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Last Word from the Editorial Director

November 25, 2021

by Deborah Rogers - At what point do you start to get your jingle on? I have friends who set up their tree in mid-November every year; but I also have friends who don't decorate theirs until December 24th. It's typical to hear: "it starts earlier every year," but for the Seaside team, the festive [...]

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First Word from the Publisher

October 28, 2021

by Seaside Sue If there's such a thing as a "sales gene," I was definitely born with it. From my earliest days I loved persuading people to buy what I had to sell. First it was lemonade. Then, to what was probably the chagrin of my small neighbourhood, when I was about eight, it was

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Raising the Bighouse: Revitalization in the Tsawout Community

October 28, 2021

by Brooklyn Cribdon | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography July 17, 2009: This was the last time the SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout, pronounced "say-out") Nation had a gathering place. On a Friday evening in 2009, a fire engulfed the Nation's Longhouse, with flames visible across the Peninsula, and left nothing but ashes and bits of steel in

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Meet Your Neighbours – William Murdoch

October 28, 2021

by Deborah Rogers | photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography Our community consists of people with all sorts of stories. Some have lived here all their lives, some moved here for school or work, and many in our community moved here at retirement. I spent a charming morning at Sidney All Care Residence, meeting of one

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Inside Out – Fit & Functional: Your Foot Health

October 28, 2021

by Linda Walker | Peninsula Physiotherapy & Massage Foot pain is no laughing matter and affects many people! Due to the fact that our feet are a main weight-bearing joint, it's very important to keep them healthy and functional. To better understand how to do this, let's start by breaking things down into acute injuries

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Leeks Three Ways

October 28, 2021

by Courtney Thomas, Quince Café & Ice Cream | photo by Janis Jean Photography With the changing seasons and cooler temperatures outside comes a desire to spend time in a warm kitchen making the most of all the local produce available. Root vegetables and alliums feature prominently this time of year and what better time

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Little Adventures – Becoming a Parent in a Pandemic

October 28, 2021

by Cassidy Nunn | photos by Nunn Other Photography By the time this column is published, I'll have a 19-month-old. It's been 19 months of pandemic living with a newborn and now a toddler. Most of my friends have still never held my daughter, and many have yet to see her in person. So I

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From the Kitchen – Embracing the Season

October 28, 2021

There's something about this time of year that makes me want to hunker down in the kitchen and create hearty meals. It's the season for soups, for stews, for roast dinners with apple crumble for dessert. It's when aromatic steam envelops you as you stir the mixture on the stove; it's when your glasses fog

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Arts Scene – The Poppy Project: Paying Tribute Through Painting

October 28, 2021

by Jo Barnes | graphic courtesy Island Blue Print Co. Ltd. For 100 years the poppy has served as a symbol of remembrance. Millions have been printed, put together, and pinned on lapels. Now they are being painted. Local artist and art teacher Odette Laroche and her students created oil paintings of poppies based on

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Conversation & Community: First Nations and Municipal Government

October 28, 2021

by Jo Barnes | photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography L to R: Ryan Windsor, Joni Olsen and Geoff Orr In a conversation, there is a world of difference between hearing someone and actually listening. While the relationship between local municipal governments, First Nations councils and communities are always developing, the efforts to communicate and the

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