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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.

Shakespeare on the Peninsula

by Steve Duck – Bard at the Barn makes its inaugural visit to The Roost Farm Centre and Bistro Winery with performances of Othello and Much Ado About Nothing. Come out to the farm September 8 to 11 for the fourth season of Vancouver Island Shakespeare Arts’ (VISA) summer productions on the Saanich Peninsula. This […]

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Friendship of a Lifetime

by Trudy Duivenvoorden-Mitic – When Katherine Napolitano and Agnes Weicker start talking about their remarkable 85-year-friendship, memories and laughter roll easily off the tongue. They met at age six on the school doorstep in rural Muirland, Saskatchewan, a time they both remember with great affection: in the coldest winter months the inkwells in the one-room

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A Big Year for Ardmore!

It is a big year for Ardmore Golf Course as they celebrate their 70th Anniversary operating as a family business on the Saanich Peninsula. The course has been busy this year and is in excellent shape with the arrival of Dave Morgan who will take over the role of Golf Course Superintendent from Greg de

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Embracing Art on the Peninsula

by Doreen Marion Gee – In the essay Arts and Positive Change in Communities (Creative City Network of Canada, 2005), the authors conclude that “Arts and culture make considerable and necessary contributions to the well-being of communities.” A few highlights: The Arts encourage creative thinking abilities; reduce isolation and give people a chance to network

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Ignition: Car Culture Then & Now

by William Webster – As a child of the ’50s and ’60s, for me cars were very much a part of growing up. Every year each manufacturer’s models were completely different from the previous years and many families, including my own, hit the road in early September to visit all the car dealers and see

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Last Word with Allison Smith

I’m not a foodie. I love food, but unlike our gourmet traveller Jill Van Gyn who wrote about Food Trends for this issue (pg 17), I’ve never been especially adventurous when it comes to it. My tastes have always run toward the simple; when I was little I would order my McDonald’s cheeseburger with nothing

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First Word with Sue Hodgson

I was at the gym today with my daughter Eva as we are doing some conditioning before she heads to the B.C. Summer Games in a few days for basketball. With school out we get to spend some real quality time together and she doesn’t mind being around Mom, even at the gym! It’s pretty

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Trendspotting: All the Way Up

  Always on the lookout for cool local products and services, Seaside’s Trendspotter Susi McMillan brings you fresh ideas for the kids, all the way up from 0 – 16! Photos by www.nuttycake.com 0-2: Always On the Go! Sip It & Snap It! Make Any Cup a Sippy Cup. Kiddin’ Around, Sidney. 3-5: Little Chefs.

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