by Joan Saunders | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography I'll take ice cream any way I can get it. Artisan gelato? You bet. Generic ice cream bars? Yup; I'm not proud. But this month I wanted to try making ice cream sandwiches. It was worth it. I started with the idea of ice cream for …

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by Jo Barnes | photo by Nunn Other Photography When you think of caring for the land, encouraging growth and well-being of plants and animals and an abiding love for the overall environment, the term Mother Nature often springs to mind. At one Saanich farm, the "mother," in this case, has a daughter named Olive. …

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by Sue Hodgson As my two children are heading off to University at the end of this month, I've been thinking a lot about how I got into my career. It was all a bit of luck, or actually, as I like to say: "things happen for a reason." I did two years at UNB …

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