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    Refresh: For The Love of Music & Dance

    If ageing is seen as a gift of time to explore new experiences, the freedom to pursue dreams is blown wid ...

    If ageing is seen as a gift of time to explore new experiences, the freedom to pursue dreams is blown wide open. It is often when people take the time to engage in creativity and connection through mu ...

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    REFRESH: Explore Lifelong Learning

    Elizabeth N., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she b ...

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    Marion and Bill Vancouverites by choice, Marion and Bill recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Bi ...

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    Julie & Tom “You can’t put a price on the experience we just had with our grown children,” says Julie ...

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    VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova S ...

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    JAMES & KEAGAN “It was our sense of humour that brought us together, almost instantly, 20 years ago,” ...

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    Successful Transition To Retirement Living

    While the only constant in life may be change (Heraclitus), some transitions, especially as we age, can b ...

    While the only constant in life may be change (Heraclitus), some transitions, especially as we age, can become more of a challenge to navigate. If or when the time comes to choose independent or assis ...

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    Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river c ...

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    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, ...

    DEBBIE & STEVE Debbie and Steve crossed paths as students while living in co-op housing in Kingston, Ontario in 1978. “We met socially,” says Debbie, “and started dating soon after.” She then move ...

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    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

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    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don ...

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    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago fro ...

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    Janice & Johnny When Janice dropped her glasses case in the waiting room at LifeLabs one morning, whi ...

    Janice & Johnny When Janice dropped her glasses case in the waiting room at LifeLabs one morning, while in line for a blood test and after fasting the requisite 12 hours, she barely managed a “Tha ...

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    Mom Week When Robert, a Canadian-UK citizen, came home to Canada to visit his parents in May, he asked hi ...

    Mom Week When Robert, a Canadian-UK citizen, came home to Canada to visit his parents in May, he asked his mom if she’d like to come to London in June. “No,” she said, having just returned from a week ...

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    Stuart & Amanda Stuart and Amanda met in the mid-1970s, in their late 20s, at a press conference in M ...

    Stuart & Amanda Stuart and Amanda met in the mid-1970s, in their late 20s, at a press conference in Montreal. Both journalists, he was based in Toronto and she in Vancouver, where much of her fami ...

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