As I write my October column, my thoughts turn to being grateful. Grateful for where I live, for who I ha ...
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See you at the Polls
See you at the Polls
As I write my October column, my thoughts turn to being grateful. Grateful for where I live, for who I have in my life (including my patient editor), and for all I have been given since inhabiting the ...
| by Pat Nichol -
Reboot – February 2019
Reboot – February 2019
IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (T ...
IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (The Drop – Why Young People Don’t Vote) and author, recently launched his newest work to an audi ...
| by Verena Foxx -
Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs
Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs
“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian ...
“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian music legend Dan Hill. “I find it to be more mentally, intellectually and creatively challengi ...
| by Kate Robertson -
A Safe Harbour
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 ...
| by John Thomson -
Each Day is a Gift
Each Day is a Gift
At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads t ...
At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads turn when she enters a room because she walks fast, laughs a lot, wears classy, colourful clothe ...
| by Carol Matthews -
A Dynamo on the Hill
A Dynamo on the Hill
Politicians are not held in high regard these days. Not surprising given international attention for mayo ...
Politicians are not held in high regard these days. Not surprising given international attention for mayoral drunken stupors, Senators’ mishandling of funds, pervasive graft in Montreal and a former P ...
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Captivating Kyiv
Captivating Kyiv
My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukrai ...
My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukraine have long been lost, I feel the tug of my ancestral roots as I step onto Kyiv soil. Within m ...
| by Irene Butler