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September 2021 Book Club

September 29, 2021

by Deborah Rogers In 2015 Sylvia Olsen and her partner (now husband) Tex McLeod embarked on a cross-Canada road trip to conduct a series of knitting workshops. Along the way they met knitters from all backgrounds and exchanged knitting stories and experiences. The trip also turned into an opportunity to explore Canada: physically as they [...]

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Trade Student Spotlight – Isabelle Tsui: Doing it All

September 29, 2021

by Heidi Hackman & Colleen McNamee, District Career Coordinators, SD 63 Photo by Amanda Cribdon Photography Were you ever told as a young adult that you would have to choose between two of your interests? Or maybe they told you that your creative outlet wouldn't be lucrative enough, so you would need to be sure

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Seaside Homes – Cordova Bay Oceanfront Home Renewal

September 29, 2021

by Janice Henshaw | photos by Janis Jean Photography Aesthetic, functional, comfortable spaces with a unified flow – isn't that what we would all like our homes to look and feel like when we come in the door? Some of us have that magical talent to make it happen, and others, well, people like me,

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West Coast Gardener – Bill Morgan: Raising Gardens & Harvesting Health

September 29, 2021

by Jo Barnes | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography His above ground garden boasts fragrant, firm vegetables and colourful fruit bursting with flavour. How is it that an 88-year old hayseed from the prairies has been so successful with this garden? Brentwood Bay senior, Bill Morgan, has spent a lifetime as a gardener and landscaper,

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Last Word from the Editorial Director

September 29, 2021

by Deborah Rogers CBC News was interviewing people on the street, asking them what date they consider to be the start of the year. It was an odd sort of question – New Year's Day is January 1st – but I understood what they were getting at. The start of the school year is for

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