– by Barry Mathias – Life from a Gulf Islands persepective. One of the greatest of the many interesting phenomena on the Islands has been the unbridled development of the modern washroom. No longer called “the little boys room,” “the privy” or “the WC” in hushed embarrassed whispers, the modern washroom encloses all manner of […]
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– by Deborah Rogers – This is the second in a four-part series on some of the unique and local shops the Saanich Peninsula has to offer. Jan Thompson is more enthusiastic about tea than I thought was possible, and I consider myself a big tea drinker. Stepping off Beacon Avenue on a miserable wet
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– by Peter Dolezal – Unless exclusively in savings accounts or GICs, there are very few bullet-proof investments one can make which provide total peace-of-mind for an investor. Unfortunately, such safe choices will result in after-tax returns unlikely to even keep pace with inflation. Hence the need for at least a portion of equity-based products
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– by Pene Beavan Horton – Some of us at 80 are still wondering what we want to be or do when we grow up – other lucky ones have known since they were eight or younger. Why do some of us spend our whole lives passionately pursuing our passion, while others have no passion
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– by Al Duncan – I get to test a lot of different cars every month and I am also privilege to all sorts of analytics in the wholesale car world. The numbers are often surprising. A $100,000 car that isn’t part of a limited production run can often be had for half its original
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