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– by Doreen Marion Gee – This is part of a rotating series of articles on members of Sidney Meet Up Women’s Networking Group, featuring women in business on the Saanich Peninsula. “I only had my scooter a couple of weeks and saw more of the neighbourhood than I had seen in the past 15 […]

Enjoy a fun, free all-ages community celebration this April 25th and 26th at St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt Street, Victoria … an experience like no other! The third annual Creatively United for the Planet Festival celebrates where we live, work, eat, play and study with live music, dance, DJ’s, children’s activities, puppets, displays, lectures, hands-on

– by Linda Hunter – services Creating Smiles and Changing Styles Christopher Nordell, a Victoria denturist for the past 15 years, is pleased to include Peninsula clients in his practice, now operating a few days a month out of Dr. Andrea Berardelli’s clinic in Sidney. Christopher provides respectful and caring treatment, and offers services including fitting

– by Suzanne Morphet – The monk can’t get his barbecue lighter to work. A dozen of us are patiently waiting outside the Buddhist temple of Monjusen-ji, on Japan’s most southerly island. In the pre-dawn gloom we watch the monk fiddle with the cranky device before lighting the candles some other way. We’ve come to

Imagine. For less than you’d spend for a ticket to a downtown play, you can enjoy a night at the theatre, support Tanzanian teenagers and possibly win a night for two at the Marriot. Katarina’s father died six years ago. Her mother is now struggling to raise nine kids. Katarina (pictured with Catriona and Chris

– by Trysh Ashby-Rolls – A client asked how long it would take to fill his prescription. “It won’t be more than five minutes, will it? I mean, all you have to do is count the pills and stick ’em in a bottle. Right?” “You want the right pills?” replied the pharmacist. “You want me

– by Valerie Green – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down and talk with some interesting characters from Greater Victoria’s past? If so, wonder no more. Although these conversations are merely creative figments of my imagination, they are all based on fact. In March of 1906, as Justice of

Art is defined as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” Now consider a world without art, without the Mona Lisa, without the statue of David, without Chihuly glass or

Disappearing Dinosaurs: The Bellwethers Silently Talk Climate Change. The beautiful little sea turtle on our cover this month is seen as a “climate change canary.” Although they can’t tell us when they’re hurting, their behaviour, like that of honeybees, is an indicator of our planet’s health. The effects of global warming will have enormous impacts

I had a Skype call recently with my two-year-old niece. I was on my computer; she was on my sister’s iPad. Just a few minutes into the conversation Cassidy said: “All done. Thank you. Bye bye” and she pressed the “hang-up” button. Yes, the kid knows screens. It’s kind of scary, really, when I think