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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.

Art Scene – A New Music Festival for Sidney: Folk and Fiddle Music a Perfect Fit

by Gillian Crowley – The Folk ‘N Fiddle Festival is stepping out lively for its inaugural celebration of music May 31 and June 1 in Sidney and surrounding area. The organizers have designed it to be a fun and family-friendly event that will take place all over town. The Victoria Fiddle Society and the Deep […]

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Last Word with Deborah Rogers

Our May focus on kids wasn’t planned to coincide with Mother’s Day, but it is quite fitting. Did anyone else get a little choked up reading this month’s Word on the Street (p 28 )? When Lara told me she was going to ask the question “What words should moms hear more often?” I imagined

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First Word with Sue Hodgson

So what makes up a great community? Is it the architecture? The people? The scenery? The gathering places? When I was a little girl growing up in the Maritimes, it was the park at the end of the street, where we had an ice rink in the winter; the local church, where we had Brownies;

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Haida Gwaii: A Sea Voyage

by Debra Lewis – Local retired naval officer, Doug Mitchell, decided to journey to Haida Gwaii in his 45-foot boat for several reasons. He had not yet seen the central and north coasts of British Columbia, and he had a yearning to take his 65-year-old decommissioned BC Forest Service patrol vessel further afield. Mostly, though,

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