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Off the Land – The Plot Market Garden: Plotting Towards Productivity

August 28, 2025

Words Jo Barnes Photos Sarah Hartley Photography A good story is a lot like a good farm: they both need a great plot. While a story’s plot relies on action, characters and ideas, a farm’s success depends on the approach, effort and dedication of its farmers to their plot ... of land. Tyler Browne and [...]

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Little Adventures – Imaginative Play

August 28, 2025

Words Cassidy Nunn Photo Nunn Other Photography “Open Secret Livrary” reads the sign in my five-year-old daughter’s crayoned prose. Earlier in the day while I washed dishes, she had me call out the letters so she could carefully craft her sign. It’s now taped to the side of a cushion from her play couch which

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One Food, Three Ways – Corn Three Ways

August 28, 2025

Words Ross Bowles and Tracie Zahavich, Fox and Monocle Café Photo Janis Jean At Fox and Monocle we look forward to corn season every year. It is a vegetable with a refreshing sweet taste, great texture and a nostalgic flavour. The versatility of this vegetable is unlike most. Its starch can be helpful in recipes

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Screen Scene – A Story of Friendship Long Way Home

August 28, 2025

Words Tabatha Golat Some travel shows make you wish you were there. Long Way Home makes you feel like you already are, riding alongside Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on their 50-year-old motorbikes as they explore Europe. Available on Apple TV+, this 10-episode travel documentary series blends breathtaking scenery with a glimpse into the beautiful

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Get Out! – Buzzing with Charm Country Bee Honey Farm

August 28, 2025

Words & Photos Shelley Tice There’s something special about sunny afternoons in late summer – especially when they’re spent discovering a new place that feels both playful and peaceful. On our first family visit to Country Bee Honey Farm, we found the perfect mix of nature, family fun and sweet local charm. Our whole crew

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The Natural Path – Ask the ND: Your Top Wellness Questions Answered

August 28, 2025

Words Dr. Marita Schauch, ND Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre As a Naturopathic Doctor, I get asked a lot of the same questions online and with my patients. I love being your go-to source for clear, grounded, and natural health wisdom, so I figured I’d round them all up together for any curious minds who

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West Coast Garden – Goodbye Law Courts – Hello Flowers!

August 28, 2025

Words & Photos Janice Henshaw It all started with a morning coffee in the much-loved Wendel’s Bookstore and Café in Fort Langley. Shelley, my sister (at right), was 64 years old and six months away from retiring from her 30-year career as a litigation lawyer in the Fraser Valley. Erin Benzakein’s book, Cut Flower Farm,

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Aging Out Loud – Letting Go with Love: The Heirlooms I Keep

August 28, 2025

Words Connie Dunwoody, Broadmead Care It was a solid maple teacart, a mid-century marvel on wheels, an elegant fixture in many homes in the 60s and 70s. My mom treasured hers. It stood proudly on the variegated blue shag carpet – the kind we raked before company came. As kids, we respected the invisible boundary

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Stable & Field – Local Riders Compete in International Competition

August 28, 2025

Words Cassidy Nunn Photo Nunn Other Photography Four young, talented dressage riders and their horses, all based out of Bonnie Brae Farm on the Saanich Peninsula and training with Brittney Simpson of Eastgate Dressage, recently returned from an incredible trip to Traverse City, Michigan where they represented Canada at the North American Youth Championships (NAYC).

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Meet Your Neighbours – The Joy of the Journey: World Record Challenger Bradley Smith

August 28, 2025

Words Jamila Douhaibi Photos Sarah Hartley Photography In 2024, he challenged two records, for longest journey by an electric skateboard and longest single journey in a country. After travelling for a month from Saskatoon to Victoria, covering over 1,500 kilometres, he broke the previous world records. Like many passionate professionals, Bradley says that he’s “always

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