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Vivian Yearwood loves her work as an information technology manager, but sometimes it can get stressful. If the system is not down, someone has forgotten a password, or cannot log in. “IT is not a job you leave at 5pm,” Ms Yearwood said. Five years ...

Michelle Freeman calls her son, Iziah, a little warrior. Iziah has battled health issues: acid reflux, a milk protein allergy, breathing problems, severe sleep apnoea, and poor growth, for all of his eight months. “He’s a little fighter,” said Mrs F...

When Sacha Welsh gave birth to her second daughter, Victoria, she thought she’d had a dream delivery. Victoria came into the world after just three pushes. But four hours later things took a bad turn for Ms Welsh. “I had the baby on my chest, and ...

Elizabeth “Betty” Musson Kawaley had her hair straightened the day her ship was supposed to leave for university in Canada. “It was what you did in those days if you were going somewhere special,” the 96-year-old remembered. But it was 1939, and th...

For Val Sherwood, the biggest challenge to writing a book about cats, was the cats themselves. When she first started, her eight cats miaowed, circled and jumped on the keyboard whenever she sat down to write. “I kept telling them they are all going ...

When she was 24, Shanna Henry had to make a difficult choice. Stick with a job she cared little about or pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a professional dancer. For a while she tried to do both, but found she was too exhausted at the end of the da...

Myah Bridgewater had the voice. Onuri Smith had great stage presence. Drama teacher Sarah Bowers thought they were perfect for Warwick Academy’s musical about the popular British rock band Queen. The only problem was the 15-year-olds weren’t entirely...

Corinne Pelletier came to Bermuda two months ago looking to try new things — weightlifting wasn’t one of them. Yet there she was on November 3, lifting a 250lb weight before an audience and winning the title in her category. “I never thought of mysel...

Doctors removed a tumour from Kenny Fray’s mouth and gave him five years to live. Nine years later he is still here, defying the odds. “I think I’m blessed,” he said. “I’m not complaining about anything.” His late wife, Brenda, was the first to noti...

Born in Trinidad, Daryl Cox can’t remember a year without carnival. In his native Port of Spain, the two-day festival is filled with huge musical performances, vibrant colours and massive crowds; multiple parties are held in the lead-up to the main e...