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After 23 years in the Interior Design Industry, local designer Paula Grypma introduces Cover Story Bedding, a concept where many of the duvet and sham cover ensembles provide four variations, allowing subtle or more dramatic changes to your finished bedroom. Working from her studio, Outlooks Design, in Sidney, B.C., Paula specializes in window coverings and […]

by Chris Genovali – Cougars, wolves and other large carnivores are imposing predators that strike fear into other animals. A new study by Raincoast Conservation Foundation scientists and collaborators demonstrates that the fear these top predators inspire can have cascading effects down the food chain critical to maintaining healthy ecosystems. This makes large carnivore conservation

by Virginia Watson-Rouslin – It’s been an exciting journey for the Peninsula Singers since that day in the autumn of 1980 when a handful of people who wanted to sing together joined forces. Six years later, they gave their first concert in the Legion on Mills Road. Since then, the Singers have grown from that

Looking for a little colour to brighten your Spring? Join us for the 63rd annual Saanich Peninsula Arts & Crafts Society (SPAC) Exhibition and Sale, on April 30 and May 1 at the Mary Winspear Centre. Feast your eyes on a variety of vibrant artwork, including paintings, mixed media works, sculptures, pottery, jewellery, fibre arts

Journal Quilts are small quilts that usually express something about the quilt maker’s life. Cyber Fibres is a virtual group of 10 quilters who collaborate by email. The group was started in 2008 and has continued with as few as six and as many as 13 members over the years. Some members have never met