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by Dr. Florence Fernet-Leclair, Central Saanich Optometry Clinic -  Do you enjoy outdoor activities such as golfing or sailing? Are you over 65 years of age? Do you have light-coloured eyes? Do you have a family member with macular degeneration? Have you had cataract surgery? Do you have cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure [...]

by Dr. Marita Schauch, ND, Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre -  It's easy to dream big, but usually living out our biggest dream reality results from all the little choices we made to get there. This coming new year, I want to highlight small goals in the areas we may feel are deficient or that

by Jo Barnes | photo by Janis Jean Photography -  Wearing his park warden Stetson on his head, he patrolled the parks and recorded in a log book his daily observations of what he saw. Now retired, former Canadian national park warden George Mercer has traded in his Stetson for a writer's cap, and this

by Cassidy Nunn | photo by Nunn Other Photography -  "Well, the fruit sure doesn't fall far from the tree now does it?" my Dad said on a recent FaceTime call as he watched his two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter race around the living room collecting all her toy horses, assembling them in a line, proceeding to brush

by Steve Sakiyama -  I've always been a messy eater. It started in childhood when my family used chopsticks or forks, depending on what was served. This utensil bilinguality meant that I was never very good at using either of them, resulting in random bits of food scattered around the eating zone. It didn't help

by Heidi Hackman & Colleen McNamee, District Career Coordinators, SD 63 | photo by Janis Jean Photography -  This is the time when people pause and reflect on the past year and set new goals or intentions for the new one ahead. In this column we profile students who have found alternative pathways to graduation,