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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.

Soup Local Dishes - Seaside Times

Savoury Soup

by Jennifer Bowles One of my favourite dishes to warm me up on a chilly January day is a hearty homemade soup. I’m sure we’ve all had our fair share of gobble gobble with all the trimmings over the last month, so for January let’s stick to comfort food but lower the caloric intake a […]

Savoury Soup

An Outstretched Hand - Seaside Magazine

An Outstretched Hand

by Linda Hunter For Brentwood Bay’s Johnathan Smith and Kelly Sterling, “family” is number one. With five young children under 12 along with a 16-year-old nephew, raising six dependents is their first priority, with health and wellness a close second. Their journey has been difficult at times: the past two years have included trips to the

An Outstretched Hand

Starfish

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

Web Scams: Danger Ahead (Part 2)

Starfish

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

Web Scams: Danger Ahead (Part1)

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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

Bully Free

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