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A Festive Family Tradition

November 25, 2021

by Dagmar Kaffanke-Nunn and Cassidy Nunn - Dagmar: as an immigrant child growing up in a German family, Christmas was the most exciting time of the year. Our mother would send us to the post office with the sled to fetch enormous parcels from our rich aunt in Hamburg. They were filled with beautiful clothing, [...]

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Seaside Homes – It’s Our 14th Home, and No, We’re Not Done Yet!

November 25, 2021

by Janice Henshaw | photos by Janis Jean Photography - "This is the 14th house we have built, and we have lived in it for over five years, the longest we have ever stayed in one house since we were married," says Liz. She and her husband Bill have one more house to build –

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Raising the Bighouse: Revitalization in the Tsawout Community

October 28, 2021

by Brooklyn Cribdon | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography July 17, 2009: This was the last time the SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout, pronounced "say-out") Nation had a gathering place. On a Friday evening in 2009, a fire engulfed the Nation's Longhouse, with flames visible across the Peninsula, and left nothing but ashes and bits of steel in

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Meet Your Neighbours – William Murdoch

October 28, 2021

by Deborah Rogers | photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography Our community consists of people with all sorts of stories. Some have lived here all their lives, some moved here for school or work, and many in our community moved here at retirement. I spent a charming morning at Sidney All Care Residence, meeting of one

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Leeks Three Ways

October 28, 2021

by Courtney Thomas, Quince Café & Ice Cream | photo by Janis Jean Photography With the changing seasons and cooler temperatures outside comes a desire to spend time in a warm kitchen making the most of all the local produce available. Root vegetables and alliums feature prominently this time of year and what better time

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