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Reboot January 2020

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Reboot January 2020

KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Albe ...

KEVIN McKENZIE first taught himself the blues harp/harmonica when he was travelling country roads in Alberta 40 years ago. “I was a closet player until I turned 50, and then I came out playing harmoni ...

January 01, 2020
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REBOOT December 2019

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REBOOT December 2019

DON and COLLEEN THOMSON relocated themselves and their business, DonCol Nature Products, to Salmon Arm fr ...

DON and COLLEEN THOMSON relocated themselves and their business, DonCol Nature Products, to Salmon Arm from Abbotsford to be closer to their children and grandchildren. The couple wanted “to have more ...

December 01, 2019
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REBOOT- November 2019

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REBOOT- November 2019

Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the ...

Photo of Genise Gill. GENISE GILL is a repeat rebooter. Between founding small businesses, travelling the globe to volunteer or furthering her formal education, she finds renewed inspiration by regene ...

November 01, 2019
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Reboot- October 2019

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Reboot- October 2019

Former actor, and theatre board member Rob Haynes. Photo credit: Carollyne Sinclaire. ROB HAYNES received ...

Former actor, and theatre board member Rob Haynes. Photo credit: Carollyne Sinclaire. ROB HAYNES received the Mayor’s Award of Excellence for Civic Volunteers in his native Vancouver in 2016, the same ...

October 01, 2019
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Donnie, Mr. Downchild, Walsh: It’s Been A While

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Donnie, Mr. Downchild, Walsh: It’s Been A While

Often cited as the “Father of Canadian Blues,” Donnie Walsh co-founded Downchild (known as Downchild Blue ...

Often cited as the “Father of Canadian Blues,” Donnie Walsh co-founded Downchild (known as Downchild Blues Band until the early 1980s) with his late brother Richard “Hock” Walsh in 1969. A whopping 50 ...

September 01, 2019
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Reboot- September 2019

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Reboot- September 2019

Ann is a life-long volunteer at different local organizations. Photo Courtesy of Ann Munro. ANN MUNRO is ...

Ann is a life-long volunteer at different local organizations. Photo Courtesy of Ann Munro. ANN MUNRO is completing her 28th year as a Bard on the Beach volunteer. She’s aiming to get to 30 years in s ...

September 01, 2019
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Reboot- August 2019

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Reboot- August 2019

Vancouver School Board member Barb Parrott. Photo courtesy of Barb Parrott. BARB PARROTT was still underg ...

Vancouver School Board member Barb Parrott. Photo courtesy of Barb Parrott. BARB PARROTT was still undergoing radiation therapy last year when she decided it was time to run for a civic election seat ...

August 01, 2019
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Reboot- July 2019

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Reboot- July 2019

DON STEWART, a long-time performing Vancouver-based jazz musician with an unusually high octave range of ...

DON STEWART, a long-time performing Vancouver-based jazz musician with an unusually high octave range of 4.5, was recently made the focus of an award-nominated 2019 documentary film titled The Day Don ...

July 01, 2019
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Reboot – June 2019

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Reboot – June 2019

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joinin ...

DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joining a team of Zambian Flying Doctors (although he was flown – not piloting himself – to the villa ...

June 01, 2019
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Reboot – May 2019

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Reboot – May 2019

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver ...

ROD MACLEAN volunteers once a week conducting sing-a-long and cartoon sketching sessions at his Vancouver neighbourhood elementary school in False Creek. He first engages students with his voice and g ...

May 01, 2019
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Reboot – April 2019

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Reboot – April 2019

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instea ...

JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instead of going “cold turkey.” And that’s exactly what the former Vancouver teacher did. Post retire ...

April 01, 2019
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Reboot – March 2019

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Reboot – March 2019

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian archi ...

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian architects and engineers, was a pioneer in her fields of civic and computer engineering. “I was the ...

March 01, 2019
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Reboot – February 2019

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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 ...

February 01, 2019
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Reboot – January 2019

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Reboot – January 2019

THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could ...

THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could find in his childhood home. “I’ve wanted to know what makes things work since I was four when I ...

January 01, 2019
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Reboot – December 2018

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Reboot – December 2018

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrist ...

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrists were shot,” she says, admitting that her best effort was to carry five plates on one arm. “Th ...

December 01, 2018
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