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Refresh – On The Stage At Any Age

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|Date: May 01, 2025
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Refresh – On The Stage At Any Age

Wayne B. has always enjoyed going to the theatre. “It’s been a lifelong interest,” he says. That’s why, a ...

Wayne B. has always enjoyed going to the theatre. “It’s been a lifelong interest,” he says. That’s why, after volunteering for Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach for two years, he took the plunge to furthe ...

May 01, 2025
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CHAT GTP For Seniors: Yes or No?

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|Date: May 01, 2025
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CHAT GTP For Seniors: Yes or No?

I was recently a passenger in a car travelling from the historic seaside town of Paraty, Brazil, back to ...

I was recently a passenger in a car travelling from the historic seaside town of Paraty, Brazil, back to São Paulo—a 4.5-hour journey, if all goes well. My New York friend and I were joined by a Brazi ...

May 01, 2025
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Refresh: For The Love of Music & Dance

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|Date: February 28, 2025
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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 ...

February 28, 2025
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REFRESH: Explore Lifelong Learning

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|Date: January 01, 2025
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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 ...

Elizabeth N., at 74, says she didn’t know what to do after her grandchildren started growing up and she became bored with her backyard vegetable garden. With the support of her daughter and a car-shar ...

January 01, 2025
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How We Met

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|Date: April 30, 2024
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How We Met

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

Marion and Bill Vancouverites by choice, Marion and Bill recently celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Bill, a Dutch immigrant who grew up in Smithers, BC, met Marion, born in Brandon, Manitoba and li ...

April 30, 2024
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How We Met

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|Date: October 30, 2023
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How We Met

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

Julie & Tom “You can’t put a price on the experience we just had with our grown children,” says Julie. “It was profound.” Julie is referencing the anniversary trip that the family of four Vancouve ...

October 30, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: September 26, 2023
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How We Met

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

VIRGINIA & ANNE After retiring from her career as Director of Early Childhood Services for the Nova Scotia Department of Education & Early Childhood Development in 2014, Virginia moved from Ha ...

September 26, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: August 29, 2023
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How We Met

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

JAMES & KEAGAN “It was our sense of humour that brought us together, almost instantly, 20 years ago,” says James, reflecting on meeting Keagan in a gay bar in Vancouver in 2003. “We were otherwise ...

August 29, 2023
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Successful Transition To Retirement Living

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|Date: July 28, 2023
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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 ...

July 28, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: April 28, 2023
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How We Met

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

Ken & Rosalie Ken and Rosalie, now in their 70s, are getting ready for their 45th anniversary river cruise in France this month. Both Saskatchewanians, they met there in 1975 when she was working ...

April 28, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: March 29, 2023
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How We Met

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 ...

March 29, 2023
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How We Met

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|Date: February 27, 2023
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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 ...

February 27, 2023
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Making Friends in Retirement Living

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|Date: January 31, 2023
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Making Friends in Retirement Living

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

“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don’t like to be alone,” says Jo-Ann De Jong, 89, who made the transition to a retirement communit ...

January 31, 2023
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HOW WE MET

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|Date: November 25, 2022
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HOW WE MET

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

DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago from her high school sweetheart, whom she met at age seven, dated at 17, and eventually married. “ ...

November 25, 2022
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HOW WE MET

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|Date: October 26, 2022
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HOW WE MET

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 ...

October 26, 2022
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