The transient nature of farmers’ markets has always fascinated me. When I arrive at the market early Saturday morning, I stand alone in an empty field in silence, clipboard in one hand, coffee in the other, waiting for vendors to arrive. By 7:30 a.m. the first vendors start to drift in. Most are familiar faces […]
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– by Dianne Connerly – Parents can forget that they are raising adults, not children. The goal is to equip kids with the skills and increasing responsibility for managing their lives without constant vigilance. One key life skill is the ability to navigate an abundant food environment while maintaining optimal health. Here are some things
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– by Deborah Rogers – This is part of a rotating series of articles on members of Sidney Meet Up Women’s Networking Group, featuring women in business on the Saanich Peninsula. Looking Pacific Ridge Landscapes up on Facebook, or through their beautiful website, is highly recommended. There is a strong design aesthetic that runs through
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– by Barry Mathias – Life from a Gulf Islands persepective. One of the greatest of the many interesting phenomena on the Islands has been the unbridled development of the modern washroom. No longer called “the little boys room,” “the privy” or “the WC” in hushed embarrassed whispers, the modern washroom encloses all manner of
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– by Deborah Rogers – This is the second in a four-part series on some of the unique and local shops the Saanich Peninsula has to offer. Jan Thompson is more enthusiastic about tea than I thought was possible, and I consider myself a big tea drinker. Stepping off Beacon Avenue on a miserable wet
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– by Peter Dolezal – Unless exclusively in savings accounts or GICs, there are very few bullet-proof investments one can make which provide total peace-of-mind for an investor. Unfortunately, such safe choices will result in after-tax returns unlikely to even keep pace with inflation. Hence the need for at least a portion of equity-based products
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– by Pene Beavan Horton – Some of us at 80 are still wondering what we want to be or do when we grow up – other lucky ones have known since they were eight or younger. Why do some of us spend our whole lives passionately pursuing our passion, while others have no passion
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– by Al Duncan – I get to test a lot of different cars every month and I am also privilege to all sorts of analytics in the wholesale car world. The numbers are often surprising. A $100,000 car that isn’t part of a limited production run can often be had for half its original
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– by Laura Backstrom – Chamber music in the country! Twenty-seven years ago, an inventive and musical family dreamed up an idea for a unique sort of chamber music festival. Instead of a typical city location, this would be held among the fields and farms of the Saanich Peninsula. Larry and Dayna Fisher selected a
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The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj, by Anne de Courcy Reviewed by Dee Woodhead The jewel of the British Empire in the 1800s, British India was known as the Raj. Starting in 1858, the Raj disappeared overnight in 1947 when lndia gained its lndependence.The Fishing Fleet was the name given to the English
