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Giving voice to the stillness of winter in Maple Ridge

One of Canada’s most unique choral ensembles is coming to Maple Ridge to give an uplifting and timeless holiday performance. Musica intima Vocal Ensemble, along with the Triology Jazz Ensemble will be performing “Winter Morning Walks”, originally a multiple GRAMMY award-winning album of two song cycles by composer and arranger Maria Schnieder Schnieder has won […]

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B.C. tech revitalizing Indigenous languages at risk of falling silent

It’s said that one language dies every day and that roughly 6,000 others are at risk of going silent around the world. But a Victoria company is determined to bring these fading languages back to the forefront and prevent the loss of their culture and history. Language Foundry, formerly known as the Cultural Foundry Studio,

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Vision loss doesn’t have to mean independence loss for B.C. seniors

One Canadian every 10 minutes is diagnosed with vision loss – but that doesn’t necessarily mean they have to lose independence. Living safely and independently with vision loss was the subject of a talk by Evaleen Baker at the Nanaimo Seniors Services Network’s Seniors Health Fair last month. “It’s not a death sentence to get

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