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Kate Ferdinand’s life has taken a dramatic turn since her days on The Only Way Is Essex. Now 33, she’s swapped reality TV for the delights and trials of motherhood, discovering her true vocation in family life. Currently a mum to three-year-old son Cree, 13-month-old daughter Shae, and stepmum to husband Rio’s three children, Lorenz, 18, Tate, 16, and Tia, 13, Kate jests that you’re more likely to spot her pushing a pram for exercise than all dolled up.  Read…

Three tiny hairless dogs guard the entrance to Lamar Peterson’s garden. Bea, a 7-year-old Xoloitzcuintli and Chihuahua mix with no teeth and a pink tongue, is the smallest but barks the loudest. The other two pups, Daisy, 6, a Xoloitzcuintli, and Moo, 8, a Chinese crested, try to overtake Bea’s bark, but to no avail. “They’re extremely protective and Bea, she’ll bark when I walk her … well, she’ll just bark all the time,” Peterson said. “It’s funny, me walking…

In the latest installment of Mindful Conversations, host Nikki Csek was joined by Josie Ruoss, a counsellor with Next Step Counselling Group. The duo discussed a variety of topics including Ruoss’s journey to becoming a counsellor, how to pick a counsellor, details about an event Ruoss is putting together and more. After going to school to become a teacher, Ruoss began noticing a feeling that something was missing. Kelowna Now