Lisa Manfield is a Coquitlam-based writer, editor and content strategist. Currently a senior editor and writer at Forge & Spark Media, she was also the founding editor of BCLiving, and has written for magazines such as BCBusiness, Real Weddings, Enterprise, Boulevard and Bijou.
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Barb Wild, the Good Wine Gal (goodwinegal.blogspot.com) inspires wine lovers to dig a little deeper, explore a little more and find good wine. Her favourite B.C. town at the moment has to be Yarrow, “home to Whispering Horse Winery. If you blink you might miss it, but don’t!”
CONTRIBUTORS kate robertson Kate Robertson is a journalist who contributes to many media outlets, like Canadian Traveller, Inspired and Family Fun Canada. She’s happy to call British Columbia’s beautiful Kootenays region home, and when she’s not writing, she likes to hang out in her favourite B.C. mountain town, Nelson, “where the cool vibes and endless selection of restaurants, coffee shops and micro-breweries never gets old.”
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Michael White has held senior positions at Vancouver, FASHION and Glow magazines, and is author of the award-winning music biography Popkiss. White notes in his profile of Naramata (page 66) that it contains more than 40 wineries within a 20-minute drive; for this reason, it is his favourite small community in B.C.
michelle hopkins Michelle Hopkins is a freelance writer for publications including BCBusiness, Women in Business, Business Traveler, Vancouver Living and OnTrak. Her favourite small-town B.C. spot is Gibsons Landing. “This picturesque community has it all, like charming shops, great restaurants and stunning oceanfront vistas,” she says.
Matt O’Grady has held senior regional and national media positions, including as former editor-in-chief of BCBusiness, which he led to several National Magazine Awards and a Jack Webster Award. O’Grady says, “My favourite small B.C. town is Powell River... a pretty coastal community with affordable real estate.”
catherine dunwoody Gail Johnson is a print, digital and broadcast journalist who writes regularly for the Georgia Straight and The Globe and Mail, among other publications, and has a regular food spot on CBC Radio in Vancouver. Her favourite B.C. town is Tofino, which she visits “every winter with my family to surf and eat.”
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matt o’grady Catherine Dunwoody’s work has appeared in Canadian Traveller, The Globe and Mail, Montecristo and the Vancouver Sun, Fashion, Lou Lou and Real Weddings. Having recently moved from Vancouver to Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, she’s getting practised in the art of the commute. She says Osoyoos brings back childhood memories of fruit stands and the beach, and today she enjoys the wineries and golf there, too.
