Seaside Magazine

Trade Student Spotlight – Isabelle Tsui: Doing it All

September 29, 2021

by Heidi Hackman & Colleen McNamee, District Career Coordinators, SD 63 Photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography Were you ever told as a young adult that you would have to choose between two of your interests? Or maybe they told you that your creative outlet wouldn't be lucrative enough, so you would need to be sure [...]

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The Rumrunners: Rapscallions in Our Front Yard

September 29, 2021

by Doreen Marion Gee | photos courtesy Bill Singer On a dark day in September, 1924, while en route to Sidney Island on the Beryl G, a liquor smuggler and his son were savagely killed by three American thugs who stole their cache. Fortunately, these violent outbursts were atypical in the rum runners' heyday, despite

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Seaside Homes – Cordova Bay Oceanfront Home Renewal

September 29, 2021

by Janice Henshaw | photos by Janis Jean Photography Aesthetic, functional, comfortable spaces with a unified flow – isn't that what we would all like our homes to look and feel like when we come in the door? Some of us have that magical talent to make it happen, and others, well, people like me,

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West Coast Gardener – Bill Morgan: Raising Gardens & Harvesting Health

September 29, 2021

by Jo Barnes | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography His above ground garden boasts fragrant, firm vegetables and colourful fruit bursting with flavour. How is it that an 88-year old hayseed from the prairies has been so successful with this garden? Brentwood Bay senior, Bill Morgan, has spent a lifetime as a gardener and landscaper,

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Last Word from the Editorial Director

September 29, 2021

by Deborah Rogers CBC News was interviewing people on the street, asking them what date they consider to be the start of the year. It was an odd sort of question – New Year's Day is January 1st – but I understood what they were getting at. The start of the school year is for

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First Word from the Publisher

August 25, 2021

by Sue Hodgson Nielson-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste; Zucchini, Tomato and Ricotta Galette; Pork Belly with Maple Butternut Squash Puree … are you ready to get hungry for this issue? After you get a taste of what's to come, you'll soon be salivating over the recipes and photography in the next 80 pages. It's

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Pork Three Ways

August 25, 2021

by Ryan Hayter, Chef/Owner, The Marigold Café | photo by Janis Jean Photography I love cooking with pork; it's affordable and lends itself to many variations of flavour and preparation methods. Pork is used in so many different styles of cuisine; the possibilities are endless! We are so fortunate living on the Peninsula as we

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From the Kitchen – Zucchini Inspiration

August 25, 2021

by Joan Saunders | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography My friend wouldn't let me leave her garden without taking a zucchini. My neighbour left zucchinis for me at the door. There was no escaping it: it was time to get inspired by zucchini. I grew up eating zucchini as it was easy to cultivate. There were

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Seaside Homes – Moving! Searching for Kitchen Treasures and a Workhorse Stove

August 25, 2021

by Janice Henshaw I'm getting ready to move! That means it’s a great time to go through my "stuff" and donate what I don't use anymore to the recycling depot. Like the "must have" food processor that sits and collects dust. The next – and much more fun – step is to shop for some

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Inside Out – Flattening the Curve: The Myopia Pandemic in Children

August 25, 2021

by Dr. Florence Fernet-Leclair, Central Saanich Optometry Clinic I did not see COVID-19 coming. You could say that it was due to my nearsightedness or lack of vision, but regardless, I now witness its effects in my exam chair daily. The pandemic has normalized work from home and virtual learning, which means our kids are

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