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Keema Perry believes in helping people to find their power. She ran a part-time business, hawking her home-made beauty products, until she came across a website for self-help guru Lisa Nichols two years ago. It changed her life. “She kept using the w...

Marie Tucker grew up on King Street, in the same spot the fire station sits today. Life in that part of town wasn’t so exciting in 1947. The then 16-year-old started a summer camp for kids in her backyard because she was bored. “I think I’ve always l...

At an age when most people think about retiring, Carol Ferris had to learn how to use a keyboard. Giving an injection or operating a hyperbaric chamber was more her style; she’d trained as a physician nearly 40 years prior. “Typing my novel was a two...

If you’re looking for X’achela Robinson your best bet is Reid Street. The 14-year-old is at DanceSations School of Dance five evenings a week. Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, pointe and hip-hop classes keep her busy. The teacher’s assistant is also in the...

Jason Correia loves watching people climb walls. As far as he is concerned, the more difficult, the better. The 33-year-old is the “evil genius” behind the annual Triple Challenge. The walls, buses, cars, dumpsters, tyres and ropes participants have ...

Eldon Raynor wants one thing for his birthday — a round of golf with friends. “If anyone brings presents on April 29 they’ll go home with them,” he said. The 83-year-old loves the sport so much he built an 18-hole putting course in his backyard. Abou...

Ami Zanders’ living room is a little cramped. Straddled between bits of furniture you can find a saw, silk screen, storage bins, weaving materials, paint and a sewing machine. For a more complete picture, add a layer of sawdust and three cats who lik...

You’d think emotions would make it difficult to give away a family heirloom. Kathy Bromby says, not so much. She’s parting with a cedar table that once belonged to her grandmother, suffragist Gladys Morrell. “I’m ready to kiss the table goodbye,” sa...

Miguel Postlethwaite loves the adrenalin rush he gets from scoring a goal. Football, cricket, rugby — you name it, the 15-year-old has played it. But he insists he’s not competitive in a cocky, arrogant way. “I see the people I play sports with as f...

Chris Faria has an answer to the high cost of food: grow your own. He and his wife Alba started farming in their backyard about a year ago. Everything, from strawberries to garlic, comes out of the 500 square feet they set aside at Spanish Point. “W...