by Tania Tomaszewska – Wine touring in Mexico? You bet! Last month I was lucky to spend time in Querétero and San Miguel de Allende, about a three-hour drive north of Mexico City and in the corazon (heart) of Mexico. In this land of tequila, mezcal and beer, wine consumption and production has traditionally not
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by Lara Gladych – Who do you turn to when you have a question? Is it Google or Siri, maybe Alexa? At Seaside Magazine we are fortunate to know local experts in all the fields (or we’ll know someone who knows someone), so next time you have a question, Ask Seaside! Each month I’ll take
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by Jo Barnes – Hello Readers! Hope you’re off to a great 2020! I don’t know about you, but I slept well last night and am full of beans! You may be wondering what legumes have to do with vitality, but let me explain. The phrase seems to have come into use around 1850 when
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by Paula Kully – CONTECHUALLY SPEAKING The future is nowHarbour Air and magniX closed out 2019 in a momentous way by successfully flying the world’s first electrically-powered commercial passenger aircraft. Harbour Air CEO and founder Greg McDougall piloted the plane and launched the electric era of aviation. Feeling groovyOne of the Peninsula’s many tech companies
by Chris Cowland – It’s December as I write this, sitting outside in shorts and a T-shirt. No, I’m not embarking on a Polar Bear swim; I’m sitting on the balcony of my casita in Mulegé, on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico. I don’t enjoy busy touristy areas, so this small town of 3,800 people on
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by Cassidy Nunn – Western riding and showing is popular across the world, with several different disciplines on offer to compete in, from reining and western pleasure, to rodeo events such as barrel racing and cattle penning. The roots of western riding are based around cattle ranching and the types of skills a horse and
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by Tina Kelly – Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea – They say life is all about balance. When it comes to life in kelp forests – and other natural systems – no truer words could be spoken. Human actions regularly upset these natural balances and in the case of some kelp forests, the imbalance
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by Gillian Crowley – A long and fascinating journey has led Wendy Wickwire to discover an important but overlooked figure in B.C.’s history: James Teit was an ethnographer, hunting guide and friend of the Indigenous communities in the B.C. Interior and beyond. In 1977, Wendy started to record the songs and stories of Indigenous elders
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story by Janice Henshaw, photos by Andrew Bradley, Itty Bitty Sign Shop – What is the best thing to do when your home is looking tired and out-of-date? Put up a “For Sale” sign and move to another home? Ignore the faded colours and saggy furniture and be happy that your bank account doesn’t have
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by Matt Hall – Red Feather Horticulture – One of the most common design requests by our customers is ensuring that they have colour in their garden over the entire year. Thankfully, we live in a gardening climate where we can have 12 months of flowers. That said, some of the winter-flowering perennials and shrubs
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