– by Deborah Rogers – While manufacturing across Canada has seen a decline in the past decade, the Saanich Peninsula tells a story of successful investment, development and training that has created a strong commercial sector right within our community. Quietly providing millions of dollars in payroll to the workers of our local economy […]
Made on the Peninsula: The Economic Powerhouse at the Heart of Our Community
– by Julian Sale – It’s a bold new automotive landscape. Things started to change in the early 1970s with respect to oil prices, and consumers’ hunger for fuel-efficient cars. North America was accustomed to burning colossal amounts of diesel and gasoline to travel. Japanese and German carmakers offered smaller cars with four-cylinder engines. Drivers
Ignition: Say, What’s Under the Hood Mister?
For over 24 years you have been operating JayLyn Jewellers, a local store creating the highest quality of custom jewelry. What prompted you to establish this new specialized business idea of EyeSpy Security? As a jeweller in business for just over 30 years, I have been burglarized three times and robbed once at gunpoint. Like
Can We Talk: Publisher Sue Hodgson Talks With Jerome Reilander and Mike Leslie of EyeSpy Security
– by Gillian Crowley – Tech-savvy pet owners can now choose all kinds of gizmos to make life easier. We sure do love our furry and feathered friends: Time magazine reported in March 2014 that Americans spent almost $56 billion – yes, billion – on their pets. Canada’ population is one-tenth the size, so do
Living in a NatureHood has a pleasant ring to it, don’t you think? Well now, if you live on the Saanich Peninsula, you can say you do! The Saanich Peninsula is now officially – as declared during last month’s All Buffleheads Day celebration – a Nature Canada NatureHood. Piloted in 2012 at Ottawa’s Lac Deschênes,
