Sunshine Coast Business Magazine Spring 2019

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Spring 2019 • Vol. 06 No. 01

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FUSE SUNSHINE COAST Community Work Hub

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DROUGHT

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THE BUSINESS OF BEES

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LIVING LIFE IN FULL BLOOM

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FINLAYSON GOLDSMITHS

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CAVALLO HOOF BOOTS

Threatens Local Food Security

Roberts Creek Honey - Beekeeping

The Current Floral Industry Has Blossomed

Buried Treasure

“There Are No Horseshoes In Heaven”

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30 YEARS OF SWEET DREAMS

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CELEBRATING 60 YEARS

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The Sunshine Coast Advantage Service and Leadership Program is a partnership and a pledge between business, staff, and community to recognize the importance of investing in service and leadership skills on the Coast.

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s my five-year-old son scampers beside me while we walk up the long driveway to the Exotic Fruit Nursery in Roberts Creek one afternoon in early May, the wind cuts through my two layers of sweaters and chills me. It’s hard to believe that only three days earlier, the province was still in the grip of a record-shattering heat wave that triggered 22 wildfires. With a lush palette of spring greens and multi-coloured blossoms popping all around me, it’s easy to momentarily forget the impending drought that threatens to devastate Coastal farms and gardens this year.

Wildfires. Water restrictions. In May! I shake my head. When I moved to the Coast seven years ago to start a family, it was unfathomable to think that we could, and would, be in this position, and so soon: the security of our local water and food resources are now directly threatened by pressures of climate change. And it’s getting worse every year.

Last November, the world received

LOCAL FARMERS struggle to adapt to changing climate realities.

dire news from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which recommended that the world needs to bring carbon emissions to 45% below 2010 by 2030 in order for our planet to survive. This was followed in April by Canada’s Changing Climate Report, released by the federal Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, which delivered the grim projection that Canada is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, we were delivered another blow when the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services predicted the imminent extinction of over a million species. Around the globe, communities are beginning to feel the acute impacts of climate change on a local scale, and it made me wonder if we have appropriate water and land resources on the Sunshine Coast to sustain our population in the face of heightened climate challenges: what if we can’t grow food here?

A friendly and curious llama, freshly sheared of its woolly winter fur coat, trots over to the fence to greet us as we stroll past, providing welcome comic relief to my dark reverie. Clad in muddy overalls, farmer Annette Clark waves me over. We sit to chat in the center of the chaotic swirl of flora on her sprawling acreage bursting with groves of fruit trees, berry bushes, greenhouses, sheds and ponds.

Sharp, practical and philosophical, she doesn’t mince words: “We have to act really swiftly here because this year could be really catastrophic, theoretically, with forest fires and no water left.” The climate change anxiety we both seem to share is palpable, and it’s coming up more and more, directly and bluntly like this, in causal conversations with fellow Coasters: it feels like we’re all worried.

“I have half the sales that I had last year because right now people are afraid to put anything in the ground because they don’t know if they can water,” says Annette, whose primary business is selling food plants to gardeners. “I hear from so many other people that grow, they say, ‘well, it’s not worth it, what’s the point doing it now, I can’t water anymore’ because it really looks like we will go to stage four early this year.”

During the drought of 2015, Annette’s entire operation was threatened, particularly at the point we hit stage four water restrictions, which bans all watering. She lobbied the SCRD to change watering restrictions

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to ease the pressure on farmers. “Farming needs to be seen as essential,” she said. Like Annette’s farm, most farms on the Coast almost exclusively supply all of their food to the local market. This is both good for the local economy and long-term food security. But without a secure water supply, our food supply – in both market farms and private gardens – is threatened. Farmers like Annette are investing their own money and energy into adapting to the changing reality, but she feels frustrated by how long it has taken various levels of government to come up with solutions. The SCRD recently released an amended, more comprehensive water restrictions schedule that finally recognizes commercial farming in its own class with less restrictions, but farmers will be left out to dry completely once stage four hits. Since drought has become the new reality on the Coast, Annette knows she can’t rely on the SCRD water system to keep her farm afloat. “I just need it as an emergency measure in the middle of summer,” she says of SCRD water. “I need the water at the time when they shut it off.”

“I’ve switched totally from seedlings and vegetables to fruit trees, they do much better in the summer because they have deeper roots, I don’t have to water all the time.” Annette has been designing and building a rainwater storage system in the form of large tanks and pools that will eventually have the capacity to store 60,000 gallons. She has replaced all of her roofs with metal roofing in order to collect rainwater and has installed a drip irrigation network to water her trees. “I’m trying wherever I can. I’m working fourteen hours a day just to save everything we have.”

While she works diligently to keep her farm running and her plants healthy, she knows the issue is bigger and feels we all have to work together toward a more sustainable future. “We’re always putting band-aids on everything; we really need to have a true sustainability concept. We can’t live with everlasting growth, there is a limit on this finite planet and we need to come up with bold decisions on where are our limits and how we reduce our footprint, not just on the water issue.”

My son and I thank Annette and say good-bye, contemplating her words as we roll on. On our way home, we stop at Henry Reed Organic Produce, the Coast’s largest farm. Since the first summer we arrived here my family has enjoyed their delicious spring greens. At the gate, we can see fields of perfectly kept lettuce covered in cloche, all of which will be picked soon and enjoyed by Coasters. Farmer Martin Kiewitz tells me “we’ve got a real issue here. If I can’t water during stage four, we’ll be out of work all season.” Right now, he is investigating the possibility of drilling a well. He has always tried to be a role model to young farmers, to show them that small-scale local farming is viable, but he’s very worried about the future.

He feels deeply that his role is to provide for his family, his employees and his community, but climate pressures are starting to make it more challenging.

“I’m hungry!” My son tugs at my sleeve. I look at him, knowing I can provide for his needs today, but considering issues of climate change, lack of water supply and agricultural infrastructure on the Coast, I wonder what the future holds. As we enjoy our lunch together, Annette’s words ring through my head: “We all have to work together, everybody, to find a solution.”

- Jody Franklin Sunshine Coast Business Magazine • Spring 2019

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athleen Suddes loves her bees.

Heading into winter, the owner operator of Roberts Creek Honey had 92 hives that, in a good year, produce around 75 pounds of honey. Those 92 hives, at the peak of the season, represent around 5 million bees located in various acreages along the Sunshine Coast, including 10 hives at Persephone Brewing in Gibsons. In exchange for having the space to store her hives on Persephone’s property, Suddes provides them with honey for their beers. “It’s a serious addiction,” Suddes says of beekeeping. “It’s a multi-sensory experience—you hear them, you smell them and feel them. You really become attached to your bees.” So it hit Suddes particularly hard to lose over 40% of her bees over the fall and winter to wasp attacks and harsh winter conditions. In fall, just as

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ers and believes that, “anecdotally, losses are anywhere from 50-70%.”

Those are devastating losses for an industry is that already facing numerous challenges. queen bees are putting down larva physiologically designed to survive the winter and keep the hive alive, wasps are on the hunt for protein to keep their own queens alive over the winter. “The bee hives are like a protein buffet for the wasps. They just savage them. And then we had February,” Suddes says, recalling the prolonged cold and snow of this past winter. “For the weaker hives, that was more than they could handle.” It was a hard winter for bees across the province, and while the BC government survey with actual numbers won’t be released until late May, Suddes has been talking with many keepSunshine Coast Business Magazine • Spring 2019

While there are a number of hobbyist beekeepers on the Sunshine Coast, there are only three commercial ones with Roberts Creek Honey being the only one who sells honey retail. On Wednesdays, you will find Suddes selling her products at the Roberts Creek Market. “We don’t have agriculture on the Coast,” explains Suddes of the small number of beekeepers. “We have hobby farms, acreages, the odd facility like Persephone. It’s not like the Fraser Valley or the Prairies.” Suddes’ hives are spread throughout 10 different yards on the Coast, and she limits the number of hives at any one yard to 10. “I couldn’t put all my hives in one

yard because there’s not enough forage for the bees,” says Suddes. With the increase in residential development on the Coast, her bees are losing even more food sources. Other factors stressing bees include climate change, insecticides, pesticides, and parasites, like the varroa mites that have been linked to colony collapse. Beekeeping is not considered farming, so here on the Coast, bees, and the humans that keep and rely on them, face recurring summer drought conditions and strict water restrictions.

With bees under various environmental stressors, beekeepers are also feeling the pressure.

With her hives down to around 50, Suddes will have very little honey to sell this spring. “Honey production is not particularly sustainable,” she says, noting that Canadian producers make very high quality honey. “It’s expensive to produce [and] you’re competing against grocery stores and cheap imported honey.” According to Suddes, Kathleen Suddes, Beekeeper, Roberts Creek Honey. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

starting new hives is another option. Suddes completed the BC Bee Master program and is a BC Honey Producers Certified Instructor. As part of her “value added” strategy, Suddes makes infused honeys, sells propolis, an anti-microbial compound that bees make from tree resin, teaches, and gives workshops.

“Look at your garden as a dinner plate,” says Suddes. “If it doesn’t produce a seed or a nut or a fruit, then it’s not likely to provide nutrition to a pollinator, and we can all use a little help.”

Roberts Creek Honey, 604-886-8856, robertscreekhoney.com.

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beekeepers are always looking for “value added” – other ways of making income. Even small beekeeping operations can be in demand for pollination contracts, moving their hives to pollinate food crops like lucrative blueberries. “They are the ones doing the pollination contracts,” says Suddes of beekeepers. “If we start driving them out of business because they can’t afford to keep their operations going, then it really does impact food production. Beekeepers provide an essential role in our food sustainability. Even here on the Coast, there’s all kinds of pollination happening.”

With spring comes hope and renewal, and Suddes’ remaining hives are busy getting ready for a new season, hatching broods, gathering pollen and nectar, and making honey. One hive is doing exceptionally well and will need to be divided before it swarms—an indication that the colony is outgrowing the space in its hive. After her winter losses, dividing a colony that is flourishing is one way Suddes will be able to increase the number of her hives. Buying queens from breeders and Sunshine Coast Business Magazine • Spring 2019

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he power of a single bloom has the ability to elicit past memories. It can dig up emotions from a moment in time, bring joy and beauty to an event, show support and provide consolation when words are hard to come by. Do you remember the first time you received or gave flowers? What memory does that evoke?

Two years ago, Laurel and Wendy became owners of Gibsons Florist.

Laurel had thought about owning her own flower shop for years but life always had other plans for her time. Mostly self taught through travel, reading, experimenting, and experience, she moved to different cities and countries via the path of florals. The world renowned floral artists she worked under were very generous with sharing their skills, allowing her to learn from the best.

Laurel has taken that passion and cultivated a blooming life.

The current floral industry has blossomed and with it the availability of plants, blooms, greenery and styling. The industry is “very exciting,” comments Laurel. “There is so much available from all over the world now.” Laurel buys blooms direct from the Holland market, which allows for greater variety of products and competitive pricing, as well as hand-picking the best quality flowers from local auctions two to three times per week to support BC growers.

Over the years she has realized that flowers touch the most intimate parts of our lives; from births to brides to burials, we commemorate with flowers. Laurel is gracious and understands “it is an honour to be a part of people’s lives” and realizes that she is a “keeper of people’s emotions.” Using her creative skills as a floral designer, she and her team transform clients’ feelings into floral designs.

Recognizing the gifts Laurel’s mentors gave her, she and Wendy run their business with “egos checked at the door.” They believe that in order to create an environment

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where the flowers are the star they need to come together to bring each other’s skills and creative artistry to the forefront.

Staff member and designer Cindy has been with Gibsons Florist for 12 years and provided the continuity between Diane (previous owner) and Laurel and Wendy. With four wonderful designers, drawing from 120 years of combined floral artistic intellect, all with their own magical talents in floral design, Gibsons Florist is poised as the most exciting and creative floral shop on or off the Coast. They have both the access to flowers from around the world and the knowledge to make your most elaborate floral designs come to life.

Laurel is grateful for Sunnycrest Mall’s dedication to creating an environment that supports all the stores and especially to the SuperValu for working with her to make sure they don’t step on each other’s floral sales as “a flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”

Cultivating relationships and commitment to quality has always been a keystone for Laurel and Wendy. Whether creating arrangements for an aesthetically cohesive event or finding that perfect bloom for that special someone, Gibsons Florist is blooming with creativity, joy, and looks forward to being part of your next memory.

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- Natalie Findlay Sunshine Coast Business Magazine • Spring 2019

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Treasure

emstones have always fascinated humans. Compared to the drab browns and greys of the dirt and rock they’re pulled from, the rough crystals are of such otherworldly colours that in ancient times they were said to be of celestial origin and possess magical qualities.

Most gemstones were formed deep in the earth billions of years ago, often as a result of huge tectonic events bringing together different elements in an environment of extreme heat and pressure. Out of this seeming chaos come mathematically precise and consistent crystal formations in a dazzling array of colours and characteristics.

Their true beauty is fully realized when the rough crystal is faceted and polished. A finished gem is a team effort - the product of nature’s genius, the miner’s toil and the craftsman’s skill.

Most of us are familiar with The Big Four: diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald. These classics have long been the most sought-after gemstones – and for good reason. But there is a world of precious gems beyond these better-known minerals. There are tourmalines the colour of the water in the shallow bays of Smuggler Cove, spinels that echo the blue of the inside of a mussel shell, zircons that flash every colour of the sunset.

Tourmaline boasts one of the widest colour ranges in the mineral world. Sometimes more than one colour is present in a single stone.

The colour zoning occurs when trace elements in the developing crystal change in composition or concentration, providing a visible record of the fascinating processes taking place under our feet.

The natural mineral zircon is often confused with the man-made diamond simulant cubic zirconia, and that’s a pity. The oldest piece of earth found to date is a 4.4-billion-year-old fragment of zircon crystal, and zircon’s first mention in writing is in the Old Testament.

Zircon is doubly refractive: when a ray of light interacts with the crystal it is split into two rays – twice the sparkle!

Durability is one of the most important factors to consider if a gemstone is to be worn in a ring. For its amazing colour selection and relative durability, spinel is one of our favourites. There are intense cobalt blues, vibrant reds, or subtler hues of lavender and peach. It is the only gemstone that naturally occurs in grey, and it’s one of very few that can be found in light pink without being artificially enhanced. With a hardness of 8 on the Mohs scale, spinel is not far behind other gemstones that are hardy enough for daily wear. Diamond has a hardness rating of 10 (the highest possible) and sapphire and ruby are 9, making these the safest choices for an everyday ring. But if the colour or cost of these minerals make them not right for you, then spinel may be the solution.

Another important factor to consider is whether your gem has been treated or enhanced. Most gems on the market have been heated to intensify or alter their colour. This treatment is usually permanent and can be considered an extension of the natural processes taking place underground, so it is often not disclosed. Other treatments should definitely be disclosed, but unfortunately this is not always the case. Synthetic gemstones have been around since the mid-1800s, and they’re almost impossible to tell from the real thing.

Sometimes synthetics are an excellent option, but only if the buyer is aware that this is what they’re getting. A good jeweller can help you navigate the vast and wonderful world of gemstones.

When you find the perfect jewel, it’s like finding buried treasure.

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“There Are No Horseshoes In Heaven”

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arole Herder, President of Cavallo Horse and Rider, has taken a holistic view in building businesses and caring for herself.

When asked by The Local about her business success, Herder’s reply focused on service. “As an entrepreneur you need to serve a community and you have to be willing to create that community,” said Herder. She believes that many people who set out to start a business fail to focus beyond selling a service or product.

Her success has been grounded in taking the steps to develop relationships with her customers. “You have to understand your community well enough to meet its needs.

Those needs will evolve. To continue to be of service, the business needs to evolve as well,” said Herder.

Herder lives and manages her equine equipment business from her rural property in Roberts Creek. She started her first business at age 18 while living in Edmonton. That garment sector venture was a success. As a young mother from the Canadian prairies, Herder had a children’s clothing line that she designed and manufactured stocked on the racks of Macy’s and other large US retailers.

When the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, garments produced in Mexico, at a fraction of the cost of those produced in Canada, flooded North American markets. Herder’s business could not compete and was

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forced to close.

Following that closure, Herder knew she needed a change. She needed to focus on the things that would make her happy in life. As someone who meditates, practices yoga and studies holistic health care, she was drawn to the Sunshine Coast’s clean air, water and slower paced lifestyle. It was also someplace where she could realize her dream of having a horse.

Herder quickly learned that responsible horse ownership is not a simple or inexpensive undertaking. As a first time owner she had a lot to learn about feeding, sheltering and caring for her new dependent. The personal drive that Herder had used to succeed in business was now focused on equine care.

With her strong holistic mindset, one equine practice that puzzled Herder was the shoeing of horses. She could not understand why it was necessary to try to improve on the hooves that nature had designed for horses. She immersed herself in the study of the subject. It became apparent to her that horses had thrived on the earth for thousands of years before the invention of the metal horseshoe.

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body. She made it her mission to find a better way to protect the health of horses and their hooves.

In 1993, Herder established Cavallo, marketing a boot that she designed to fit over the hooves to provide support as an alternative to applying metal shoes.

The boots have a flexible, gripping base similar to a vehicle tire. They are secured on the hooves using Velcro straps. A major benefit of these boots over metal horseshoes is they are only put on the horse when needed, which is usually when being ridden. The remainder of the time, the horse can remain ‘barefoot’ as nature intended.

This year Herder is looking to better serve the needs of the equine community by reaching out to the seventy percent of horse owners who continue to use metal shoes. She has designed a boot that will fit over metal shoes. The Cavallo ‘Transport Air’ boots are made to keep horses safer when being transported in trailers. The boots provide an extra level of hoof protection, traction and shock absorption. “Without boots, vibration from the road can be transmitted via the hard surface of the trailer floor to the metal shoes and travel up the bone structure of the horse and cause damage,” said Herder. An additional benefit is a Kevlar-like insole that keeps the boots from being damaged by the horse’s metal shoes.

One of Herder’s goals with this new product is to influence how horse owners view horse boots.

If they like the transport boots, she hopes they will be more open to pulling the metal shoes and going with boots full-time.

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Herder is also an author.

Carole Herder, President, Cavallo Horse & Rider. PHOTOS SUBMITTED her husband grow in Her book There Are No areas of holistic living.

Horseshoes In Heaven shares her knowledge of Mentoring is also part of Herder’s being honest in how they present what metal shoeing was doing to busy life. She is involved with the their strengths as well as their horses’ overall health and alternatives Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and weaknesses to their teammates. to that practice. It also presents the international Womens’ Presidents If they do not possess strong information on the benefits of Organization (WPO). The WPO is a managerial skills, they will need pursuing a more holistic approach in nonprofit organization made up of people on their team to handle management of horses and life. women presidents of multi-million-dolthose duties for the business to be This book became a bestseller in lar companies. Members participate in successful. Most entrepreneurs need Canada, the US, the UK and Australia professionally facilitated peer advisory a team of mentors, advisors and within two days of its release. groups in order to bring the “genius out helpers to turn an idea into a thriving of the group” and accelerate the growth As part of her ‘self care,’ Herder business entity. “You need people in of their businesses. It was formed to takes time to feed her inquiring mind your circle who know more than you. improve business conditions for women through reading. One of the most You also need to know when the time entrepreneurs, and to promote the influential books for her has been is right to ‘shut up, and listen’ to acceptance and advancement of Jim Collins’ Good to Great. Herder them,” said Herder. women entrepreneurs in all industries. refers to this as the entrepreneurial Herder credits her husband, bible.

“Women entrepreneurs have to be Greg Giles, as being one of her key much more holistic. We run businesses Herder sees entrepreneurs as mentors. Giles’ background in while managing all the other commitcreative thinkers. While this attribute footwear manufacturing and business ments we have in our lives, including is key to developing a product and has helped Herder develop Cavallo. our own health and well-being. I have a business community, the skill set She feels the most important lesson to take care of myself physically and needed to operate a business goes emotionally. If I am compromised in that Giles has taught her has been beyond that. Herder’s view is either way, I can’t give my best that, in business, people make all the that entrepreneurs need to know and I stand to let my team and my difference. By building relationships themselves well enough to know community down,” said Herder. and doing the right thing, a business where they need help and build a Cavallo Horse & Rider, 604-740-0037. has what it needs to move forward. team to support them. They need to be true to themselves. This means - Connie Jordison In turn, Herder says she has helped

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e all need a space that we can retreat to, to experience our own oasis and a sense of peace and calm. For most of us that place is our bedroom and bathroom. At Reflections Bed and Bath you can find all you need to turn your bedroom and bathroom into a space of tranquility and relaxation. Celebrating their 30th Anniversary in business in Sechelt, this quaint shop has been outfitting beds and baths for the last 11 years under Colleen Bartley’s ownership.

Colleen knows we all have different preferences for comfort in our bedding. “From the feel of your sheets, to the level of warmth and weight of your duvet, to the way your pillow perfectly cradles your head, to the exact colors to compliment your room,” Colleen will help you find what suits you best.

Staff member Leah (Left), and Colleen Bartley, Owner, Reflections Bed & Bath Collections.

Duvets (which fit inside duvet covers) versus comforters (which come as an all in one piece) is a central decision. Duvet covers are easy to wash and you can easily change them compared to an all in one comforter. The fillings determine the thermal, allergenic qualities and your weight preferences. Down is light-weight and insulating “like sleeping under a cloud”; Wool is hypoallergenic as well as breathable and washable; synthetic fill, which mimics down, is less expensive and washable and therefore a great option for a child’s or guest room. Duvet covers, quilts and comforters are decorating pieces that allow you to match colors and style to the rest of the room. Cotton is a perennial favorite for sheet sets because of its cool and crisp feel and 100% real bamboo has seen increased sales due to bamboo’s renewability and the soft, silky touch of the material.

The piece that people have the most trouble finding is a pillow. Your pillow “plays an important role in maintaining proper spinal alignment while you sleep,” advises Colleen. You need to know whether you are predominantly a side or back and stomach sleeper, and then decide on what your preference is for fill. Options include: feathers, down, down alternative, wool, buckwheat, memory foam, bamboo, kapok or latex, and Colleen can help you make the decision that is best for you.

Quality towels have soft and absorbent fibers providing a luxurious feel and Reflections has many colors to match your bathroom, along with all the required bathroom accessories: shower curtains, bath mats, utility caddies, soap dishes and toothbrush holders. Quality natural soaps from Buck Naked Soap Company, Tree Frog Soaps, and Fruits of Passion will enhance your bathing rituals. Reflections Bed and Bath carries everything you need to complete you bath / personal spa experience.

It doesn’t take much to make your wellness a priority. Reflections Bed and Bath has the products you need for your personal oasis and Colleen will help you find your perfect fit. Now relax and sweet dreams. Reflections Bed and Bath is located at 5668 Cowrie Street, Sechelt, 604-885-4893.

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Celebrating 60 Years in Business and keeping it all in the family

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enmac Auto Parts is turning 60 this year and knows that family values have been their road to success.

As with raising a family, times are filled with successes, joy, learning, growth spurts, and struggles, but through it all, they are always together.

Creating an environment of service excellence keeps their business, as well as your vehicle, in peak performance.

Throughout the years, Kenmac Auto Parts established themselves as the local supplier of auto parts, car accessories, auto body parts, automotive needs, tools, and high performance parts. Customers then asked for recreation vehicle parts and accessories as well as everything for marine trailer and towing requirements.

With the plethora of modern, hybrid and electric vehicles now available, Kenmac Auto has upgraded their supplies to meet changing vehicle requirements. That’s one of the advantages of being in the business for so many years – they know everybody. They pride themselves on going above and beyond in servicing their customers’ needs, and have a reputation for finding ‘hard-to-find’ parts.

It’s not only car parts that fall into their wheelhouse; Kenmac Auto also carries car audio, camping and water sport accessories, welding parts, car paints (now also available in paint can size), and vehicle safety preparedness items such as their Omeals products (self-heating, ready to eat meals), first aid kits, and blankets among other safety supplies. They also install your car audio machine drums and

rotors and can change your wiper blades while you wait.

Available this year is the ability to recycle oils and antifreeze. Kenmac Auto Parts will fill another need on the Coast and be able to take these sensitive products from customers and recycle them in an environmentally friendly way. An invaluable service and commitment to their customers’ needs, ethical values, and our environment.

Kenmac’s clients run the gamut from being like Enzo Ferrari – “I don’t drive just to get from A to B, but to enjoy feeling the car’s reactions, becoming part of it” – or as simple as their clients just desperately needing their wiper blades changed.

Most clients however, fall into the category of DIYers who love to tinker with their vehicles. Having a supplier of parts that cares and shares stories and helpful tips with their customers is part of what makes Kenmac Auto Parts who they are and why they have continued to be a successful family business.

Steadfast in their commitment to their customers and community, Kenmac Auto sponsors the Father’s Day car show, Coast Car Club, Elphinstone Drag Race Team, their Secret Santa night of sales, and other community events throughout the year.

Kenmac Auto has built a solid company over the last 60 years. They have relied on their strong family values and applied them to business: exceptional customer service, involvement in the community, and serving the Coast as best they can. In turn they are grateful for their loyal customers and open relationships that fuel their drive to supply all your vehicle needs and dreams.

Join Kenmac July 6th to celebrate 60 years in business! 1045 Gibsons Way, 604-886-2031.

- Natalie Findlay

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FIRE BBQ

Don’t forget dessert on the barbecue as well. Sliced pineapple, mango, and bananas make a tropical dessert when drizzled with lime and paired with some coconut ice cream on the side.

Summertime is all about easy meals that allow the most time enjoying the outdoors with family and friends. Utilizing your barbecue for your whole meal is easy and delicious. So get outside and put your grill to good use.

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s the heat of the summer approaches, most people like to spend more time outdoors soaking up every bit of warmth and extended sunshine while it lasts. So, let’s dust off the barbecue and prepare to enjoy cooking outside!

The terms barbecue and grilling have become interchangeable over time, however, they approach cooking from two different and complementary techniques. Barbecuing traditionally refers to cooking on a low heat for a long time with the lid closed so the hot air circumvents the food (like in the oven).

Barbecue is the alchemist, the quiet one that slowly transforms a tough piece of meat to tender and flavorful. Grilling is the showman: lid up, direct heat on the bottom, flames, short cooking times, and relying on the raw product to do the heavy lifting.

When you grill you are using products such as steaks, burgers, fish, cut pieces of chicken and turkey, and most veggies. Barbecuing wants meats like brisket, chuck roasts, leg of lamb, ribs, tomahawk steak, whole chicken or whole turkey.

Vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower can also handle a longer cooking time.

Rubs add lots of flavour. You can make and store blends to complement different kinds of meats and vegetables. Try this blend with pork or chicken: 2T mustard seed, 1T anise, coriander, cumin, fennel, and celery seeds plus 1T Spanish paprika and 1T salt. Toast all seeds on medium-low until fragrant (5min). Cool. Grind until fine and combine with the other ingredients. Store for up to 1 month.

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Keys to low and slow barbecuing: 1. Ask your butcher for the right cut that will need a longer time on the barbecue to breakdown its connective tissue and produce meaty results. 2. Spritz the meat or keep a container of liquid (beer, wine, seasoned water) on the grill while the meat cooks as this will add flavour and moisture. 3. Try and keep your barbecue’s temperature between 200 and 250 degrees F. 4. Use a thermometer to get an accurate cooking temperature for doneness 5. Kick up the heat at the end to sear the outside of the meat and 6. Resting time. By the time you put the rest of your meal on the table and gather everyone together your meat is rested.

Since most vegetables take very little time on the barbecue, adding them once you have set your meat to rest will give them the perfect time to cook. You can also grill some sliced watermelon then add feta, olive oil, mint and olives for a light salad.

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Linda and Ian have been inviting vacationers to relax in their self-contained suites for many years. A beautiful, well-appointed location, along with their personal touch, makes sure each visitor has an enchanting stay.

With an almost perfect customer review record, Pam and Dennis know how to make your home away from home a special place.

Spending time travelling each winter allows Pam and Dennis to recharge and discover new places, while reminding them of how important it is to create an environment that allows each guest to feel special. When they receive feedback from prior guests saying “they feel like family,” and letters from around the world inviting them to come for a visit to their homes, they know they are doing something right.

The expansive view over the blue ocean waters allows your mind to escape. This view is available from the decks of each suite as well as the covered hot tub pavilion where you can hear the waves, the birds in the trees, and smell the calming salt air of the ocean. There’s also a private beach with oceanfront deck to while away the days.

Questions are encouraged to help you enjoy your home away from home. Linda and Ian are on hand to help plan and execute your special occasion. Whether an engagement, anniversary or something else, Linda and Ian will be there.

Madeira Park is a beautiful hour drive from the ferry. With views that look onto Pender Harbour from each of the rooms, easy access to stunning hiking trails, a delicious and filling breakfast that changes every day of the week, and hosts that believe in the personal touch to make every visitor feel pampered, what’s not to love?

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The B&B is close to the ferry and run by two fascinating women, Caprice and Jeanette, who live an adventurous life, travel extensively, and know a thing or two about what makes for a great home away from home. Their three units are comfortable and calming. They have two larger units (with kitchenettes) and one smaller (with a coffee and tea set up) for the single traveller. All units have access to the swimming pool and hot tub, providing a tranquil way to spend your days and evenings.

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lease mark your calendars for the weekend of August 16-18 when the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary of bringing fine music to the Music School in Madeira Park. This year will be very special. We’ve commissioned an anniversary composition by Toronto musician and composer Graham Campbell; the piece will be premiered during the Saturday afternoon concert, performed by the New Zealand String Quartet, celebrated clarinettist James Campbell (Graham’s father!), pianist (and Festival Artistic Director) Alexander Tselyakov, and Graham, on guitar.

What else can audiences expect? The Festival opens with a free concert on the afternoon of Friday, August 16th, performed by a selection of Festival musicians. Four ticketed concerts follow on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday afternoon. As well as those musicians premiering Graham Campbell’s commissioned composition, we will welcome Evan Hesketh, viola, Dylan Palmer, double bass, Christie Reside, flute, and Daniel Tselyakov, piano. The weekend will truly offer something for everyone, from an arrangement of George Gershwin’s iconic “Rhapsody in Blue”, to Mozart, Brahms, and Mendelssohn, as well as Shostakovich, Janáček, and much more.

The Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival is made possible by the generosity of our Friends of the Festival, a supportive community, and a loyal team of volunteers. Watch for our brochures later this spring.

Our website—www.penderharbourmusic.ca—will also be updated with ticket information and programme details as we approach the summer.

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LEVEL 2 EV CHARGERS

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$1 Per Day for the Next 25 Years!

We supply & install a wide range of Level 2 Chargers

Based on an average of 20,000 km year for most electric cars

Level 2 charging stations plug into a 240V outlet delivering more power to the car to charge it faster.

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