Seaside Magazine

The Natural Path – Winter Wellness: Your Guide to Thriving This Season

November 24, 2022

by Dr. Marita Schauch, ND, Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre - Chill is in the air, Christmas is around the corner, and the days are short. Like really short. Winter is coming whether we like it or not. And in this season that can be hard to navigate in our best health, be it because [...]

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Arts Scene – Peter & Kathy Demchuk: Crafting a New Path

November 24, 2022

by Jo Barnes | photos by Kathryn Alvarez Photography - The farewell parties are over. You've said "goodbye" to the world of nine-to-five work. And suddenly you and your spouse have more time together. How do you navigate retirement as a couple? When former school teachers, Peter and Kathy Demchuk, decided to explore their artistic

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Fruit Cake Fundraiser: Next Level Bulk Baking

November 24, 2022

by Deborah Rogers - I can't turn down a good tale. If it involves family secrets passed down through the generations, effort on a vast scale, overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities, well it's hard for me to resist. Something else I find hard to resist? Fruit cake. Imagine then how intrigued I was

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Meet Your Neighbours – Muave Va’a: The Strength of One

November 24, 2022

by Stephanie Staples | photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography - If you run across Muave Va'a (Mua) in the community, you may want to take some time to pull up a chair and have a chat. When Mua talks, you will want to lean in so you don't miss a word. Hailing from the Island of

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Book Club – November Meeting

November 24, 2022

by Deborah Rogers - Permanent Astonishment is Tomson Highway's first installment of a planned five-volume memoir series. It covers his early years, from birth in sub-Artic Canada to age 15. Highway is a concert pianist, a playwright and a novelist; he's the speaker of many languages, and today splits his life between Canada and Italy,

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Stable & Field – The Saanich Fair: A History of Volunteerism

November 24, 2022

by Cassidy Nunn | photo by Stuart Bryson - If you sense a buzz in the air around the Labour Day weekend every year on the Saanich Peninsula, it's most likely the energy and excitement coming from the longest standing agricultural fair in British Columbia: The Saanich Fair. And if you've had the pleasure of

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Seaside Homes – Urban/Rural Living: The Best of Both!

November 24, 2022

by Janice Henshaw | photos by Jody Beck Photography - Living in a country setting, yet within 10 minutes of bustling Sidney, the airport and the ferries has to be one of the best combos going. A recently built 4,700-square-foot ranch-style home in North Saanich has exactly that, along with a big open sky view

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Last Word from the Editorial Director

November 24, 2022

by Deborah Rogers - I wasn't really feeling ready for the Holidays and contemplating the end of the year – I still have so much to do! But by the time I'd read through every page of this huge December issue, I have to say I'd changed my tune. I really hope it's the same

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First Word from the Publisher

October 27, 2022

by Sue Hodgson - History isn't about the past, it's about the future. Only by looking back with pride or shame, with a sense of triumph, or a resolution not to repeat mistakes, do we use the lessons of the past to craft our future. That's why even in 2022, when it's still unlikely we'll

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Meet Your Neighbours – Peter Chance: Extraordinary at Every Age!

October 27, 2022

by Anne Miller | photos by Janis Jean Photography - While we'd never met, upon approaching the window of his apartment building, his warm smile met mine. Centenarian Peter Chance was waiting for me to do our interview and escorted me to his living room where he immediately presented me with a signed copy of

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