– by Linda Hunter – services Creating Smiles and Changing Styles Christopher Nordell, a Victoria denturist for the past 15 years, is pleased to include Peninsula clients in his practice, now operating a few days a month out of Dr. Andrea Berardelli’s clinic in Sidney. Christopher provides respectful and caring treatment, and offers services including fitting […]
– by Suzanne Morphet – The monk can’t get his barbecue lighter to work. A dozen of us are patiently waiting outside the Buddhist temple of Monjusen-ji, on Japan’s most southerly island. In the pre-dawn gloom we watch the monk fiddle with the cranky device before lighting the candles some other way. We’ve come to
Secrets From My Suitcase: Experience a Japanese Buddhist Fire Ceremony
Imagine. For less than you’d spend for a ticket to a downtown play, you can enjoy a night at the theatre, support Tanzanian teenagers and possibly win a night for two at the Marriot. Katarina’s father died six years ago. Her mother is now struggling to raise nine kids. Katarina (pictured with Catriona and Chris
– by Trysh Ashby-Rolls – A client asked how long it would take to fill his prescription. “It won’t be more than five minutes, will it? I mean, all you have to do is count the pills and stick ’em in a bottle. Right?” “You want the right pills?” replied the pharmacist. “You want me
– by Valerie Green – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down and talk with some interesting characters from Greater Victoria’s past? If so, wonder no more. Although these conversations are merely creative figments of my imagination, they are all based on fact. In March of 1906, as Justice of
