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Barb Sligl

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As seen in: Canada Wide Media, Just For Canadian Doctors, The Toronto Star, enRoute (Air Canada), Sierra Magazine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Waterloo Region Record, The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON), Virtuoso Life, Toronto.com, Brampton Guardian, GuelphMercury.com and
Writer + editor with wanderlust. Travel, near + far, is my thing. I capture destinations through words + photos—anything that inspires.
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How B.C.’s Heli-Skiing Industry Wants to Make the Sport More Inclusive

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By Barb Sligl Verified
| Montecristo Magazine Verified
Sixty years ago, a group of powder lovers flew by helicopter to a 9,000-foot ridge of Northpost Spire in the Bugaboos and then skied down 4,000 vertical feet through untouched snow on Vowell Glacier. They flew up again to 11,000 feet on Mount Conrad and then to 10,000 feet at Pigeon Spire. “We were in ecstasy” is how the inventor of heli-skiing, Hans Gmoser, described those first trial runs in “unbelievably beautiful” backcountry.
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Vancouver Artist Naoko Fukumaru Finds Beauty in What Is Broken

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By Barb Sligl Verified
| Montecristo Magazine Verified
Sometimes mistakes become medicine. Bad leads to good. Challenge can be curative. Naoko Fukumaru knows this all too well. The conservator and restorer, who’s worked on some of the world’s most renowned masterpieces (by the likes of Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci) and is now an artist in her own right, has faced tough trials in her personal life. She ended her marriage after enduring years of abuse that continue to plague her. But she’s also found a way out of trauma through her art.
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Five Stories to Read and Reflect on Reconciliation

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By Barb Sligl Verified, Robin Perelle, Susan M. Mertens, Diane Selkirk Verified
| Montecristo Magazine Verified
As we reflect on continued reconciliation efforts across Canada, here are some of our recent stories focusing on Indigenous arts, culture, and community. Sen̓áḵw’s Blueprint for Vancouver’s Indigenous Development Future Flanking the southern end of the Burrard Street Bridge, an ambitious new housing development of glass and copper glimmers in the sunshine.
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