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

NIȽ TU,O (from the very beginning) – Two Major SENĆOŦEN Language Revitalization Projects Launched

by Laurel Anne Stark | photos courtesy NIȽ TU,O Child & Family Services -  NIȽ TU,O is proud to fund two major SENĆOŦEN language initiatives created to support youth in learning SENĆOŦEN; the bedrock of W̱SÁNEĆ Culture. In partnership with the W̱SÁNEĆ School Board, NIȽ TU,O is supporting work on the W̱SÁNEĆ values project as [...]

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Off the Vine – Woodinville, Washington: Discovering New Wines & Some Canadian Roots

by Tilar J. Mazzeo | photo courtesy Yakima Valley Tourism -  The autumn is my favourite time for wine tasting: the summer tourists are gone, the harvest is in, the air is fresh, and the vineyards are starting to go golden. All the winemakers can take a deep breath, and that means when you visit

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September Book Club

by Deborah Rogers -  A world of extreme wealth and inflexible social rules was the setting of our September read. In her historical fiction The Social Graces, Renée Rosen explores the "Gilded Age" in a New York awash with money, and the developing conflict between the "Knickerbockers" with their family wealth, and the new money

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Last Word from the Editorial Director

by Deborah Rogers -  Moving to Canada brought a few new traditions into my life, including Thanksgiving. Over the years I've asked many colleagues, acquaintances and friends about their traditions, trying to understand what was at the heart of this October holiday, and how my family could start to create our own ways of celebrating.

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First Word from the Publisher

by Sue Hodgson -  I cannot believe September is already here! We finally get our summer and I don't want it to end. Bright skies and sun helped make my super busy schedule in August that much easier to deal with. I've been house/pet sitting all month for two amazing clients and had to improvise

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