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Tis the Season for Tradition: How We’re Celebrating the Holidays on the Saanich Peninsula

November 26, 2015

Family traditions, often passed from generation to generation, are part of what makes Christmas and the holiday season so special. We put out a call to our readers and regular contributors to find out what makes the season for them. Perhaps some of these traditions are familiar in your home each year, or maybe it’s […]

Tis the Season for Tradition: How We’re Celebrating the Holidays on the Saanich Peninsula

This Month in History: December Honours Women

November 26, 2015

– by Valerie Green – While researching the history of events for the month of December, I noticed a theme was developing. It would seem that many women made their presence felt during this month through the years. In Canada, for instance, our own Emily Carr was born here in Victoria on December 13th, 1871,

This Month in History: December Honours Women

Peninsula Restaurant Profile: The Mouthwatering Seaglass Waterfront Grill

November 26, 2015

– by Lara Gladych – This is the second in a six-part series of profiles featuring some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. I was pleased to have my second visit with Ron Vincent, owner (along with his wife, Maureen) and Chef at Seaglass Waterfront Grill. It was not only an opportunity to

Peninsula Restaurant Profile: The Mouthwatering Seaglass Waterfront Grill

2015 Christmas Book Round-Up

November 26, 2015

– by Sharon Hope – An Irish Doctor in Love and At Sea, Patrick Taylor (Tom Doherty Associates) When Dr. Fingal O’Reilly of Ballybucklebo attends his class reunion, a chance meeting with friends causes Fingal to remember when he was a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Navy during World War II and devoted to his fiancé. After

2015 Christmas Book Round-Up

Grey Matters: New Year’s Resolution – Don’t Go to Extremes

November 26, 2015

– by Trysh Ashby-Rolls – By the time you read this, I’ll be basking on a beach eight degrees south of the Equator. By the time I return home, my mind broadened by travel to a new country, Christmas will be days away, followed closely by the New Year. So I’m making my resolution for

Grey Matters: New Year’s Resolution – Don’t Go to Extremes

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Tis the Season for Tradition: How We’re Celebrating the Holidays on the Saanich Peninsula

This Month in History: December Honours Women

Peninsula Restaurant Profile: The Mouthwatering Seaglass Waterfront Grill

2015 Christmas Book Round-Up

Grey Matters: New Year’s Resolution – Don’t Go to Extremes