Community News
Smarter Hearing With AI

Artificial intelligence is transforming today’s hearing aids by making conversations clearer and listening easier. Instead of simply making everything louder, AI helps identify speech, reduce background noise, and automatically adjust settings as you move between different environments. Whether you’re enjoying a family gathering, dining at a busy restaurant, or attending a community event, AI-powered hearing aids work in real time to improve your listening experience. Best of all, they remain simple to use while giving you control over your settings. Book a hearing assessment to discover how the latest technology can help you hear with greater confidence every day.

A Healthier, Happier You

At Ideally Blissful, we offer several modalities for pain, recovery, and relaxation. Rayd8 Regen uses light and sound frequencies to help your body relax and recover. Emotion Code focuses on identifying and releasing emotions that become trapped in the body and cause physical and emotional pain. Belief Repatterning is used to change old negative beliefs to positive beliefs by using a seven-step process to flip the switch on negative self-talk and old thought patterns. It also teaches your mind to go to a positive place automatically. Contact us today to discover how we can help you become happier and healthier.

A Complete Fitness Facility

Valley Health and Fitness is the Cowichan Valley’s complete fitness facility! Originally established as the Body Barn Gym in 1997, Valley Health and Fitness has been serving Cobble Hill and surrounding areas for over 28 years. The facility offers a diverse range of fitness equipment, services and products to help members achieve their fitness goals in a clean, user-friendly facility. Valley Health and Fitness strives to maintain a family-oriented atmosphere where everyone is welcome. Members range from 13 to 90 years of age with various fitness levels from beginners to elite. Check them out today!

A Squamish Lifestyle is Hard to Beat

For active adults, Squamish is a place where staying connected comes naturally. Start the morning with a walk along the estuary, meet friends for coffee, catch a community event, and still have easy access to recreation and the outdoors. Everyday essentials are close at hand, with Squamish General Hospital, medical clinics, pharmacies and care providers right in the community. When you’re craving a change of scenery, Vancouver and Whistler are both within easy reach. It is a perfect place to stay active, independent and engaged. As a Squamish REALTOR®, I’d be happy to help you discover what makes this community such a great place to call home.

Benefits of a Live Blood Cell Analysis

Live Blood Cell Analysis gives you a real-time window into what is happening inside your body right now. Using a powerful Darkfield microscope, this in-person assessment can identify whether your body is lacking in certain nutrients or is dealing with bacteria, fungus, parasites, or other anomalies. This is one of the most revealing holistic health assessments available. The information gathered helps guide nutritional and complementary biological approaches to improve health, giving you clear, actionable insights to build a truly personalized wellness plan. As a holistic practitioner, Lou believes that true healing begins from within. Book an appointment today.

Discover the Joy of Escorted Group Travel

Looking for a stress-free way to explore the world? Wells Gray Tours has been helping British Columbians travel with confidence for decades. Our escorted tours include expert tour directors, carefully planned itineraries, exceptional value, and the opportunity to travel with like-minded people. Whether you’re interested in exploring Canada, discovering international destinations, or enjoying a scenic getaway closer to home, we make travel easy, enriching, and worry-free. From unforgettable rail journeys and scenic cruises to cultural explorations and bucket-list adventures, our tours are designed to help you experience more while leaving the details to us. Visit our website to learn more.

FREE Mini Midlife Wellness Blueprint

Have you been wondering why your body feels so different in midlife? My FREE Mini Midlife Wellness Blueprint was created to help answer those questions. Inside, you’ll discover practical, evidence-informed strategies to better understand hormones, metabolism, nutrition, stress, sleep, inflammation, gut health, and healthy aging—without the confusion of conflicting advice. I’ve researched so you don’t have to. If you’d like a complimentary copy of my Midlife Wellness Blueprint, simply text me or email me and I’ll be delighted to send it to you. I hope it becomes the first step toward feeling more energized, confident, and empowered in your health journey.

Make a Difference in your Community

Win BIG while making a difference in your community with SOS’s Monthly 50/50 Online Draw! Every ticket purchased helps support SOS’s vital programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and families across District 69. Not only will you be helping residents thrive, but you’ll also have the chance to take home half of the jackpot. Winners have taken home prizes ranging from $475 to $770. You could be next! Get your tickets today and help SOS meet needs across the Oceanside area: rafflebox.ca/raffle/sos-d69. Open to BC residents aged 19+. Know your limit, play within it. Licence #172984

Upcoming Wellness Events

There are lots of activities and events in the coming weeks. Getting out in the community is great for your overall health and wellness: Sept 20 to Oct 10 – The Birds and the Bees live theatre at Nanaimo Theatre Group; Sept 23 – Workshop: Learn How to Access your Home’s Equity with Jake Posliff, Equity Advantage Solutions Consultant; Sept 26 – Metaphysical, Psychic and Wellness Fair; Sept 29 – Fall Travel Show with Wells Gray Tours; Oct 22 – Seniors Health & Wellness Fair. Find out more about these upcoming events in this newsletter and on the Online Wellness Hub: Wellness.News/Events

Upcoming Wellness Events

There are lots of activities and events in the coming weeks. Getting out in the community is great for your overall health and wellness: Sept 20 to Oct 10 – The Birds and the Bees live theatre at Nanaimo Theatre Group; Sept 23 – Workshop: Learn How to Access your Home’s Equity with Jake Posliff, Equity Advantage Solutions Consultant; Sept 26 – Metaphysical, Psychic and Wellness Fair; Sept 29 – Fall Travel Show with Wells Gray Tours; Oct 22 – Seniors Health & Wellness Fair. Find out more about these upcoming events in this newsletter and on the Online Wellness Hub: Wellness.News/Events

Rolfing for Better Movement

There is voluntary movement like picking up an item and involuntary movement such as posture. Postural movement is a result of long-term patterns, emotion, and tissue health. It is hard to change your posture just from telling yourself to “stand up straight”. You can do exercises to strengthen weak areas and stretches but you can’t just think “stand up straight” and expect to be able to maintain that “better posture”. Rolfing helps to reset your body’s “neutral”. With Rolfing, finding good posture and efficient movement becomes easier and more natural which allows standing up straight to just happen naturally.