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by Gillian Crowley – What better way to spend a blustery Friday afternoon than watching a thought-provoking film at the Sidney/North Saanich Library? This fall the library is screening award-winning films from the National Film Board on the last Friday of each month, from 1 to 3 p.m. All films are around an hour long […]

by Valerie Green – Once October rolls around, children begin to think about Halloween, the night when they can go “trick or treating” dressed in weird costumes. It’s a night of witches, goblins and ghosts. In North America, Halloween traditions date back to the early All Soul’s Day parades in England when the poor begged

by Jo Barnes – Your school friends can’t wait to have you join them in a skating field trip to the local rink. Perhaps you’d really like to do Skate with Santa this year with your little ones. Or, maybe your spouse has always wanted to share their love of skating with you. But there’s

by Janice Henshaw – “What do we do with 140 acres of cow corn now that our dairy herd has been downsized?” That was the question faced by Pendray Farms of North Saanich last year. Employee Boyd Fuerst suggested: “How about a corn maze?” Boyd’s idea resulted in a steep learning curve, a great deal

by Scott Simpson, Saanichton Physiotherapy & Sports Clinic – Running is a simple endeavour, but it’s not easy! I’m a strong believer in doing preventative independent exercises as a means of building a strong foundation. They are free, relatively easy and specific to the task of running. In my opinion, this is the best way