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– by Wilma Taylor – I’m a proud member of the Order of the Eastern Star. What’s Eastern Star, you ask? Well, we’re one of several organizations that have the dearest of ties to the Masonic family that includes Shriners, Daughters of the Nile and the Order of the Amaranth. Together, in North America alone,

– by Al Duncan – Well, at least some folks think so! Toyota’s RAV4 has been around since 1996, when it resembled a pumped-up station wagon in four-door trim and a fun looking PEZ dispenser in two-door trim. This ultra reliable Toyota, known as the RAV4, is actually a “Recreational Active Vehicle with 4-wheel drive;”

– by Susan Dafoe, Investment Advisor, National Bank Financial Wealth Management – Well, the RRSP season is over and if you haven’t already filed your income tax, you’re probably about to. If you are lucky enough to get a refund, what are you going to do with the money? If you have a mortgage, the

– by Doreen Marion Gee – The cultural myth that aging inevitably means deterioration is being turned on its head in the new millennium. Instead of winding down, people in their ’80s are winning marathons and going to university. A remarkable new partnership between Panorama Recreation Centre and Sidney SeniorCare is connecting seniors to the

– by Steve Sakiyama – During my younger, wilder years I had the brilliant idea of driving mom’s blue convertible with the roof down during a beautiful, calm starry night. Sounds good, except it was January in Northern Ontario when the temperature was a balmy three zillion degrees below zero. I bundled up and quietly

– by Barry Mathias – This is the fifth in a six-part series of profiles on some great local businesses that are working to keep us all in good health. If you are aware of a gradual or sudden loss of hearing, you need to consult an audiologist. If you live near Brentwood Bay, you

– by Barry Mathias – When the tourist season is over, Islanders’ minds turn to holidays. In its simpler form, a “holiday” was literally a “holy day” – a day off work. Now, it has come to mean seemingly endless weeks of enforced inactivity, sweating in unpronounceable foreign places, where the food causes havoc with

– by Sean McNeill – Victoria born and a graduate of Claremont High School, I began my online career in Victoria in 2006, shortly thereafter moving to Vancouver in 2008 while working with a group of young entrepreneurs. We began building an online marketing company specializing in product sales and customer acquisition, and during the

– by Susan Simosko – Friends & Neighbours is a column about the people who quietly enrich our lives personally and collectively every day. They distinguish themselves by the incredible things they do, whether or not we even notice. It is my pleasure to introduce you to a few of these remarkable people and to

– by Linda Hunter – COMMUNITY Raising the Bar It may be March, but play is always in season on the Peninsula. Just ask the children who are enjoying the latest addition to Centennial Park in Central Saanich: a new playground. Funded by a Government of B.C. Community Recreation Program grant, the municipality worked with