With Valentine’s Day around the corner and love in the air, in a rare few quiet minutes recently, I reflected on how lucky I am: I have a lot of love in my life. The dawn of the new year slipped by without me giving much thought to resolutions, but in reading a piece by […]
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I love the new year: it’s full of optimism and possibility. Working on the first issue of Seaside Magazine for the year always fills us with hope and a sense of opportunity, of new beginnings and excitement at what the next 12 months will bring! This could be the year – we tell ourselves –
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by Linda Hunter – I recall it vividly – 1978 in college in Toronto, and the decision to finally move out. I remember the fear, the excitement, the packing, and the stress of finding a new place to live. Then it happened: my parents left home. I know, it’s usually the other way around, but
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by Bonnie Harris, Amica Beechwood Village – Full disclosure: I am not a certified financial advisor. However, I have worked with hundreds of seniors and families over the past 12 years during a very stressful time of their lives. One of the most important decisions retirees will make is if or when to move from
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by Tom Barnes, 4th Year RN Student – A fresh take on a popular program is taking root on the Peninsula in a bid to improve seniors’ health and wellness. The community-driven Good Food Box Program has been widely successful throughout the capital region and has expanded its organic produce program to include the Saanich
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by Doreen Marion Gee – Life for many seniors in B.C. is a far cry from the commonplace myth of the “rich” boomer. In her May 2015 Report, Seniors’ Housing in B.C., our provincial Seniors Advocate found that “Half of B.C. seniors live on $24,000 per year or less and more than 50,000 seniors are
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by Janice Henshaw – Many of us love our homes. They are our safe havens, and we plan on staying in them until … well, until we can’t. And like all worthwhile projects and plans, there are steps we can take that will allow us to make our homes safer and more supportive as our
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by Dr. Kristen Bovee, Peninsula Naturopathic Clinic, Hydrate IV Wellness Centre – Over the last few years I have had more and more patients come to me to ask my opinion on the use of cannabis as an alternate treatment for pain, addiction, mood disorders (anxiety), immune and neurological conditions, and cancer. Because of its limited psychoactive
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by Paula Kully – BY LAND OR AIR Big Wheels Keep on Rolling Empire Hydrogen was recently awarded the Vancouver Island EcoStar Award for Technology Excellence. Since 2009, Empire Hydrogen Energy Systems has been working towards developing and marketing a green solution to reduce the environmental impact of gas and diesel vehicles around the world.
by Chris Cowland – Hearing the annual reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales on CBC Radio during the recent holidays reminded me of my own childhood. My mother was christened Glenys Eira Wheaton, born in Caerphilly, south Wales. We lived in a small English village called Eton Wick, close to Windsor, but my Welsh grandparents
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