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Words Jesse Holth Photo Sarah Hartley Photography Chloe “Tuffy” Crotty and her teammate Teaghan “Kitty Catapult” Dillon have been selected to represent Team Canada at the Junior Roller Derby World Cup in Australia. Chloe previously served as team captain for The Rotten Apples, and competed last season on B.C.’s provincial roller derby team, where she [...]

Words & Photos Take a Hike Take a Hike empowers vulnerable youth to change the trajectory of their lives with a full-time mental health and emotional well-being program embedded in an alternate education classroom. Before Take a Hike, Dillon’s life was unstructured. He wasn’t attending school and was arguing with his family. Dillon started getting

Words June Murray Dagnall Have something for New & Noteworthy? Email seasidemagazinenews@gmail.com.   ASSISTING OUR SENIORS WITH CARE & COMPASSION For Melanie Murray, Founder and Owner of NextStep Advocacy Services for Seniors, bridging gaps, easing burdens and empowering families are the objectives. The Service coordinates and oversees life transitions for seniors and their families, providing

Words Cassidy Nunn Photo Nunn Other Photography Every Friday morning for the past 30 years a group of women, all who’ve spent most of their lives riding horses and being involved in the horse world here on the Peninsula – specifically in the sport of dressage – meet for breakfast at a local restaurant. The

Words Jo Barnes Photos Whale Tail Farm It’s spring and all sorts of things are sprouting out of the soil on the farm. Lavender, sage, whale tail, yarrow, echinacea, wait back up a bit ... did I hear you say whale tail?! Owned by Ron and Marilyn Isaak and Cory and Corinne Bargen, Whale Tail

Words Stephanie Staples I said I would never do one, and now here I am writing about my fifth triathlon. Before you go and get too impressed – did you know that triathlons come in many different distances? I thought it was all or nothing, but I discovered a “Try-a-Tri”’ and a whole new world

Words Jo Barnes Photo Tanya Murchie When is it too late to learn or follow your passions? As the members of the Peninsula musical trio, Anam Danu, would emphatically say: never! While the stereotype of a new band might be teenagers rehearsing in their parents’ garage, this local trio refutes that image by bringing a