by Deneen Cunningham, McVagh Cunningham Group Ltd. – You’ve crunched the numbers, and after careful review, you may feel like turning into Ebenezer Scrooge this holiday season to avoid a painful debt hangover again. By planning ahead, you can still experience the joy of giving while achieving greater financial peace of mind. 1. Set money […]
by Ted Daly – I was approaching my mid-60s and I needed an adventure! I read an article about the Camino, followed that with a documentary at UVic and I was hooked! This old man decided to walk 552 miles across France and Spain. I said I was old … for you young ‘uns that’s
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by Gillian Crowley – There’s something for every member of the family this month. Celebrate the season! The Celtic Tenors Christmas The Celtic Tenors have established themselves as one of the most successful Classical Crossover artists to have come out of Ireland. Their eclectic mix of classical, folk, Irish and pop as well as holiday
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by Dr. Kristen Bovee – The holiday season is exciting and busy! It is also a time we can feel run-down and overwhelmed. We all want to have a healthy and positive season so we can enjoy all the festivities and cheer. The following are five health-giving things you can do for yourself to make
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by Tina Kelly – Some say a good book can change your life. Silken, one of our summer students, may be one of them. Growing up in the Okanagan, Silken was a nature nut: she explored during the hot arid summers and up in the cold wintery alpine looking for interesting plants and animals. This
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by Janice Henshaw – Does the prospect of decorating your home for the holidays send a shiver of excitement down your spine in September? Do you plan for the big event 12 months of the year, hitting Boxing Day and clear-out sales? Or do you wait for the last possible moment to rip open the
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by Linda Petite, Horticulture Centre of the Pacific – Fresh holiday decorations not only make your home look festive,but they also surround your living space with wonderful scents. The evergreen fir has been traditionally used to celebrate winter festivals for thousands of years. Pagans used branches to decorate their homes during Winter Solstice while Romans
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by Chris Cowland – There was a chap in my village known as John the Pig. Not the best-looking male in Eton Wick, and his nickname was not a reflection of his table manners, but his job, which was to feed the pigs at a local farm. He could never sneak up behind you in
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by Alan Patterson (Santa Al) – The Magic of Christmas For Santa, the magic of Christmas is the light that shines in the eyes of children, young or old, as they ask for their gifts. These gifts are their wishes and dreams. Some are grand, while others are the simplest of things – happiness for
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The holidays can be a hard time of year. There are dark, gloomy skies that can prompt a bout of blues (or Seasonal Affective Disorder). There’s an overwhelm that sometimes takes place, with festivities to plan and more to do than there is time to do it in. And then there is the abundance of
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