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Say hello to Lai Chun Cheung, a master instructor (or sifu) in tai chi and health qigong. Trained by world-renowned tai chi and health qigong masters from China, Cheung (whose personal name is Lisa Low) has been participating in international health qigong seminars, masters training and World Health Qigong Tournaments for over a decade. Most notably, she won one team and two individual gold medals at the 7th World Health Qigong Tournament held in the Netherlands in 2017 (photo, above). Recognized across Canada, Cheung is

Congratulations to Yvonne Davis (middle, photo above), named 2023 Volunteer of the Year at the Kerrisdale Community Centre Holiday Party! Presented by Kerrisdale Community Centre Society president Kathy McKay (left) and seniors recreation programmer Austin Su, the annual award honours an individual for their outstanding spirit, knowledge and hours of service at the centre and/or in the community. Relocating from South Africa, Davis became a society member eight years ago when she joined the Busy Bees volunteer

Only 17 years old, Roger Kong already has a lot of notches on his powerlifting belt. Since he began training during the pandemic, the Kerrisdale resident has consistently landed in the top four spots at provincial, national and international competitions. Most recently, he placed fourth in bench press and 13th overall at the 2023 IPF World Classic and Equipped Sub-Junior and Junior Championships in Romania (photo, here and above).  Dividing his 15 hours of weekly training between home and the

Mary Dopson has a lot to celebrate this fall. In September, not only did the Kerrisdale resident turn 105 (photo, above) but she also became the oldest living female inducted into both the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame  (photo, below left) and the new Athletics Manitoba Hall of Fame. Her son, Richard Dopson, accepted the latter award on Mary’s behalf at the launch ceremony in Winnipeg (photo, below right). What’s more, as a Kerrisdale Community Centre Society (KCCS) member, Mary is emblematic of a life well

Did you know that October is Canadian Library Month? In honour of that, we felt a visit to the Vancouver Public Library’s Kerrisdale Branch was in order. Opened in 1943, the library moved into its current space on the lower level of the Kerrisdale Community Centre in the ’50s. Renovated in 2020, it now welcomes some 16,000 visitors a month. As librarian Tim McMillan (below, left) says, that’s in no small part due to the fact the branch shares a building with