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Dying From or Living With: Cancer Reimagined

My first awareness of cancer as something to fear was when I was eleven and visiting my mother’s parents in New Zealand. We traveled from Montreal, Canada, to spend the holidays with my mother’s parents. It rained a lot during that visit, and my younger brother had a cold....

Film review: Lee

It’s increasingly difficult to find a movie in theatres that isn’t a horror—the genre that typically has the least to offer female viewers—so when I saw the trailer for this war drama about American photographer and war correspondent Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, played by...

Innovative new program helps women entrepreneurs leverage tech and digital solutions

Women entrepreneurs in BC can learn to leverage the power of AI and other digital and tech innovations to support their business growth through a new program offered by WeBC and the Discovery Foundation. As business owners are consistently under pressure to do more...

Film review: Widow Clicquot

Before today I was unfamiliar with the name Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, didn’t know the story behind the famed champagne Veuve Clicquot. So when I saw the trailer for Widow Clicquot, released earlier this month, my interest was piqued, mainly because it centered around a...

For the birds

“I would like to paint the way a bird sings“ – Claude Monet Well, I’ve really opened up a can of worms with this topic. Instead of a single piece on birds, methinks when I write that book (!) there will be a whole section of stories devoted to these divine...

Who will care for pets when you are gone?

It’s important to have a plan in place for your pets in case something happens to you. Your pet will likely be distressed without you and would benefit from staying with someone familiar, if they can’t go to a permanent home right away. Each animal has individual...

LOST ON TRANSFER BEACH

It sat on the bench, pink canvas, toes scuffed, all alone, Its owner with Daddy, shoeless having been driven home. So safe, so light as he held her hand, Bright with excitement she had run to the sand. Tousled hair, still in her sundress, oh so neat, Sucking her thumb dreaming...

Are you thinking about downsizing?

Our plans to downsize or “right size” can reflect how well we deal with aging. Older adults often realize they require less space than when their children lived at home. Living in a smaller area, such as moving from a detached house to a condominium or townhouse, can...

Film review: Back to Black

Unfamiliar with Amy Winehouse’s music and story as I was, my interest was nevertheless piqued by the trailer for the newly released biopic about the ill-fated British singer-songwriter: Back to Black, which covers her life from the age of 18 to her death from alcohol poisoning...

Driving Dilemma

“The machine of a dream, such a clean machine”. Those are the opening lyrics to I’m in Love with My Car, by Queen, way back in 1975. Man, I love that song. I was pondering the topic of my next prose when, just like magic, it presented itself! I had pulled into...

My Last Conscientious Choice to Divest from Fossil Fuels

What will my children be thankful for? They’ll thank me fo making my post-death disposal arrangements. Now if I could just make the arrangements I want, in the province where I was born and will die, British Columbia. I am one of a group of Cowichan Valley women concerned...

Film review: Wicked Little Letters

Lately I despaired of seeing anything at the theatre that’s worth the female audience’s time. There are a surprising number of horror films currently playing—someone should remind Hollywood that Halloween is still six months away. And a not insignificant number of movies...

M&M Food Market offers Online ordering and Delivery options for Prepared Meals!

My name is Jessica Turner, my husband and I run 2 of the M&M Food Markets here in Victoria. We wanted to reach out and re-introduce our store and its offerings to the community. M&M Food market has hundreds of healthy frozen prepared meals to choose from that are perfect...

THE TOILET GODS MUST BE ANGRY

Ah summertime; the time of year that usually presents lazy days, soaking up sun, sand, and other pleasantness, away from the work-a-day world of finance and high-stress madness that usually rules our lives. OK, not so much finance but high-stress madness was our daily visitor....

Put your paperwork in order; leave a legacy – not a mess!

There are many financial aspects to getting your affairs in order. In addition to documenting your real and personal property, you may have business interests, outstanding debts and liabilities, monthly donations and subscriptions, and bill payments to consider. A significant...

Another Labour of Love

The problem is that those of us who are lucky enough to do work that we love are sometimes cursed with too damn much of it. Terry Gross, JournalistI sure don’t want to jinx us but lemme just say…I’m hoping that the cold has snapped and skedaddled away. I should know by now...

Valentine’s Day movie picks for women

This Valentine’s Day let’s treat ourselves to a romance or romantic comedy that has much to offer us: the female audience. Instead of settling for regressive narratives packaged as great love stories, let’s indulge in a truly enjoyable movie, preferably with a huge bowl of...

Foraging for the Beginner

The definition of foraging is to go from place to place to search for food or other items, whether in the wild or an urban setting. I consider myself very fortunate to have grown up in a foraging family. We didn’t forage because we needed the wonderfully delicious wild foods...

Making Sense of Life and Death

Making sense of life and death is the foundation for all pragmatic end-of-life planning. This learning helps people explore the reality of their mortality, refine end-of-life planning priorities, name core values and articulate hopes and fears for their inevitable death, dying...

The Connection Between Lower Back Pain and the Pelvic Floor

Low back pain is a common ailment. It can affect people at any age, and most people will experience it at some point in their lives. According to the World Health Organization, low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. It can lead to lost time from...

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Sonshine Girls Painting – It’s the details that matter.

Your home is more than just a place to live—it’s where you create memories, find comfort, and feel truly yourself. We understand how important that is, both for you and your family.

Dying From or Living With: Cancer Reimagined

My first awareness of cancer as something to fear was when I was eleven and visiting my mother’s parents in New Zealand.

Women entrepreneurs in BC can learn to leverage the power of AI and other digital and tech innovations

Before today I was unfamiliar with the name Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, didn’t know the story behind the famed champagne Veuve Clicquot.

“I would like to paint the way a bird sings“

– Claude Monet

Who will care for pets when you are gone?

It’s important to have a plan in place for your pets in case something happens to you.

It sat on the bench, pink canvas, toes scuffed, all alone,

Our plans to downsize or “right size” can reflect how well we deal with aging.

Unfamiliar with Amy Winehouse’s music and story as I was, my interest was nevertheless piqued by the trailer for the newly released biopic about the ill-fated British singer-songwriter:

“The machine of a dream, such a clean machine”. Those are the opening lyrics to I’m in Love with My Car, by Queen, way back in 1975. Man, I love that song.

My Last Conscientious Choice to Divest from Fossil Fuels

What will my children be thankful for? They’ll thank me fo making my post-death disposal arrangements.

Lately I despaired of seeing anything at the theatre that’s worth the female audience’s time.

M&M Food Market offers Online ordering and Delivery options for Prepared Meals!

My name is Jessica Turner, my husband and I run 2 of the M&M Food Markets here in Victoria.

Ah summertime; the time of year that usually presents lazy days, soaking up sun, sand, and other pleasantness,

Put your paperwork in order; leave a legacy – not a mess!

There are many financial aspects to getting your affairs in order.

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