Nathalie Lambert

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...mpetition at an elite level, Nathalie also learned the necessity of mental preparation for Olympic competition. She learned the hard way; not winning major competitions where she was highly favoured and expected to win. “There are so many distractions and pressures on the highly ranked athletes that they sometimes don’t win. I had the same problem before learning how to deal with it.” Having overcome this psychological obstacle during her career a...

The magical beauty of Alaska aboard Holland America’s Westerdam

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...years in the leisure cruise business; and Alaska has long been one of the company’s special destinations. The company has added an impressive variety of enrichment programs to their industry-leading Alaska experience. In addition to outstanding cruise itineraries and land-based Cruise Tours using their own custom-designed sightseeing trains to Denali National Park, Dawson City and Fairbanks; Holland America’s enrichment programs provide traveller...

Susie Arioli – jazz singer extraordinaire

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...a rate of $1 per cd sold.” Their second album, Pennies From Heaven was welcomed by the jazz community with impressive sales of over 48,000 copies. Changing pace in 2005, The Susie Arioli Band recorded Learn to Smile Again which featured several compositions by the legendary country music performer and writer, Roger Miller. In 2008 Susie released Night Lights, the first recording that she and Jordan produced for Spectra, the label owned by the sam...
Sugar Sammy January 2012 Cover Story

Sugar Sammy

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...at The Olympia, beginning February 23 and continuing through to May. For show dates please visit evenko: www.evenko.ca Ticket purchase: www.admission.com or telephone: 1-855-790-1245...

My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto

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...ectrifying live view of the famous Falls? Check out www.visitniagaracanada.com or www.wfol.com. On the way back we spent a few days in Toronto, a city I might add that I always love visiting. We stayed at the Radisson Toronto East (www.radisson.com/torontoca_east). It is directly off the 401 and an exit away from the Don Valley Parkway, making the trip downtown a mere 20 minutes. Great if you want to catch a show or check out the Eaton Centre. So...
Stowe - Vermont Skiing

Skiers’ paradise awaits in Vermont

Matthew Elder
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...It’s an easy drive, just 15 minutes off Interstate 81 east of Burlington. www.stowe.com Sugarbush Less than an hour south of Stowe (and only 20 minutes south of I-81) is Sugarbush, another classic Vermont resort. In operation since 1958, the resort has more than 100 trails spanning five faces on two mountains, Lincoln Peak and Mount Ellen. The latter was a separate resort, Glen Ellen, until 1979. Both mountains have impressive vertical drops of 2...
Still Life with Nude, Tile, and Fruit Max Pechstein

Van Gogh to Kandinsky at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Julie Kalan
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...Heckel were members of Die Brücke (the Bridge); Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Franz Marc, August Macke and Paul Klee were members of Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue Rider). Lining the gallery walls are fine examples of the work these artists produced. Arabian Cemetery (Arabischer Friedhof), 1909; Wassily Kandinsky, Russian, active Germany and France, 1866–1944. Photo credit: © Estate of Wassily Kandinsky / SODRAC (2014) Photo bpk, Berlin /...