by Janice Henshaw – I made a will – a while back. Hmmm, could be quite a few years back, now that I think of it. I wonder if it’s still valid. Would it be much of a process to update it? Or, as one of my friends asked the other day: “I wonder if […]
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by Laurie Salvador, Salvador Davis & Co. Notaries Public – Fred was hospitalized after a stroke. Thankfully he is able to return home, but his mobility is not what it once was. He needs more time to process information and he doesn’t have the memory and energy he enjoyed as a young man. Fred has always looked
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Sue Hodgson, owner of Seaside Magazine, volunteers at the 15th Annual Christmas Dinner at the Mary Winspear Centre. The dinner is held every year on Christmas Day, and welcomes those who are otherwise alone, or in need, at this time of year. She met a newfound friend, Phyllis James, a fan of Seaside Magazine!
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by Krista Rossato – My husband gave me a cautious look as I wrapped the two Hudson’s Bay point blankets that I bought as Christmas gifts for my two young sons. I had been saving for them, as I wanted to give them an iconic piece of Canadian history. They were very excited to finally unwrap
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Associate Publisher Deborah Rogers Talks With SPRIG Chair Mabel Jean Rawlins and Secretary Nola Silzer. In September 2015 when the world was confronted by images of Syrians desperate to flee their war torn country – symbolized so heartbreakingly by the story of Alan Kurdi, his tiny body washed up on a Turkish beach – people
by Paula Kully – There is no doubt: Christmas is a magical time of year that brings light and life to the season, warming our hearts and filling our days with family, friends, food and celebration. It’s no wonder we spend time and money decorating our homes to set the stage for entertaining during
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Photos by www.nuttycake.com, taken at the SPHF Gala and the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Crystal Awards. 1-6 SPHF Gala, Church & State Winery: 1. Karen Morgan, Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation (SPHF); Elizabeth May, MP 2. Renn Bibeau, SPHF; Jodi Jantzen, Saanich Peninsula Hospital 3. Stasia Hartley, Bayshore Home Health; Brett Hartley 4. Dr. Ambrose Marsh,
photos by www.nuttycake.com 1. Donna Finlayson, Wine Kitz Sidney; Paula Grypma, Outlooks Design 2. Seaside Magazine Publisher & Owner Sue Hodgson 3. Kevin Matthews & Laura McKenzie, Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre (Winner: Branding) 4. Lucas Copplestone, McTavish Academy of Art (Winner: Innovation) 5. Jim Townley, MC for the evening; President, Fresh Cup Roastery
by Paula Kully – What do agriculture, landscaping and trucking having in common? Here on Vancouver Island, it’s the use of technology and innovation to start-up or grow business. Greater Victoria is rapidly gaining notoriety as a hotbed for high tech innovation and manufacturing. The Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council (VIATEC) estimates 867
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by Rebekah Hunter – He gently folds the jacket bearing memories from another time and another place: Wartime, some 70 years ago. With great patience he explains to me the significance of the two gold caterpillar brooches pinned to the lapel. They represent the two times he was shot down as an Air Force pilot
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