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

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Web Scams: Danger Ahead (Part 2)

Has your world been turned upside down by someone hacking into your email account – and your personal life? Mine has. And it was downright scary – especially when they are using that sensitive portal to infect your whole computer! The best lessons are hard won and I have certainly learned a few. Here are […]

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Web Scams: Danger Ahead (Part1)

In my role as Seaside Magazine’s social media administrator and in my personal life, I am gaining a savvy awareness of the inner rumblings of the World Wide Web. I know its potential for greatness and enhancing our global humanity, but I also see the potential for harm. There is nothing inherently negative about the

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Bully Free

“You don’t need to be afraid of those boys, little girl!”, the kind gentleman said to me as he reached to squeeze my shoulder. But I was afraid. In fact, I was absolutely terrified. When I was only 6, “Jimmy” was my nemesis. My halcyon days in glorious James Bay were rudely interrupted by this

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The Myth of Aging

We are what we believe! I just turned sixty-three and if I believed what I read in magazines and the news about getting older, I would stop making plans, start knitting doilies and sadly await the setting sun. All the medical experts tell me that it is all downhill now as my body and mind

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The Final Frontier

Glenn Close was riveting! My eyes watered as I listened to her poignant moving story about mental illness in her family. All of a sudden, Ms. Close was no longer the Hollywood legend illuminating the Silver Screen, but a fallible fellow human being dealing with a gut-wrenching issue that haunts many of our lives. But,

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