by Matt Hall, Wildwood Nursery – Is your New Year’s resolution a renewed yard? Does the thought of landscaping fill you with more dread than hitting the gym? Is it 100% because of the cost? Don’t worry! If a DIY streak runs through you, here are some tips to help you keep your garden installation costs […]
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by Chantelle McLarty, CM Interior Design – Scale and proportion are often overlooked but are a crital element in design. When designing a space, it is important to consider the relationship between objects while keeping in mind scale and proportion. Designers need to consider, and are often asked, what is the most functional and properly-sized furniture
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by Gillian Crowley – Valdy Coming to Sidney Canadian music legend Valdy will be playing crowd favourites, new material and even a few surprises in an evening aimed to entertain both young and young at heart. Paul “Valdy” Horsdal has been part of Canadian pop, country and folk music for almost 40 years. Combining the
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by Craig Campbell – You would think aging and finances should make an easy humour column given, for me, both are a joke. In fact I can practically hear a conversation my doc and banker might have, if they got together for a beer and held an honest conversation. “You should see the size of
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I always see the start of a new year not just as a time to look forward to what the next 12 months will bring, but also as the perfect opportunity to look back over the past year. And this January, my ninth (!) with Seaside Magazine, I thought I’d look back not only at
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I do love the holiday season and I often find my thoughts drifting back to family memories. Growing up, the highlight of every Christmas was heading out in the bitter cold of the Maritimes, on snowshoes, with the entire family, to find a perfect tree. Even with six feet of snow on the ground Sandy,
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by Susi McMillan – Always on the lookout for amazing local products, Seaside’s Trendspotter Susi McMillan brings you unique treats to grace your table this holiday season! Bar Essentials Sanbitter 6/$4.99; Phillips Tonic 4/$11; Sparkling Pomegranate 4/$8.99. Brentwood Bay Village Empourium. empourium.ca Quick & Divine Appies $6. Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts. snowdonhouse.ca Italian
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by Deborah Rogers – My Day Out this month allows me to give back (a little) to my community, and gives a glimpse of a vital not-for-profit service: I’m volunteering at the Food Bank. On the Wednesday morning that I join Executive Director Bev Elder and her team, the Sidney Lions Food Bank at Iroquois
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by Stu Rhodes – How often does an apprentice finish their technical training, and finish logging their work-based hours before their 18th birthday? Well, I don’t know the actual stats on this, but I can assure you: it rarely happens! No big deal for Julia Scheuer though. Julia graduated from Claremont Secondary last June, and
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by Lara Gladych – RETAIL Style Savvy Cottons and Blues, in Sidney, is under new ownership. A familiar face at the store, Anna Savage has taken over the locally-loved jeans and casual-wear shop. Shop locally, at 2437 Beacon (at Fourth Street). Fresh Space d.g.bremner & co. menswear has moved down Beacon, to the former Muffet
