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ ...

Over the past two issues, we have profiled the candidates chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Show. Here is our third and final candidate, Karen Weiss. “The makeover was a truly ...

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

Posted by John Thomson
|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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Hunt for the Franklin Expedition: Victoria’s Captain Bill Noon Tells the Story

Posted by Jennifer Hartley
|Date: November 01, 2024
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Hunt for the Franklin Expedition: Victoria’s Captain Bill Noon Tells the Story

Captain Bill Noon is nautical royalty in B.C., and part of Canadian history. It was summer of 2014 ...

Captain Bill Noon is nautical royalty in B.C., and part of Canadian history. It was summer of 2014 when Bill led his crew on the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Wilfred Laurier to the Arctic ...

November 01, 2024
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When God Throws You Her Car Keys… Road Trip Round the Peloponnese

Posted by Joan Thompson
|Date: November 01, 2024
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When God Throws You Her Car Keys… Road Trip Round the Peloponnese

When I started musing about another trip around The Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, I wanted to present ...

When I started musing about another trip around The Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, I wanted to present myself with a challenge. This time it wouldn’t be to survive a solo bike trip through the dog-p ...

November 01, 2024
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Thrive Beyond 55 – September/October

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Thrive Beyond 55 – September/October

Perseverance Every issue I publish has stories about people who defy the odds, who come back from the bri ...

Perseverance Every issue I publish has stories about people who defy the odds, who come back from the brink of despair or disaster and keep on going. As Laurie Mueller mentions in her column, some of ...

September 01, 2024
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Fitness Expert Miranda Esmonde-White’s Quest for Truth and Meaning

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|Date: September 01, 2024
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Fitness Expert Miranda Esmonde-White’s Quest for Truth and Meaning

Fitness guru Miranda Esmonde-White thrives on helping people heal and live without pain. It is her missio ...

Fitness guru Miranda Esmonde-White thrives on helping people heal and live without pain. It is her mission in life. New York Times and Globe and Mail best-selling author Miranda Esmonde-White has been ...

September 01, 2024
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Pollution and the Exerciser

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Pollution and the Exerciser

Regular physical activity promises many health benefits. However, caution is needed when exercising outdo ...

Regular physical activity promises many health benefits. However, caution is needed when exercising outdoors, particularly if you live in a larger city. Pollution and allergens (like pollen) can restr ...

September 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great g ...

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great granddaughter (grade two already!), it’s the time to go back to school. Photo: Barbara Risto Sep ...

September 01, 2024
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Makeover Magic

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Makeover Magic

Caede Pungente-Sivunen was one of three applicants chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ Lifest ...

Caede Pungente-Sivunen was one of three applicants chosen for a makeover at our March INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Show, and she gave the experience a resounding thumbs up.“I was very impressed with all the ...

September 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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Trekking in Magical Nepal

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Trekking in Magical Nepal

“Ja’aum, ja’um,” says our lead guide Bir Singh, the Nepali equivalent for “ready, let’s go!” Our group of ...

“Ja’aum, ja’um,” says our lead guide Bir Singh, the Nepali equivalent for “ready, let’s go!” Our group of nine pick up our day packs and excitedly pass through the Pasang Lhamu Gate, built to honour t ...

September 01, 2024
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Jungle WOWS of Palau

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Jungle WOWS of Palau

When I was twelve years old, a harmless garter snake crossed my path and put me into panic mode. Now, mor ...

When I was twelve years old, a harmless garter snake crossed my path and put me into panic mode. Now, more than half a century later, I still get the heebie-jeebies whenever I think of one. So after h ...

September 01, 2024
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Antarctica: Expedition Cruising Outside the Pale of Civilization

Posted by Jett & Kathryn Britnell
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Antarctica: Expedition Cruising Outside the Pale of Civilization

Throughout human history, Antarctica has been the ultimate unexplored territory in polar exploration. Ren ...

Throughout human history, Antarctica has been the ultimate unexplored territory in polar exploration. Renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton perfectly captured the allure of Antarctica when he said, ...

September 01, 2024
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