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Here's an authentic Edwardian era gem, on special Salt Spring Island, for your pleasure. Private, sunny acreage, walk to town, close to Sailing Club, and has potential for subdivision. The sensitively restored home, circa 1908, has retained all of the allure of yesteryear, and without relinquish...
06/30/2010
So much to be thankful for, in being lucky enough to live in North America. It's Canada Day, tomorrow, July 1st, and on July 4th it's the U.S. Independence Day celebration. A myriad of problems face our times, globally, and yet, even though we may complain and fuss, we are lucky in our contine...
06/30/2010
June 30, 2010. Catch the Canada Day celebrations tomorrow, July 1st! From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Salt Spring Elementary School playing field, just off Rainbow Road, enjoy the Car Show! Live music, too. At noon, O Canada will be sung with cannons, and a Sky Diver will perform. The Canada Day Ca...
06/30/2010
It's odd how events in the larger world are mirrored in the smaller, more personal sphere, too. Wars, famine, chaos, ecomomic dissolution, massive enviromental disasters, earthquakes, floods, riots...the images of death and destruction float out at us from endless looping t.v. coverage. More mic...
06/28/2010
We are so surrounded by beauty in the great Pacific Northwest Coastal area, that we can sometimes just "take it for granted". In the summer season, though, if we're lucky enough to be out at sea, on a sailboat say, where the wind's quiet presence allows us to drift and dream our way along th...
06/28/2010
June 27, 2010. Here we are, at the mid-point in the year, just past the Solstice weekend, true Summer is underway and the natural world continues to work to that expansive fruition moment of our harvest season. These next few weeks of largesse, of expansive light, of wandering hours of time defer...
06/27/2010
June 26, 2010. Looking for more information about the Islanders for Self-Government? Mark your calendars, and be at Centennial Park, July 4th, between noon and 3 p.m. The event's purpose is to express the need for a balance between the Islands Trust's "preserve and protect" mandate and ensuring t...
06/26/2010
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The perfect recreational opportunity on special Salt Spring Island awaits your pleasure! Cedar cottage, wood floors, panoramic ocean, islands, mountain vistas, sunsets forever! Year round moorage for your boat, at your own dock, and warm ocean swimming in the summer season. In the heart of the...
06/25/2010
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June 24, 2010. Hastings House is offering some interesting opportunities this summer season: Chefs Across The Water offers food and wine pairings with chefs from notable Vancouver and Victoria venues (first one is June 29th). There's also a Sunday Concerts on the Lawn offering, two in July, one i...
06/24/2010
Portofino West? Here it is, with all the allure of the "cool Mediterranean" microclimate on special Salt Spring Island! Located in Grace Point Square, renowned as an art gallery haven, (6 galleries, plus other involving businesses), this dynamic restaurant awaits your input. Bocados Bistro offer...
06/23/2010
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