Feisty, driven, and uncompromising, octogenarian Alma Lee exemplifies the adage “no surrender.” Recipient ...
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Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion
Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion
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 ...
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The Many Faces of Berlin
The Many Faces of Berlin
Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, ...
Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, is overflowing with happy Berliners quaffing beer at communal tables singing, laughing and danc ...
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John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…
John Thomson: There’s always a story to tell…
Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favo ...
Pop quiz! How many magazine writers can you name off the top of your head? Perhaps you ‘follow’ some favourite writers? Photo courtesy of John Thomson In general, most of us remember the content of an ...
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David Malysheff: Picture Perfect
David Malysheff: Picture Perfect
Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on p ...
Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on productions such as Amazing Race Canada and Canada’s Next Top Model, the news magazine The Fifth ...
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Pender’s Fired-Up Volunteers
Pender’s Fired-Up Volunteers
Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-ol ...
Volunteer Brigitte Prochaska and daughter Morgan. Photo: John Thomson The smoke is clearing as 18-year-old Ben Shugar emerges from the live fire training facility on Pender Island. He’s tired but ener ...
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Chef Don Guthro Today’s Special: Help And Hope
Chef Don Guthro Today’s Special: Help And Hope
D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach ...
D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach features a rustic grass enclosure where hungry diners feast at weather-beaten picnic tables. I ...
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on t ...
Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on the phone with Canada’s 26th Governor-General, the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, talking abo ...
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the la ...
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the launch of Michael Kluckner’s new graphic novel The Rooming House. The Youngbloods, Steppenwolf, D ...
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...
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LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING
LOLLY BENNETT: SMOOTH SAILING
Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spi ...
Captain Lolly Bennett Photo: Tom Gould There’s a slight chop on the water as the stubby, little ferry Spirit Three glides into the dock on Vancouver’s Granville Island. Three passengers disembark whil ...
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SCOTLAND CALLING
SCOTLAND CALLING
Glencoe or Glen Coe mountains and pass, panoramic view. Landscape in Lochaber, Scottish Higlands,Scotland ...
Glencoe or Glen Coe mountains and pass, panoramic view. Landscape in Lochaber, Scottish Higlands,Scotland. UK. Photo: John Thomson “Right then, off to the colonies,” my father announced in his thick S ...
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LORI MCLEOD: A CALL TO ACTION
LORI MCLEOD: A CALL TO ACTION
Lori McLeod couldn’t believe her ears as she listened intently to her former mother-in-law, Donna, descri ...
Lori McLeod couldn’t believe her ears as she listened intently to her former mother-in-law, Donna, describe the “nice man” who helped her with chores. “He was the window washer, and he was a good ...
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ALEXANDRA MORTON: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
ALEXANDRA MORTON: TO SERVE AND PROTECT
Photo: Courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Society “I was eight when I knew I wanted to be a scientist,” renowne ...
Photo: Courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Society “I was eight when I knew I wanted to be a scientist,” renowned marine biologist Alexandra Morton tells me from her home on Vancouver Island. “I knew that’s ...
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MOSHE DENBURG: MUSIC UNITES THE WORLD
MOSHE DENBURG: MUSIC UNITES THE WORLD
Founder and original artistic director of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra performing at a concert ...
Founder and original artistic director of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra performing at a concert by the Tzimmes ensemble at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. Photo: Naomi Arney Sur ...
| by John Thomson