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Living Off the Land – Rake & Radish Farm: Healthy Harvest in Hand

February 29, 2024

by Jo Barnes | photos by Kathryn Alvarez Photography - While many people started backyard veggie gardens during the pandemic, Saanich's Ardeo Mann decided, at the age of 23, to start an actual farm! The half-acre Rake and Radish Farm on Cordova Bay Road had its beginnings right when the entire country seemed to shutting [...]

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Potatoes 3 Ways

February 29, 2024

by Ryan Hayter, The Marigold Café | photo by Janis Jean Photography - After many months of eating winter vegetables, you may have grown tired of cooking the same dishes week after week. It's always fun to try a new recipe when you are out of ideas, or wish to spice up your catalogue of

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Peninsula Voices – Silvia Bonet: Designing a Sustainable Future

February 29, 2024

by Jesse Holth | photo by Janis Jean Photography - What does tomorrow look like? It's hard for any of us to predict the future, but sometimes it's part of the job. I chatted with architect Silvia Bonet, of Finlayson Bonet Architecture, about housing, sustainability and accessibility. We have a housing deficit and an affordability

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Women To Watch: What It Means To Serve

February 29, 2024

by Jesse Holth - Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett-Butcher, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Flight Mechanic Ronnie is a self-described "small but mighty" 98-year-old who lives at Veterans Memorial Lodge in Broadmead. She signed up for service in WWII as soon as she could, at just 17 years old. "My father was in the Air Force and I

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Lil’ Red: A Semi Truck Dream

January 25, 2024

by Jamila Douhaibi | photos by Tanya Murchie - After over 5,000 shop hours, a pristine deep red semi truck stands in the wide storage bay on Henry Avenue in Sidney. Every detail has been painstakingly worked on and documented, and the stacks of paper manuals can attest to the final product. Still lightly draped

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