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Julee Smith is considered a hero, of sorts, at Westgate Correctional Facility. About 15 per cent of the inmates suffer from asthma; the nurse recently took a course to better help them out. “In nursing school there was only a chapter or two on asthma...

Martina Capuano’s barre doesn’t require experience and there’s no fancy footwork involved. What she offers is an eight-class challenge: do your bit to lift and tone and you are guaranteed a noticeable change in shape. “Barre is a fusion of yoga, Pila...

Barbara Darrell thought her life was at an end a few years ago. Doctors had diagnosed stage four COPD. The former smoker’s lungs were so bad she spent her days in bed, hooked up to an oxygen machine, unable to work or care for herself. Then she conne...

Cheryl Staurulakis is leading a cause to get residents protected against the human papilloma virus, better known as HPV. The 53-year-old was outraged after watching a documentary about the virus, and how easily it could be prevented. “If there was a ...

No one was surprised when Andrea Beazley announced she had quit her job to start her own business. She had worked in fashion for years but all she seemed to talk about was nutrition. Good Health Girl seemed a perfect fit. “People saw the passion I ha...

Ernest “Shuby” DeGrilla is out on the road rain or shine, when most of us are asleep. For the past 15 years he’s been behind the wheel of the Project Action bus. It’s not unusual for the 76-year-old to be up, driving seniors and the physically challe...

It was unusual to see women lifting weights in gyms in the early 90s. Kathi DeCouto didn’t let that stop her. “I was living in the US and a guy I was dating said, ‘Let’s go to the gym’. We got there and he pointed me straight to the [area] where wom...

New Year’s resolutions. Some live for the fresh start, others groan at the thought. My best friend and I have a tradition to meet on New Year’s Day and write down what we hope to do over the coming year. Instead of writing a list of specific goals we...

Peter Dunne used to think almost everyone had a bike gathering dust in the garage. Cycle after cycle was dropped off after the Bermuda Bicycling Association launched an appeal for their school programme seven years ago. When the dust settled they had...

Agape House will always have a special place in Diane DeRosa’s heart. Just over a year ago she learnt her son, Troy Caines, had stage four prostate cancer. Agape House and its support charity, Friends of Hospice, have been there for her family ever ...