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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.

My First Year as a Liveaboard

by Claire Booth | photos by Chris Falk -  In Fall of 2020, my partner Chris and I, professionals in our late 40s, left North Vancouver for our new home: a 42-foot Catalina sailboat. I knew nothing about boats, so when Chris first suggested we travel around the world by boat, I gaped at him.

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Going Green – The “R” Words

by Tina Kelly -  Reduce, reuse, recycle is a classic environmental mantra. This trio of R-words roll nicely off the tongue and as a slogan it's as old as I am. While the specific origin of reduce, reuse, recycle is debated, the slogan rose in popularity during the environmental movement of the 1970s and has

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Lanterns Light Up Sidney’s Salish Sea

by Alice Bacon, Founding Producer, Luminara -  It's hard to imagine that Sidney's waterfront could be more beautiful than it already is, but visualize a summer's evening at dusk, the tide reflecting the light of hundreds of handmade lanterns, the park filled with elaborately costumed characters and a convivial atmosphere of creativity and community, and

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New & Noteworthy

by Annilee Armstrong -  News, changes, updates, launches? Email noteworthyseaside@gmail.com.   COMUNNITY FUNDRAISER On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! The Parkland Track campaign is still running. Work on the new track has started but they are still in need of raising funds to resurface it. This track is widely used by the community, as well

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Impromptu

by Janis Jean Photography -  When my daughter was little, I used to love taking her to Beacon Hill Children's Farm. I think it was more for me than for her – which explains why I was so thrilled for my Seaside assignment at the new Farm Experience at Country Bee Honey Farm. The cuteness

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Steph’s Day Out – Marks on a Page

by Stephanie Staples | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography -  I opened the email from a friend, unsuspectingly. "Would you be interested in posing for the Sidney Shoal Portrait Painters (SSPP) group? It takes place every Tuesday afternoon and you sit for approximately two hours. It's a great experience and I think your beautiful features

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