Words Seaside Sue, Publisher & Founder Canadian Small Business Week is October 18 to 24, and every year Seaside supports local businesses with a very special feature (pg 12) that showcases how wonderful our community really is. This year, I’ve been thinking about “career” a little differently. I’ve been thinking about my two adult children.
Words Kelly Finerty Photo Wind Gypsy Photography Sitting down for coffee with Carmel Graham, a Sidney woman who has risen to the top of key hairstyling for film and TV over the past decade, felt like winning a movie lover’s lottery. Carmel’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) outlines her impressive work on 30+ professional film productions
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Words Reuben Butterfield, Round 3 Photo Janis Jean You can feel it when a business gets the little things right. There’s thought in the details and personality in the delivery of even the simplest experiences. Those shifts toward the exceptional give us something worth coming back to. Something worth raving about, and worth sharing with the
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Words Lauren McKimm, Founder, Eclective Coworking This morning I emptied the dishwasher when I should have been answering emails. Which would have been fine, except putting away one mug somehow became wiping the crumbs out of the cutlery drawer and standing in my kitchen at 10:23 a.m. wondering why we own 17 reusable water bottles and
Words Jesse Holth Photo Sarah Hartley Photography Michelle Ford is the new owner of The Village Gallery in Sidney, now called V Gallery & Framing, with a supply section for artists. We chatted about artistic expression, refreshing a gallery space, and the importance of having public spaces for the arts. Can you tell us a
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Words Kirsten Foss, Soul CFO, Numerology, Bookkeeping & Business Strategy You’re doing everything right. Up early answering emails, putting in the hours (plus some), showing up on socials, being responsible with finances. And yet, as an entrepreneur, you’ve likely spent a few seasons feeling like you’re swimming against the current. Most entrepreneurs chalk it up
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Words Phil Doublet, Principal, Doublet Management Consulting Ltd. At the last 5:05 Club event, I enjoyed an evening with a couple dozen Peninsula business owners. Somebody asked what I do. Simply put, I help owners plan an exit that works for them and for the business they built. Everyone in that conversation agreed this matters. Several
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Words Richard Hope The Cowichan Valley is one of the smallest wine regions in Canada. British Columbia has around 12,000 acres under vine, and the valley accounts for fewer than 300 of them. It sits in the rain shadow of the Olympics and the southern Island ranges, which gives it a surprisingly dry growing season
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