by Rebekah Hunter – He gently folds the jacket bearing memories from another time and another place: Wartime, some 70 years ago. With great patience he explains to me the significance of the two gold caterpillar brooches pinned to the lapel. They represent the two times he was shot down as an Air Force pilot […]
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by Dale Henley, Co-Chair, Saanich Peninsula Primary Health Care Society – “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems” ~ Lee Iacoca, former CEO, Chrysler Corporation. How do you get health care services? Do you go to a walk-in clinic, or do you go to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Emergency Room
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by Shannon Donnelly, Broadmead Care – At Broadmead Care, different specialized equipment and technology are used every day to help provide the greatest comfort and care to residents, but you wouldn’t always notice it. It’s small items like the iPods used in the Music & Memory Program to provide personalized music for dementia patients, bridging
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by Tina Kelly – Sea lions, wolves and whales, oh my! Watching these animals in their own environment from the comfort of your home is possible due to improvements in technology including, and maybe most importantly, water and weatherproof camera housing. Now is the time to visit Hancock Wildlife (www.hancockwildlife.org) and dunk beneath the surface
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by Doreen Marion Gee – December 3: Friends of the Library Open House Celebrate the wonderful work of the “Friends of the Library” who raise funds for special projects and work hard to make the library an amazing place for everyone! Music and refreshments. 2 to 3 p.m. All ages. Free drop-in. Sidney/North Saanich Library.
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by Janice Henshaw – After visiting VRX Ventures Ltd. on Mills Road in Sidney, I have a hunch that one day soon, you may wish to add a new space to your home – a simulator room! VRX designs and builds stunning simulators that allow you to experience what it is like to fly a
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by Jo Barnes – Christmas is just around the corner and this year you’ve promised yourself not to leave your shopping until the last minute. You could go online and shop from your computer, but everything seems so expensive. You could visit the big box stores and save some money, but nothing is really unique
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by Valerie Green – Many significant things have happened in November throughout history. Here is just a sample of some of the fun historical trivia as we welcome in what is usually a dreary month of rain but also a time when we remember all those who have given their lives in military service. Let’s
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by Rosemary Scott, Deep Cove Market – This year, prune plums were definitely in abundance. Hopefully like me, you pitted and froze some for later use, be it for jam, crumbles or cakes. I haven’t made this recipe in years and my sister had a large surplus of these purple beauties and asked me if
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by Lara Gladych – NEWS Royal Welcome It was a great honour for Brown’s the Florist to be selected to design the floral arrangements for the recent Royal Visit. They used fresh stems from local Eurosa Gardens and Mt. Newton Floral. The Sidney and Westshore teams helped balance the demanding workload while the downtown shop
