The holidays can be a hard time of year. There are dark, gloomy skies that can prompt a bout of blues (or Seasonal Affective Disorder). There’s an overwhelm that sometimes takes place, with festivities to plan and more to do than there is time to do it in. And then there is the abundance of […]
Professionals Winners’ Luncheon: 1. Steve Haley-Browning, Seaside Magazine; Fran Daviss, INVIS; Laura McLarty, Flush Bathroom Essentials; Sue Hodgson, Seaside Magazine; Art Finlayson & Silvia Bonet, Finlayson Bonet Architecture; Shannon Kowalko, 10 Acres Farm Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Mixer at Hook & Hook Renovations: 2. Anna Thomas, Intrigue Hair Design; Richard Flader, Flader Chartered
by Laura Waters, Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts – As fall arrives I find myself missing the long hot days and nights. I do, however, love the leaves changing colours and then floating to the ground in a carpet of red and orange. Now that the harvest is almost complete, warm comfort foods start to
Island Dish: Curried Lentils and Portobello Mushroom
by Commander Peter Chance (retired) – The Importance of Remembrance Day To me Remembrance Day is all about the hard won freedom: the sacrifice of thousands who heard the call to arms in September 1939 to fight on foreign soil to rid us of the tyranny of Nazi Germany. Freedom comes at very high price
by Doreen Marion Gee – December 2: Family Discover Scuba. Exciting scuba-diving fun for the whole family with an introduction to this aquatic world in a PADI “discover scuba” program. Shallow water. 4 to 5 p.m. 8 yrs+. $40. Saanich Commonwealth Place – Rockfish Divers. Register: www.saanich.ca. 250-475-7600. December 3: Sea Shirt Sunday. Create your
What’s Happening This Winter for Tots, Kids & Teens
