The first time I played organized hockey was when we were living in Innisfail, Alberta, just south of Red Deer. I was around six or seven years old. The games were on Saturday mornings and I could never sleep on Friday night because I was just too anxious. I’d get to the game and I’d be just exhausted.
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Jay MacArthur tells Jessica Werb what he loves about mountaineering.
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I conceived of the idea for my novel while I was at the Pan Pacific hotel, where I worked for a few years after my graduation from UBC.
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I’ve sailed all of my life. When I was little, we lived in Maple Bay on Vancouver Island, and I started small-boat sailing when I was around six years old.
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I’m definitely a work-to-live person, and surfing is a big motivator for me. I have to ensure that my business is successful so I can do more of it. And the food and wine lifestyle in the restaurant business can consume you, but I stay motivated in the gym so that I can keep up my surfing.
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A trainer once said to me that most women don’t like to watch fights because they identify with the loser. They think, “Oh, he’s getting hit. He’s hurting.”
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It’s early afternoon in downtown Vancouver, and Dru Narwani has just sat through a three-hour board meeting for Nova Pole, a Vancouver-based tubular steel-pole company.
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In Wynne Powell’s office, beside the family portraits and the photos of handshakes with Bill Clinton, sits a little red fire engine. No, the 60-year-old CEO of London Drugs isn’t ¬indulging in a childhood fantasy of being a fireman. He doesn’t have to.
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