Frank Ward has spent the better part of his life behind bars. He’s served 19 years of a life sentence for murder on his most recent conviction. The 58-year-old is one of a growing number of aging inmates in Canada’s Correctional System. “When an older guy used to walk on the yard you automatically gave [...]
The historic logging boomtown of Port Renfrew is redefining its relationship with old trees. Nestled on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, the town’s livelihood and identity grew out of logging old-growth forests for most of the 20th century. Mechanization of the logging industry in the 1980s led to significant job loss, which forced the [...]
“It’s my life, it’s now or never. I ain’t gonna live forever. I just wanna live while I’m alive.” Bev Turkington took Bon Jovi’s famous lyrics to heart when she went her first rock concert at age 74. Related: Bon Jovi: Now or never and forever [...]
Gerald Roper played guard for 11 Canadian Football League seasons. He worked much of that time with a teammate at a nearby travel agency in the morning then drove to Surrey and practiced in the afternoons. The pair co-own that business today. Pat Brady snuck out of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ team hotel early on a [...]
Former Bhutanese refugees settled in Vancouver often find it hard to adjust to a new language and life. But elder members of the community frequently come together to support one another and combat isolation. Four Bhutanese seniors who relocated to Canada during the past three years, recently gathered in one of the men’s Coquitlam apartments [...]
Phillip Jeffrey is always working on something – and terminal cancer hasn’t stopped him. Five years after his initial diagnosis, he is busy starting the Creators with Cancer website. In three months, Jeffrey raised almost half of his $5,000 goal to fund a three-month trip to interview artists living with cancer in Canada and showcase [...]
Many cancer patients try to continue living like they did before their diagnosis. Derek Miller is a 41-year-old terminally ill artist who maintained his lifestyle during his battle. Derek Miller is a local Vancouver writer and part-time musician. Doctors diagnosed Miller with colorectal cancer in January 2007 and revealed it was terminal three years later. [...]
Karl and Yukee Tsai hang out at a Richmond mall almost every morning—not to shop—but to teach up to 270 middle-aged and elderly seniors a Chinese dance. Yuan Ji originated from Hupei province of Mainland China. It incorporates martial arts, dance, chi exercises, and is meant to increase blood circulation to the brain and throughout [...]
By Matthew Robinson and Tyler Harbottle BC Hydro’s plan to renew its aging hydroelectric infrastructure will cost billions of dollars, involve years of construction and produce little additional energy in return. In February, the crown corporation asked regulators at the B.C. Utilities Corporation to green light a bundle of nearly $6 billion in projects. Planned [...]
A new regulation that gives pharmacy technicians more power will give pharmacists more time. And this is good news for patients and pharmacy students entering the field. Currently pharmacists spend a lot of time on technical work, such as counting pills. This is only a portion of what pharmacists are trained to do. The Pharmacy [...]
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