seaside

Your West Coast Culture. A magazine about the people and places that make the Saanich Peninsula the little piece of paradise we call home.

Common Cents – A Sound Strategy: Building Security into your Investment Portfolio

by Chloe Cross, BA, PFP, Financial Planner | BMO Financial Group, Sidney -  Building security into your investment portfolio is a key component of a sound investment strategy. One of the best ways to boost the security of your portfolio is with Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs). Here's how to make these highly secure investments work [...]

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New & Noteworthy

by Annilee Armstrong -  News, changes, updates, launches? Email noteworthyseaside@gmail.com. COMMUNITY CONGRATULATIONS World Sprint Gold and Bronze Congratulations to Len and Jasper Morris from the Tsartlip First Nation and Nanaimo Snuneymuxw, who won Gold and Bronze in the 2022 World Sprint Championships in the U.K. this past summer. Both are members of the Geronimo Canoe

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The Golden Years – Seniors’ Remembrances Help to Define Our Place in the World

by Sherrin Griffin VP, Operations, Sidney SeniorCare -  As a kid, I remember seeing faded old photographs of generations gone by, including pictures of my great grandfather who served as a captain in the Boer War (South African War from 1899 – 1902) which was Canada's first foreign war, WWI and WWII, and thinking how

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Book Club – October Meeting

by Deborah Rogers -  Sometimes when you reach for a book what you're reaching for is comfort and entertainment, something that will sweep you away and let you forget about the world outside. Many of our book club readers found this month's selection was just that. In Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, Clare Pooley provided

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First Word from the Publisher

by Sue Hodgson -  I'm not sure what's better … producing our magazine every month or hearing from our readers and the community about how much they love what they read every month in Seaside! The magazine has been published for well over a decade now, but we can still find brilliant people, places and

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The Professionals – A Community Connected: Bringing Personal & Professional Joy

by Alexa & Tristan Fetherston and Steven Hardy, owners, Beacon Brewing | photo by Nunn Other Photography -  When we were asked to write the intro for Seaside Magazine's October Professionals feature, we were honoured. We don't see ourselves as "professionals" in our daily lives; we are just a family running our family business and

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ALLELES Design Studio: Redesigning the World of Prosthetics

by Jamila Douhaibi | Photo by Camille Candia | Product photos courtesy ALLELES -  While working on her Master's degree in Industrial Design in Calgary, McCauley Wanner was researching options for her thesis. She found that the medical industry had overwhelmingly homogenous devices, with very little personalization for the many individuals that use them. She

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Common Cents – Leaving a Legacy: Strategic Philanthropy Can Make a Meaningful Difference

by Jessica O'Brien Cameron, Portfolio Manager  | Wealth Advisor, CIBC Wood Gundy -  For many Canadians, charitable giving is an important part of our lives. With proper planning your generosity can go a long way in creating a meaningful legacy for the future. Creating your own private foundation can be costly to set up and

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