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August Book Club

August 18, 2022

by Deborah Rogers - Imagine spending months alone, with only musk ox, elk and wolves for company. Imagine paddling, poling and towing a canoe upriver and through ice floes! Imagine covering nearly 4,000km of Canadian wilderness all under your own power. After reading this month's selection, Adam Shoalts' Beyond the Trees – A Journey Alone [...]

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Last Word from the Editor-in-Chief

August 18, 2022

by Allison Smith - For 17 years, my grandparents owned a waterfront cottage on the Sunshine Coast. During that time, my family lived just a short ferry ride away, so many weekends, and the majority of my summers, were spent on the beach there. My grandparents sold the house many years ago but recently, my

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Common Cents – Back to School: Not Just for Kids!

August 18, 2022

by Viola Van de Ruyt, Wealth Advisor | VandeRuyt Wealth Management Group - September is a time to think about learning. How is your financial literacy? Do you know what the jargon or terms mean? Every industry has its own language and can make the outsider feel like "it's a stupid question" to ask. Don't

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Out for a … Farmstand Forage – Find Your Favourite Local Farm Stands!

August 18, 2022

by Sheila Molloy - The Peninsula has a diverse and vibrant agricultural community – quality local foods and farm products that have supported social and economic relationships here for decades. The benefit of knowing where your food comes from and supporting local family farms and gardening hobbyists is a good enough reason to find your

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Steph’s Day Out – The Chocolate Project

August 18, 2022

by Stephanie Staples | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography - Imagine if people sent you chocolate from all over the world for you to taste and give your expert opinion on? It's a real thing! For years, every time I visited the Victoria Public Market, I was very explicably drawn to The Chocolate Project –

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