Stories

by Janis Jean Photography -  When my daughter was little, I used to love taking her to Beacon Hill Children's Farm. I think it was more for me than for her – which explains why I was so thrilled for my Seaside assignment at the new Farm Experience at Country Bee Honey Farm. The cuteness

by Stephanie Staples | photos by Amanda Cribdon Photography -  I opened the email from a friend, unsuspectingly. "Would you be interested in posing for the Sidney Shoal Portrait Painters (SSPP) group? It takes place every Tuesday afternoon and you sit for approximately two hours. It's a great experience and I think your beautiful features

by Steve Sakiyama -  I've been walking a lot lately. It started as a way to relieve stress – caused by the intense pressures of writing humour I guess. Up until recently, my exercise has been limited to chasing ice cream trucks or making a break to be first in the dinner buffet line. It's

by Tabatha Golat -  I'm all shook up this month over the new Baz Luhrmann film Elvis starring the insanely talented Austin Bulter as the "King of Rock" Elvis Presley. After a long hiatus from filmmaking, director Baz Luhrmann released his lively musical biopic of the late great Elvis Aaron Presley, a long-awaited production that's

by Anne Miller | photo courtesy Shoreline Medical -  Remember school dances in the 70s? This story begins around 1977, on stage in Kamloops, when Gordon Henderson and fellow musicians assembled a rock-and-roll band they called Steamer, playing locally, then basing themselves in Toronto and performing across Canada. With Gordon as vocalist, song-writer and guitarist/pianist,

by Deborah Rogers -  This summery photo was actually taken back on a cold and wet, early-spring day. Flip flops and a sun hat seemed far in the future! Now we're in that glorious part of the summer where all routine has disappeared along with the school schedule, and the long days encourage a change

by Sue Hodgson -  Working as the publisher and owner of a local magazine allows me the opportunity to be an integral part of the community. The coverage of many other publications is too large or too spread out to maintain kinship like Seaside Magazine does. Being hyperlocal is an amazing way to couple a