seaside

Your West Coast Culture. A magazine about the people and places that make the Saanich Peninsula the little piece of paradise we call home.

The Seaside Music Festival

June 19-21 | Sidney, BC Mary Winspear Centre, ANAF #302 & Beacon Bandshell Concerts, Cabarets, Free Shows & Workshops From multi-Grammy-winning folk icon Judy Collins at the Mary Winspear Centre to blues legend Colin Linden at ANAF #302, the Seaside Music Festival brings an eclectic mix of world-class music to Sidney and the Saanich Peninsula [...]

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Off the Vine – Grown Here

Words Richard Hope Keira LeFranc and Lyndsay O'Rourke on making wine in a changing Okanagan The Okanagan Valley has spent the better part of four decades building a wine industry the rest of the world is still getting acquainted with. Two of the women defining its current generation arrived by routes neither had planned, and

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Baby Bird Boom

Words & Photos Ann Nightingale, Rocky Point Bird Observatory Spring sprang and by now the bushes should be buzzing with the results. Baby birds are out and about with watchful parents trying to keep them fed and safe. Here are some things you might not know about Birds: The Next Generation. Most songbirds are the

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The Great Canadian Songbook

Words & Photo Denis Donnelly Our friends south of the border are proud of their “Great American Songbook,” but we in Wavelengths Community Choir are saying “hold on a minute!” In Canada we have an amazing tradition of musicians, singers and songwriters that do not for a minute take a back seat to any other

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Last Word

Words Tabatha Golat, Editorial Director Back in March, I attended an event celebrating the Power of Women in Philanthropy. The entire day was inspiring, but my biggest takeaway came from three-time Olympic rower Darcy Hortness. When asked what one thing people could do each day to move toward their goals, her answer was simple: stretch

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First Word

Words Seaside Sue, Publisher & Owner After another day of deadlines and page layouts, I curled up to watch a new series on Netflix called Big Mistakes. It follows two wildly disorganized siblings who somehow find themselves working for the mob, constantly scrambling to fix problems of their own making. The storyline is outrageous, but

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