by Gillian Crowley – Susan Aglukark Enjoy a special evening with Susan Aglukark, a Juno Award-winning Inuk singer and songwriter. Her blend of country, world music and easy-listening pop is distinguished by her gentle voice, upbeat melodies and inspirational lyrics sung in English and Inuktitut. The past 25 years have seen Susan travel a path […]
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by Emily Olsen – On a second tour of Haliburton Farm with EcoFarm School Instructors Elmarie Roberts and Rhona McAdam, I decide to bring my nine-year-old son Silas along with me. Enamoured by my first visit, led by Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society (HCOFS) member and EcoFarm School Coordinator Ann Eastman, I want my son
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by Dr. Kristen Bovee – Having practiced on the Peninsula for over 15 years, changes to our community have been significant. Even the way we eat has been changing. Soy milk and probiotics were difficult to find in a local grocery, and organic foods were thought a waste of money. Today, organic foods have taken
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by Tara Logan, Lotus Village Yoga – Fall brings the return to school and the end of holidays and we may notice our minds are not quite ready to follow us on our quest to invite change. Our minds naturally resist change; nervousness begins about starting something new, worry stirs and pretty soon we may
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by Lara Gladych – EVENTS Hero Tribute The Battle of Britain is an event that the B.C. Aviation Museum (BCAM) members observe each year to commemorate the brave men and women of the Royal Air Force, many of whom were Canadians, who saved Britain from certain defeat. On September 17, the Victoria and Esquimalt Military
by Paula Kully – I love to dine out. For me, gone are the days of slaving away in the kitchen to create a meal that is devoured within 15 minutes, only to be followed by hours of cleanup. At this stage in my life, I would much rather leave all of that to the
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by Janice Henshaw – As the summer nights begin to shorten, we may discover that we can’t push and prod our expanded outdoor furniture and camping equipment into their winter storage slots. In houses with ample built-in cabinets and large garages, this may not be a problem, but for those of us who live in
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by Tracey Jones and Stacey Kaminsky – It’s a sign of the times. Home prices are skyrocketing. People are either downsizing and editing their “stuff” into a much smaller space, or renovating their existing home to create long-term solutions – optimizing their space without expanding their footprint. Storage in today’s world is big business. You may
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by Cam Oddie, Peninsula Landscape Supplies – Clay is made up of very small, long, flat particles densely sandwiched together to form the deposits you have come to loathe in your garden. However, it’s these long flat particles that make clay an actual benefit to your soil and to your plants. These particles are negatively
West Coast Gardener: Clay – Friend to Your Garden or Foe? Read More »
“Change is in the air,” I wrote in my July issue Last Word, and for different reasons, the same holds true as I sit down to write this one. The Labour Day long weekend is upon us, and we’ll all be trying to take advantage of a few final days of summer fun and (hopefully)
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