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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

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

by Dale Henley, Co-Chair, Saanich Peninsula Primary Health Care Society –  “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems” ~ Lee Iacoca, former CEO, Chrysler Corporation. How do you get health care services? Do you go to a walk-in clinic, or do you go to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Emergency Room

by Doreen Marion Gee – Every fall, Sidney slips out of its sleepy summertime cocoon and transforms into a spectacular butterfly. It becomes a vibrant community sizzling with creative colour. Artists of all stripes spread their wings and dazzle us with their extraordinary talents and skills. The Sidney Fine Art Show puts us on the

by Jim Townley, President of Fresh Cup Roastery Café – In a recent discussion with my significant other, I was asked the pointed question: “Why do you want to be an entrepreneur so bad?” One of my personal strengths, as an entrepreneur, is that I can think quickly on my feet, but in this case

I believe everything happens for a reason and that life is unmistakably connected all the time. Last year at the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, we had a quick introduction and your few words left me wanting more. Here we are today, chatting once again. You are a local success story. Not only a devoted

  Like virtue, photography is its own reward, triggering memories of life’s greatest moments and relationships. In our Fourth Annual Photography Contest, Seaside wishes to further reward some of these amazing artists, with some good old-fashioned ink in our local magazine. With so many submissions, this task wasn’t easy. You’ll find our choices in the