Return to Port
On May 25, the Holland America cruise ship MS Masdaam will return to Port Alberni, which hasn’t hosted a cruise ship since 2013. With local …
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Building Trends
Wider hallways and stairs, lower electrical outlets and a floor plan that allows for the later addition of an elevator–these sound like great features for …
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Summer in Radium
People come for the famous hot springs, but stay for the collegial village atmosphere during Radium’s lovely summers. To maximize the long, bright summer days, …
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Re-routing B.C.’s Buses
Since the demise of the Greyhound’s Western Canadian operations last fall, a new map of routes has emerged. Provincially operated BC Bus North goes between …
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Walking on Sunshine
Walking is one of the simplest forms of lifelong exercise, yet it’s no fun to embark on a trail that ends up being too hilly, …
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Summer Issue: Hot Off the Press
Although I’m a passionate West Coaster today, I had the pleasure of growing up in a small town in Ontario. We lived in a humble …
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Down to Clown: Kootenays
Until recently, hilarity was a rarity in the Kootenays–at least the staged variety. But a new improv and sketch-comedy group has stepped up to fill …
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Coming up Green: Powell River
Once B.C.’s foremost pulp-and-paper hub, Powtown is courting a new kind of green industry. The Toronto-headquartered cannabis producer Santé Veritas Therapeutics just finished converting a …
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Spring Fresh: Kelowna
Kelowna’s first farmer-run grocery store will be cropping up this spring. The seeds of the concept sprouted last year when a group of local farmers …
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Lifestyle Magnet: Revelstoke
Over the last few decades, this town of 6,700 has evolved from sleepy whistle stop to a mountain mecca, with powder-heaped Revelstoke Mountain Resort seducing …
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Best-Buy Waterfront: Shuswap Lakes
There aren’t many B.C. vacation spots left, outside remote wilderness, where buyers can pick up lakefront recreation land for under half a million dollars–or sidestep …
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Wilden Spring Grand Opening
Wilden, Kelowna’s largest master-planned community, is hosting a Spring Grand Opening on Sunday, April 14th to launch its two newest neighbourhoods: Lost Creek Point and …
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Home for Good: Metchosin
From the outside, seaside Spirit Bay has everything home buyers desire: mountain views, adjacent wilderness and both custom homes (built to a 100-year standard) and …
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Tiny Home Resources
Have you ever dreamed of right-sizing to a tiny home? Are your intrigued by a more minimalistic life? Tiny homes come in a variety of …
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Spring Issue: Hot Off the Press
As we move into our second year of publishing Right Sizing, my job takes me to the diverse regions of British Columbia. I’ve gone from …
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East Meets Okanagan: Penticton
Penticton has a Tibetan Lama in the house. Geshe Thupten Loden touched down last September and has been teaching meditation, philosophy and religion at local …