by Tina Kelly – Canada’s coastline exceeds 200,000 kilometres but a mere 25% of its population lives in coastal zones. Of that small percentage, how many are certified to dive? Weed out the non-swimmers, the underage, those with health, physical or financial limitations, and those like me, the “too nervous to do more than float […]
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by Matt Hall, Wildwood Nursery – Autumn is an exciting time of year for us in the nursery industry. Our daily mail is full of catalogues from our growers, that are brimming with plants to fill our nurseries with in the spring. It’s also when the new cultivars and varieties of plants, bulbs and seeds
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by Krista Rossato, id8 Design – Increasingly, we are a culture obsessed with success, achievement, and mastery. We benchmark our efforts against statistics, letter grades, pay increases, popular media, and more. Yet, our greatest hurdle is our fear of failure. We agonize over failure – we try to avoid it, we doubt ourselves, we protect
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by Lara Gladych – FOOD & DRINK Cocktails & More The cocktail lounge at Victoria Distillers, in Sidney, is now closed for the winter. You can still shop their retail store, Tuesday to Sunday, 12 to 6 p.m., and experience their tours and tastings, Friday through Sunday, hourly from 1 to 4 p.m. Guests can
For the past few weeks, my daughter has been excitedly anticipating her third birthday. This is the first year that she really seems to know what’s going on, and she just can’t wait. I’ve got several bags of decorations, craft supplies to make games, treats for loot bags etc., and every time I turn around
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