Food

– by Lara Gladych – This is the second in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. If you haven’t yet eaten at Canoe Cove Joe’s, then this patio season is the perfect time to take a drive out to Canoe Cove Marina for a bite to […]

– by Steve Sheppard – Spring and summer are the time of year when things change and become alive once again. The same can be said for the coffee industry at the largest annual Specialty Coffee Association of America show in Seattle this past April. The SCAA show brings companies from all over to the

It’s June and that means two things on the Saanich Peninsula: the Peninsula Country Market opens and June strawberries have arrived – the long wait for REAL strawberries is finally over! The large, red, juicy Peninsula berries are a seasonal favourite throughout the capital region at farm gates and farmers’ markets, and we’re happy to

Wherever we go these days, we are encouraged to “Buy Local” or “Eat Local”. However, the roots of this movement were set down on the Saanich Peninsula by a visionary group of residents nearly 25 years ago when the Peninsula Country Market opened on a sunny Saturday morning in July 1991 at the old Saanich

– by Lara Gladych – This is the first in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. It’s round two for me at the Prairie Inn, local favourite in Saanichton. This time, manager Jamie Day bows out of the spotlight, and I have the pleasure of sitting