Stories

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 […]

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

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

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,