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The Youngs St. Boys
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The Youngs St. Boys

A loving tribute to parents lost, life lessons learned and to growing up on a very special street in Stratford

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July 2020
Snap To It!
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Snap To It!

Getting a firsthand look at the circle of life of these remarkable creatures

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July 2020
CARPE DIEM
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CARPE DIEM

A passionate teacher by day/actress by night seizes her dream

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July 2020
LOOKING AHEAD
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LOOKING AHEAD

Hoping we will come through this crisis with more empathy for our fellow man by Dee Long, Sunshine Valley, B.C.

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July 2020
PENNY WILL PULL THROUGH
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PENNY WILL PULL THROUGH

A beloved family pet provides hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel by Benjamin Rempel, Toronto

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July 2020
MEMORIES OF PERU
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MEMORIES OF PERU

Exploring ancient ruins and earth-nurturing practices

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July 2020
Meet The Bird Man
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Meet The Bird Man

This active senior citizen uses his time and talent to help our feathered friends—and raise money for a worthy cause

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July 2020
Vine Intervention
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Vine Intervention

BC’s bid to become the next great wine region

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July/August 2020
THE ONES WE CARRY WITH US
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THE ONES WE CARRY WITH US

When writing fiction, it is as much about what you leave out as what you leave in. Writing a police statement seemed the same.

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July/August 2020
LOTTERY POETRY
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LOTTERY POETRY

She retrieved a bamboo tube that contained red-tipped sticks, each with a number from one to 100.

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July/August 2020
Sense and Sensitivity
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Sense and Sensitivity

Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?

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July/August 2020
Finding Franny
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Finding Franny

On a seventy-day canoe trip, I traced the journey of a Victorian painter

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July/August 2020
How to Make a Solar System
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How to Make a Solar System

What the world’s largest telescope is revealing about the birth of planets

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July/August 2020
Hand in hand
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Hand in hand

Canada’s food banks are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a critical donation of hand sanitizer from the Labatt Canadian Disaster Relief Program is helping them serve communities in need

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July/August 2020
Forgotten Disaster
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Forgotten Disaster

Few Canadians commemorate the 1985 Air India bombing, the biggest terror attack in the country’s history

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July/August 2020
DANCING BEAR
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DANCING BEAR

I remember hearing a low growl, a sound that couldn’t have come from any of the humans at the market.

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July/August 2020
How To Lift A Lockdown
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How To Lift A Lockdown

A prescription for reopening the country after the COVID-19 pandemic

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July/August 2020
A Gift from ‘Papa'
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A Gift from ‘Papa'

He loved his cameras and now they’re a family treasure.

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June/July 2020
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Exploring an abandoned ghost town hidden in the woods, high in the mountains of B.C.

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June/July 2020
LESSONS IN GRATITUDE
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LESSONS IN GRATITUDE

Learning to appreciate what’s truly important in life

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June/July 2020
Lest We Forget...
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Lest We Forget...

Canada’s war vets deserve much more than one day of remembrance per year

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June/July 2020
Long-Distance Connection
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Long-Distance Connection

Celebrating a reunion that was 76 years in the making.

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June/July 2020
The Coolen Sibling Retreat
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The Coolen Sibling Retreat

Seven sisters and one brother gather yearly to share good times, laugh, cry and reminisce

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June/July 2020
SHARE YOUR CANADA
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SHARE YOUR CANADA

Congratulations to the winners of our annual photo contest—choosing among such amazing entries wasn’t easy! Here are the three winners, along with some others we felt worthy of special mention. Thanks to all who participated!

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June/July 2020
MUSIC, ART & FAITH
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MUSIC, ART & FAITH

Sharing ways to stay strong and carry on while living in quarantine

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June/July 2020
ODE TO HANK
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ODE TO HANK

“I grew up on classic country and gospel, and I still find joy in the songs of my lifelong musical hero, Hank Williams”

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June/July 2020
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
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POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

Tom Skinner of Vernon, B.C., takes us inside the Okanagan Military Tattoo, an exhilarating showcase of military bands, choirs and skills

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June/July 2020
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MURDER IN OLD BARNS

Why a Nova Scotia community is still looking for the killer of a beloved farmer, three decades on

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10+ mins  |
June 2020
Stand-Up's Next Act
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Stand-Up's Next Act

On comedy’s growing generational divide

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9 mins  |
June 2020
Your Brain on COVID-19
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Your Brain on COVID-19

Why our minds struggle to process abstract dangers

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10+ mins  |
June 2020