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.

From the Kitchen – Just Peachy

Words Joan Saunders Photos Sarah Hartley Photography Peaches have always been a favourite part of the late summer stone fruit season here in our home. A million years ago when my husband and I were still dating, I found out that he really liked peaches, the ones you buy in tin cans from a grocery

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Home Children in Canada

Words & Photos Rosalie Knogler When I ask people if they’ve heard of home children, they often answer “no,” or mistakenly believe these were children evacuated in wartime. During Britain’s Industrial Revolution, people moved to cities, contributing to mass unemployment and housing shortages. Poverty, disease and cholera epidemics left 30,000 dead. The poor were often

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Aging Out Loud – Greater Than Grief

Words Connie Dunwoody Apparently, life comes with a bit of a social calendar. As children, we’re invited to birthday parties. As young adults, it’s weddings. Then come baby showers, graduations, anniversary celebrations and retirement parties. Every stage of life seems to have its own reasons for gathering with loved ones. Then, one day, the invitations

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Last Word

I was sitting at Harvest Rd the other day, waiting for my lunch to be ready. Looking across the way, I saw a man lounging on a huge beanbag chair, set up on the grass outside his packed-to-the-gills Sprinter van. Maybe he was on his way up- or down-Island, perhaps in the middle of a

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First Word

Words Seaside Sue, Publisher & Founder Over the past few weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed by the kindness so many of you have shown following the announcement that I’ve sold Seaside to my Editor-in-Chief, Allison. Your emails, conversations in the grocery store, hugs at community events and thoughtful messages have meant more than you know. Many

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Birds Count! Please Count Birds

Words & Photos Ann Nightingale, Rocky Point Bird Observatory First, the good news: bald eagles, purple martins and trumpeter swans are successfully recovering from low population numbers in the 1900s. The bad news is that the majority of bird species are declining around the world. How do we know this, and how can you help?

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