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Words Brittany Bazin, Brittany Bazin Interiors The holidays in 2025 are all about intentional warmth and effortless style. This year, decorating is less about matching sets and more about creating a home that feels personal, cozy and beautifully layered. From rich, moody tones and plush textures to natural greenery and playful accents, the season’s trends [...]
Hidden Gems: Local Shops Around The Peninsula
Words Jesse Holth With winter holidays just around the corner, it’s a great time to remind ourselves why it is so important to shop local. We love supporting business owners in our community, finding unique treasures, and lowering our environmental impact. Here are some hidden gems around the Saanich Peninsula that you can support while
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Peninsula Voices – Leading Change: Learning How To Speak Up
Words Jesse Holth Photo Sarah Hartley Photography Sarah Crawford-Bohl is a healthcare leader at Island Health who gained widespread recognition for her TED talk, “Lean In, Speak Up: Igniting Change Through Courageous Conversations.” We chatted about women in leadership, the importance of difficult conversations, and how to find your voice. Can you tell me a
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Craft the Exceptional
Words Reuben Butterfield, mbrand Building a memorable business, finding your spark and doing what you love. Maybe you've felt it too: the sense that things are moving just a bit faster these days. Social media feeds are full of conflicting advice. Do this. Do that. Pivot here. Scale there. If you’re not doing this (trend
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The Professionals – A Small Town at Work
Words & Photo Morgan Shaw, Executive Director, Sidney BIA Walk through Sidney on any afternoon and you can feel the energy of a small town at work. Some storefronts change, with new professionals stepping into familiar spaces. Others have held their place for decades, building relationships that span generations and creating a sense of continuity
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From the Kitchen – Sugar & Spice
Words Joan Saunders Photos Sarah Hartley Photography I’ve never been a pumpkin spice latte kind of person. Don’t get me wrong, I do like pumpkin; I like pumpkin pie (with lots of whipped cream), pumpkin loaf (with some orange zest to amp up the flavour), and I especially like pumpkin scones topped with a gorgeous
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From the Kitchen – Seasonal Showcase
Words Joan Saunders Photos Sarah Hartley Photography Pears have always been one of my favourite fruits. When I was a kid, my family would travel up to the Okanagan each summer to camp at the lake, and on the way back we would always stop at the roadside stands to pick up cases of peaches,
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Pizza Battle
Photos Sarah Hartley Photography Sometimes family rivalries extend into the kitchen, and result in amazing, unique dishes that quickly become favourites! Why not go beyond the ordinary and experience the extraordinary? With the flavours of Editorial Director Tabatha Golat's Pierogi Pizza and brother-in-law Mitchell Ogilvie's Ahi Tuna Pizza, you'll be glad you said ta ta
West Coast Garden – Goodbye Law Courts – Hello Flowers!
Words & Photos Janice Henshaw It all started with a morning coffee in the much-loved Wendel’s Bookstore and Café in Fort Langley. Shelley, my sister (at right), was 64 years old and six months away from retiring from her 30-year career as a litigation lawyer in the Fraser Valley. Erin Benzakein’s book, Cut Flower Farm,
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Chase’s Got Talent
Words Jamila Douhaibi Photos NBC/Trae Patton If you’ve ever seen America’s Got Talent (AGT), you know that it’s an intense show where a variety of artists come on to a highly lit stage and are faced with four judges who sit at a panel with giant “X’s” on the front. For anyone that would be
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