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LifeRing Featured in Canadian Newspaper

LifeRing Canada’s Executive Director Michael Walsh was featured in a story in the Saanich News, a community newspaper on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The story, which you can see HERE, discusses the cost of alcohol addiction in terms … Continue reading

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LifeRing in the News in Canada

LifeRing Canada and its hard-working Executive Director, Michael Walsh, are in the news again. This time it’s an article in the Vancouver newsweekly, The Georgia Strait. See the article by clicking here.

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LifeRing Canada Garners Print and TV News Coverage

LifeRing in Victoria has popped up in two different news venues this past week. The Victoria Times Colonist newspaper did a story on the recent IdeaWave conference (previously discussed here) and featured, among others, a presentation by Michael Walsh, LifeRing … Continue reading

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Two New Meetings Added in Victoria, Canada

The steadily increasing number of meetings in Victoria, B.C., Canada has grown by two. One is at the Saanich Neighbourhood Place, Pearkes Recreation Centre at Pearkes Arena, 3100 Tillicum Road. That meeting will be held on Fridays at 6:30 p.m., … Continue reading

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LifeRing Canada’s Leader, Michael Walsh, Speaks at IdeaWave Conference

LifeRing Canada’s Executive Director Michael Walsh was a speaker yesterday, Feb. 25, at Victoria’s innovative IdeaWave Conference, a five day gathering in which dozens of speakers give ten minute presentations on a wide variety of topics, from Mideast peace to … Continue reading

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Starting a Meeting

Michael W. wrote an insightful and inspiring note as a comment elsewhere on this website. I thought it was worth featuring: There once was a time when there were no alternatives where I live in Victoria Canada. I wanted a … Continue reading

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And Speaking of New Meetings in British Columbia …

I failed to note a new meeting that began last week at Saanichton, north of Victoria, British Columbia. The meeting is at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital, 2166 Mount Newton Cross Road, Saanichton BC, Canada, 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Canada LifeRing … Continue reading

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New Meeting in British Columbia

LifeRing Canada reports that a new meeting is set to begin on Oct. 28. The meeting will be on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the James Bay Community Centre, 547 Michigan St., Victoria BC, Canada.

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Upcoming Event in Victoria, Canada

Michael W., Executive Director of LifeRing Canada, writes to say: “We are attending a really neat event on October 7th where we will be setting up a table. It is called Community Services Networking & Information Fair and it is … Continue reading

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LifeRing Canada Moving Forward

Things are hopping in Victoria, BC, Canada. Martin Nicolaus, a founder of LifeRing and its leader from the beginning until this past summer, will be visiting Victoria from Oct. 4th – 7th for a series of events, including a lecture … Continue reading

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