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Nanaimo and Voyager Magazine 250.585.2767 nanaimomagazine.ca October 2025 1<br />
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Nanaimo and Voyager Magazine 250.585.2767 nanaimomagazine.ca October 2025 1<br />
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OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAN<br />
[ CONTENTS ]<br />
1, 5 Nanaimo Cover Story: Fall<br />
Trends - Budget Blinds<br />
1, 7 Voyager Cover Story: A<br />
Handmade Christmas<br />
4 Editorial: Just Judy<br />
8-11 Destination Downtown<br />
10 Swirvin' Mervon<br />
12 Celebrity Profile:<br />
Tracey Brown<br />
13-15 Ravishing Renos<br />
17 Arts & Culture<br />
17, 28 Our Community<br />
18 Spa Review<br />
19, 24-25, 41 Arts &<br />
Entertainment<br />
20 Lines to Make You Groan<br />
20 Horoscope<br />
21 Community Achievements<br />
22 Inside Sports<br />
22-23, 26-32 Ready, Set... Learn!<br />
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=5"> OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAN [ CONTENTS ] 1, 5 Nanaimo Cov</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=6"> [ FROM THE EDITOR ] Judy Stephan Pumpkin Time </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=7"> [ COVER STORY ] Fall Trends</a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=10"> S pL a S pDw w Na a m ho oc lly... ho o n</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=11"> DINE | SHOP | PLAY | </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=12"> [ DESTINATION DOWNTOWN ] Compiled by Andrea Darre</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=13"> [ DESTINATION DOWNTOWN ] By Jennifer Tryhorn Ca</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=14"> y Stephan [ CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT ] By Jud Tracey</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=15"> [ RAVISHING RENOS ] By Judy Stephan GARDENING, P</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=16"> [ RAVISHING RENOS ] Don’t Get Left in the Cold </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=17"> [ RA VISHING RENOS ] By Judy Stephan APPLIANCE RE</a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=19"> [ ARTS & CULTURE ] By Susanne Andrey It’s Back!</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=20"> [ SPA REVIEW ] By Judy Stephan Experience a W</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=21"> [ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] Season 17 for the </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=22"> Lines to make you groan Popcorn & Punchlines • I</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=23"> [ COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS ] By Judy Stephan Maki</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=24"> Bernie Pascall has an exten- sive background in T</a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=28"> [ READY, SET... LEARN! ] Pet Love Rocks ______</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=29"> [ READY, SET... LEARN! ] By Jennifer VanderSchaaf</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=30"> [ READY, SET... LEARN! ] From a press release by </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=31"> [ READY, SET... LEARN! ] By Sylvia Campbell (Co-f</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=32"> [ CHRONICLES OF VANCOUVER ISLAND ] By J. Jill Rob</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=33"> [ READY, SET... LEARN! ] By Virginia Brucker The</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=34"> [ PAWS FOR THOUGHT ] By Deborah Short Aka Merry </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=35"> [ HEALTH & WELLNESS ] By Isabella Thor, NTP </a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=36"> Seniors Lifestyle By Judy Stephan Comfort Keepers</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=37"> Seniors Lifestyle [ HEALTH &</a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=39"> [ LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE ] Winter Whale Watching in </a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=41"> S H O P • D I N E • R E L A X</a>
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<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=43"> Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving weekend, the Gabr</a>
<a title="NMweb_oct25 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f76a369?page=44"> LETTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD A Letter f</a>
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