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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.

Last Word from the Editorial Director

by Deborah Rogers -  November can be a bit of an in-between month. Those beautiful blue-sky days of September seem so long in the past, but December and all its festivities are still weeks away. How to make the most of the month when the days are suddenly shorter and it's just possible it might [...]

Last Word from the Editorial Director

Steph’s Day Out – Carving Time

by Stephanie Staples | photos by Leah Gray -  I don't know when the thought of sitting on the beach whittling a stick felt appealing to me, but when I found out that local woodcarver and 13-year veteran of the craft, Doug Philp (of DCCP Creations) was offering up lessons for absolute beginners, I was

Steph’s Day Out – Carving Time

Globehopping – Home Sweet Home

story and photos by Susan Beiderwieden -  Right now, I'm the girl on the train, hurtling along at 240 km an hour heading for the Chunnel. No, not the title character from Paula Hawkins' 2015 novel by the same name. And, truth be told I'm long past girlhood, feeling like a well-seasoned mature woman who

Globehopping – Home Sweet Home

First Word from the Publisher

by Sue Hodgson -  We know the weather this summer has been somewhat unpredictable across Canada, but here in Victoria we have had a glorious season. It's mid-September as I write this, and the days are still warm, but there is a slight chill in the air as the nights approach, so we know fall

First Word from the Publisher

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