elson and Kootenay Lake might be famous for their top spot on B.C.’s Powder Highway, but come summer, there’s a whole different bounty on offer. The dense stretch of wilderness draped over the Purcell and Selkirk Mountains also boasts a hidden empire of trails that is a mountain bike mecca for those in the know.

Gifted with supernaturally grippy soils, Trailforks counts 261 mountain bike trails in Nelson alone, with burgeoning networks also emerging in Kaslo, Crawford Bay, and Riondel: a secret wealth of singletrack tracing ancient rock slabs and loamy forest floors for thousands of vertical feet before spilling onto idyllic sandy beaches.

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Starbright Children’s Development Centre has been making a significant impact in Kelowna, British Columbia, for nearly 60 years. The Centre provides early intervention services to children under school entry age who are facing developmental challenges, creating lasting change through its work with families. The Centre’s success is not only driven by its dedicated staff, but also by the essential partnerships it has cultivated within the community.

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A few years ago, in a quiet backyard in the Dutch countryside, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw witnessed a reunion that was decades in the making, one in which she had a personal stake. That morning in 2022, a woman named Françoise—a mother, teacher, and refugee that Mbatha-Raw had met years prior—was finally embraced by the parents she’d believed to be dead for nearly 30 years.

For Mbatha-Raw, this moment captured the meaning of her work with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, but also one that felt deeply personal. In her years of work, she’s met countless people who have displayed unwavering courage in the face of often unrelenting hardships. They start and restart their lives, yet their empathy remains steadfast...

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