by Paula Kully – News, changes, updates, launches? Email news@seasideamagazine.ca. 40 & FABULOUS! Youthful by NatureDon’t you love Sidney Natural Foods? You can just smell the health and goodness as soon as you walk in the door. This year, they are celebrating their 41st anniversary. Along with that, they have been nominated in two categories
by Jesse Holth – Many years ago living on the Saanich Peninsula required people to draw their sustenance directly from the land upon which they lived. While most of us today rely on grocery markets and at best tend to backyard gardens, there are still those in our community for whom living off the land
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Photographer Cassidy Nunn and mum Dagmar put together the cover shot – It doesn’t seem like I’ve inherited my mum’s incredible German baking skills and since it’s been years since I assisted her with the holiday baking, I was grateful that she and my dad were coming for a visit around the time of this
by Jude Barkley – Hook & Hook Designs – With 2020 fast approaching, new design trends are hitting the market just in time for the New Year. And never was it more obvious than at the High Point Market in North Carolina. The High Point Market is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in
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by Janice Henshaw – What makes our living rooms special? Warm, inviting, and welcoming? Yes, yes, of course, it’s your charming and winsome personality! But is there anything better after the chilly blast of a winter walk by the sea than cuddling up on the couch in front of a blazing fire with your family,
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Editor-In-Chief – I’ve said it before and will say it again (and again): I love this community. And nowhere is the feeling of small-town friendliness and caring more apparent than in times of need, and celebration. The recent School District #63 strike saw many local parents scrambling to find care for their children or risk
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Publisher & Owner – You go to school to learn to read and write. You take lessons to learn an instrument, join a team to learn a sport, but I sometimes wonder how we are supposed to learn about some of life’s less tangible skills, like relationships. When we’re in the first flush of love
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Seaside’s Trendspotter Cassidy Nunn has found everything you need to make it, create it, fix it or improve it! Trojan Horse Model $24.99. Buddies Toys 250.655.7171 Cottage Paint ($18 each) and Paintbrush ($15). The Old Attic 778.426.1660 Crayola Color-In Socks $13.99. Greenhawk Equestrian Sport 250.652.1002 Bottle Lights $20. Dig This Sidney 778.426.1998 Gourmet Village Salad
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Seaside Magazine welcomes your feedback! Send letters to the editor via allison@seasidemagazine.ca or post your comments on our Facebook wall! Letters may be edited for space and content. In Karen Morgan’s article (“Inside Out;” September 2019), she articulates accepting the reality of her brother’s dementia diagnosis and reconciles herself to his inevitable deterioration. Karen’s second
by Chris Cowland – It seems that every other bike on the road nowadays is a Harley or a Honda, but in my youth, you would rarely see either one in England. But there are groups of enthusiasts around the world who own “real” motorcycles, those made in England around 50 years ago. The heyday
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