GRAND celebrates who you are as a grandparent and who you are as an individual. You love spending time with your grandchildren and you’re happy in your other roles: at work, in the community and on your own. We’re an active and diverse group—an engaged, evolving and powerful force. We’re mentors, nurturers, keepers of secrets. We’re caregivers, child care providers, dessert-before-dinner defenders. We’re historians, spiritual guides and the holders of family stories.

Bringing Stories to Life: Q&A with Award-Winning Filmmaker & Producer Patricia Sims

From swimming with wild dolphins and whales in the ocean to getting up close and personal with monkeys in...

Exploring Creativity

What is creativity? Some feel it's a characteristic that some people have and others don't. We either become inspired...

ElderDog Canada: helping seniors keep love in their home

My heart sank as I saw the Facebook post requiring an urgent new home for Trixie—a blind, arthritic, incontinent,...

Turning Negative Thinking Upside Down

Negative thinking is that voice in our head that tells us that things won't work out. It tells us...

Drought-Proof & Delicious: Water-Wise Edible Gardening

As summer approaches, and the heat intensifies, gardeners everywhere are reminded of the precious nature of water. With hotter...

The Sounds of Vancouver Island: A Guide to Symphonies, Operas & Music Festivals

Vancouver Island is home to a lively music and opera scene. Whether you're a musician, a dedicated fan of...

Who Am I?

There are many transition points throughout our lives that lead us to ask ourselves this question—during puberty, when graduating...

Vancouver Island Restaurants Named Top 100 in Canada

OpenTable recently unveiled its Top 100 Restaurants in Canada for 2024 and two Vancouver Island restaurants made the cut.The...

The Truth About Fiction

“In the pages of a book, we can be braver than we really are, we can go further than...

Prune & Protect: How to Care for Your Trees & Plants This Winter

Winter can be a challenging season for trees and plants, with heavy storms, flash freezes and overwintering pests threatening...