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THE OLD FARM MARKET

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he Old Farm Market, a Produce market founded in 1988 and purchased by Lorne Campbell in July of 2017 prides itself on quality produce at affordable prices, supporting Local businesses, and exceptional customer service. Not only does the OFM support local Produce farmers but they also search out many local Grocery, Dairy and Deli products to have an overall diverse and BC focused selection.

Opening their second location in December of 2019 in Oak Bay, 3 month

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prior to the pandemic, The Old Farm Market Cadboro Bay looks to expand on what the Duncan Location does best.

With a full service Deli, cheese Island and the “Sandwich Construction Co.” sandwich shop, the OFM is no longer JUST “The Home of Local Produce.”

“We love being a part of this wonderful community,” Store Manager Chris Steel says about Oak Bay, “we have developed a lovely relationship with our customers.” Customer service is an integral part of how the OFM

does business daily, quickly bringing in requested products, asking for feedback, focusing on the experience of the customer and putting strong pandemic plans in place. “We want every customer that steps into our store not only to feel at home but to feel safe and comfortable knowing we are doing everything we can to keep them protected.”

Coming up on their first anniversary on December 6th in Oak Bay, The Old Farm Market hopes to welcome more

customers into the store throughout this winter, the perfect location for Willows beach visitors to stop by for some fresh produce, hot soup, custom sandwiches and much much more. “We are still hearing from customers daily that it is their first visit to the store and are hearing about us from positive word of mouth” Says Chris Steel. The Old Farm Market welcomes you to their location at 2585 Cadboro Bay Road and is open Daily from 8am-7pm.

Shop Virtually this Holiday!

And Feel Confident With The Oak Bay Bikes Advantage.

MASKS NOT REQUIRED!

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his holiday is going to be a little different. We understand that you may be trying to limit your social contact but still want to shop for family and friends (or yourself, we’re not judging!).

We’ve got you covered! Now you can shop Oak Bay Bikes virtually and get the full in-store experience, from the comfort of your home. We’ll connect with you via video chat, at your convenience, and walk you around the

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shop answering your questions and making recommendations. We’ll help you through the online checkout process and deliver to your door.

Camera shy, or just having a bad hair day?

No problem. Shop online the traditional way and use our free local delivery. We’re also available via online chat if you have questions while you shop.

Visit oakbaybikes.com to book your Virtual Shopping Appointment or to Shop Online.

Oak Bay Beach Hotel

he Oak Bay Beach Hotel is thrilled to introduce FARO Lane, a popup dining space inspired by FARO Handcrafted Pizza and Tasting Room’s outdoor patio, brought inside. With FARO opening this past July for dine-in service, hotel guests and locals alike experienced many a warm summer evening paired with delicious Neapolitan-style pizza and crafted cocktails on FARO’s outdoor patio. As the season changed and the temperatures lowered, restaurants have had to rethink the outdoor dining experience that can best accommodate their guests. Paired with a shortage of heaters available to purchase worldwide, the hotel management team was motivated to reinvent their patio space by transforming the Conservatory into FARO Lane, a “pop-up” indoor patio.

Working with local companies Platinum Floral Designs and Designer Weddings, FARO Lane’s decor has been curated with dried hops bines from micro hop grower Cobble Hill Hops, Edison lights, an abundance of indoor plants and a feature hedge surrounded by locally sourced pampas grass, faux tropical plants and dried florals.

Since 1934, Oak Bay Bikes’ mission has been to serve you and your bike better.

Our commitment to providing you with a world-class customer experience has established us as Victoria’s premier bike shop and is at the heart of the new Oak Bay Bikes Advantage.

This season, you can shop with confidence knowing that your customer experience doesn’t end with your purchase – instead, Oak Bay Bikes wants to support you on your entire cycling journey – offering you a whole host of continued benefits, including: • Free Service Pick Ups and Drop Offs, for all service appointments • Free Purchase Deliveries, available for instore and online purchases • Free bicycle care clinics

• Professional Bike Fitting, complimentary with some bike purchases • Free Post Purchase Tune Up, with all new bicycle purchases • Flexible layaway and financing programs • Happy Kids Trade-in Program • Online shopping, live web chat and virtual shopping appointments – let us doing the shopping for you!

• Demo on Demand, allowing you to try an e-bike for a few days completely free • Gift cards in any denomination • Free parking behind the shop • ...and our famous homemade brownies!

Always in stock.

However you choose to shop or celebrate this season, we send our best wishes. Be safe, be kind and ride on.

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“We know the colder weather will limit what we can offer on our outdoor patio,” says Christian Sealey, Director of Food & Beverage. “We decided to repurpose a space in the hotel currently not in use to offer a truly unique experience for our guests. FARO Lane is distinctly unique and a wonderful addition to FARO.” FARO is open daily for cafe service from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and for lunch and dinner service from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Individual, physically distanced tables can be booked for groupings of 2 to 6 people, to ensure the provincial health guidelines and protocols of the hotel are met.

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1990 OAK BAY AVE (free parking around back) • 250-598-4111

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8am-7pm LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED!

2585 Cadboro Bay Rd. Oak Bay (across from Pure Vanilla Bakery)

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Creating Christmas with Five Fields

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andmade cards, gifts and ornaments can show how much you really care and this year when at a distance from loved ones, your thoughtful handiwork can make this holiday season a special one. To spark your creativity this season at Five Fields we have wonderful gift ideas to make and give or for the artist in your life interesting kits and gift boxes that will keep everyone busy all winter.

This holiday season we welcome Wild Flower Studios from Texas, and their innovative lettering and calligraphy kits. If you have a Sloan Ranger in your life we have Annie Sloan gift sets, plus her wonderful books and magazines.

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taying Home. So let me help you discover #cleanbeauty gifts right to your door that will lighten the mood and put a smile on your face.

Here’s a few of my favourites.

With everyone having dry cracked hands this season the GOOD SCENTS HAND CREAM TRIO is a clean crowd-pleaser without the crowd. Gift as a set or split them up for maximum gifting. The Holiday scents include: Calm (lavender) Uplift (ginger), Balance (citrus). Perfect clean gifts that everyone will love (look no further to treat health care providers, teachers & loved ones who are in need of your TLC). $46

THE BEYOND GLOSS TRIO This is my work from home MVP. With a shimmery, pearlescent & bright sheer shade, this is ideal for gifting anyone who loves a clean glam touch when on a zoom call or wants a pop of colour when masks are off. $66

For relaxation seekers like myself the ULTIMATE RENEWAL BATH SET is a must have. This relaxing, mood-boosting set creates a luxurious at-home spa to reveal hydrated, healthier-looking skin. It includes; a dry brush, sugarbuff body polish & luminous hydration body oil. Everything needed to unwind before, during, and after bathing. $119

Holiday Sale! 15% off site wide & free shipping on orders of $65+ (Sale ends Nov. 29th at midnight)

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2070 Cadboro Bay Road (Across from Oak Bay High) Open 11-4 Tuesday to Saturday for in person shopping.

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tree and opened each day of advent.

Another favourite project is using the IOD moulds they are beautifully detailed whether you use them for resin, sugar, chocolate or clay they make the most wonderful ornaments, jewellery and treats! Creating Christmas in your own way this year can fill this holiday season with joy and love.

Be Well, Be Merry from everyone at Five Fields!

Gift giving is made easy with Five Fields delivery and curb side pick up, call in your gifts and pick up the same day curb side or use our shipping service 2070 Cadboro Bay Rd • 250.592.5611 fivefieldsdesign.com

Shop Local for the Holidays at Side Street Studio!

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e have been very busy processing and adding hundreds of items to our already extensive in-store and online inventory. Our goal is to provide you with a wonderful selection of local, handmade; Jewelry, Glass Art, Pottery, Wood Art, Textiles, Holiday Art Cards, Photography, Small Originals, Metalwork, Natural Soaps, Bath Salts, Candles, Organic Honey, Organic Teas, Holiday Ornaments, and much more. Whether you are buying for friends or family, teachers, secret Santa exchanges or looking for stocking stuffers we have something for everyone.

This season we are pleased to introduce Side Street Studio Gift Boxes! You can choose from a range of boxes we have carefully curated or build your own while in the store or online. You choose the products from our amazing roster of local artists and we make up a spectacular Gift Box! We are also offering After Hours Bubbles of Six Shopping on Thursday and Friday nights. A chance to shop without the wait with your close friends or family. You can book your 1-hour appointment through the link on our Facebook Page (Side Street

Studio) or Instagram (@sidestreetarts).

Almost every item in the store are also available online at sidestreetstudio.com. We offer worldwide shipping, curbside pick-up and free delivery within 10 km.

Side Street is now open 7 days a week.

The best way to confirm our hours is by checking our website, Google, Facebook or calling us at 250-592-1262.

We are carefully regulating how many customers are in the store and masks are required at all times. Thank you in advance for adhering to these guidelines and for your continued support of local artists and Side Street Studio!

I’m very grateful to still be open.

Take care and stay safe this Holiday Season. – Jill Fitz Hirschbold

New Main Building Opens at GNS Junior School

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Iron Orchid is new to us and we are addicted! Transfers, stamps, clays and acrylics, we haven’t even scratched the surface of all we can make with Iron Orchid. Our favourite combination is Annie Sloan paint and Iron Orchid stamps, they work together to stamp fabric for a holiday pillows or napkins, they can stamp cards & wrap for a personal touch to any gift, and don’t forget they can stamp wood for fun personalized signs. Our favourite stamp project is the personalized advent calendar, using the black paint, little muslin bags, and our number stamps these little bags are transformed into dated gift bags hung all over the

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n September 9, 2020, Glenlyon Norfolk School Junior School students and their parents had the opportunity to enter their new Main Building for the very first time.

The 28,000 square foot building with an oceanfront view was completed well ahead of schedule, allowing the school to welcome back students in the new facilities for the 2020/2021 school year.

“The building reflects the quality of teaching at the school,” said Mrs. Jean Bigelow, Junior School Principal. “The classrooms are bigger, kids can spread out more and we can do more in the space with our students.”

The building was designed to create a school atmosphere that centres around inquiry-based learning and collaboration. As an International Baccalaureate World Continuum School, GNS focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer both in the classroom and the world outside.

The Main Building includes two large classrooms per grade and each pair of rooms shares a bathroom, features that have proved even more valuable this year with the current requirements for physical distancing. Each classroom also has floor to ceiling windows and a view of the ocean. The new Learning

Commons, located on the second floor, has become the hub of the school with plenty of room for students to spread out and explore the many resources.

Students also have access to a new Innovation Lab, a space that will enhance the IB Primary Years Programme by allowing students to demonstrate their learning in interesting and creative ways. The gym is 1.5 times bigger than our old one, providing ample room for students to enjoy their Physical Education and activity blocks. The large art room has two walls of windows that look out over the water to provide ample scope for artistic innovation.

Getting the building ready for the start of the 2020/2021 school year was

Great Kids WANTED!

We are excited to announce that we are holding a series Virtual Open House events this year for families who wish to learn more about Glenlyon Norfolk School, our unique delivery of the International Baccalaureate curriculum and the variety of experiential opportunities we offer to our community of learners. All from the comfort of your own home! Check our website for dates and information.

Register today: http://www.mygns.ca/open-house Glenlyon Norfolk School

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no easy task and Knight Contracting Ltd. (KCL) and their crews worked incredibly hard to make the September 9 opening possible.

“Our work with KCL has been a partnership in the truest sense of the word. Wayne Knight doesn’t wait for things to happen, he makes them happen, and this approach was fundamental to us reaching the September 9 completion date,” said Mrs. Chrissy Rainseth, Chief Financial Officer at GNS. “Paul Heron, the project manager, understood every detail that led up to the finished project. The efficiency with which he works and his professionalism made him a pleasure for us to deal with, and frankly, for my role, made this enormous project manageable.”

The District of Oak Bay also played an important role in making the September 9 opening for students possible. Their willingness to work with the school and KCL is commendable.

“This has taken many years to come together and we are excited to honour and celebrate those who contributed to this incredible facility,” says Mr. Chad Holtum, Head of School. “We have many heroes in our community who have worked tirelessly to make this transformation possible.”

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Avenue Barber

The NEW barbershop in the heart of Oak Bay Village. We are excited to be part of this community and hope to create a space that is both professional and fun.

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t the moment, you will find Michael and Angela at Avenue Barber, however we look forward to being able to add a third barber in the future.

Angela grew up in Prince George and Ladysmith and moved to Victoria when she was 18. She decided on her career and did her training locally at Gibson’s Barber Shop and School. She’s been working as a barber for 3 years and loving it.

Outside of work Angela loves socializing with friends and family, going for long walks and spending time taking in the culture and beauty of the city.

Michael started in the hair business when he was 21 doing his early training in Victoria and furthering it at Sassoon’s in London. He also trained and worked as an educator for Irvine Rusk of Scotland. He successfully ran

How Tinnitus Impacts Daily Life

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ost people have experienced ringing or buzzing in their ears, likely after a loud event. Ringing in the ears can be distracting and make communicating difficult. The noise typically fades, but for some, never goes away.

This ringing is called tinnitus. It can manifest as ringing, clicking, buzzing, or a variety of sounds.

Tinnitus ranges in severity and is caused by different things.

Although there is no cure for chronic tinnitus, in which the symptoms persist for over three months, there are treatment options that can allow patients to live a normal life despite the condition.

When approaching treatment, it’s important to understand what tinnitus is, and the cause. Tinnitus is most often caused by age and long-term exposure to loud sounds, but there are other causes.

Ototoxic drugs, impacted ear wax, and problems in the middle ear are less common. For cases such as impacted ear wax, sounds being heard are sounds our bodies naturally produce. In most types of tinnitus, sounds are not influenced by any external

input. In these cases, tinnitus is the brain’s attempt to compensate for a lack of external stimuli caused by damaged hair cells in the cochlea, part of the inner ear involved in hearing.

Common negative impacts of tinnitus include anxiety, poor concentration and sleeping habits, stress, irritability, and depression.

Because tinnitus is more noticeable when it’s quiet, falling asleep can be difficult. Using a sound machine or white noise app helps drown out tinnitus. There are also masking devices, such as hearing aids, that help cover the sound of tinnitus.

While some can live with a slight annoyance, others find it harder to ignore. The first step for someone experiencing tinnitus is to be evaluated by a hearing health professional to discuss your options for treatment.

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MICHAEL AND ANGELA

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his own hair salon in Victoria for 10 years. Michael took a hiatus from the hair industry to pursue his interest in film production, acting, writing and directing. In between film work, he started working as a barber. His interest in barbering grew and after several years of working in barber shops around town he is excited to have his own shop.

When we opened our shop in September we had to incorporate COVID protocols for the safety of our clients. We trust you will feel safe and confident visiting knowing that we have these precautions in place but please be patient as these extra measures do require more time.

Come in for a great haircut, enjoy some easy banter and talk sports, movies, music and more… we’d love to see you.

OAK BAY FLOWER SHOP

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or centerpiece container that you would like us to decorate in we are happy to do that too. Speaking of gifts our made to order gift baskets are sure to please with a range of goodies savoury and sweet, local items like St. Jeans Seafood, biscotti, meringues, jams and quality crackers, cheeses, meats and chocolate. Our baskets are perfect for corporate gift giving or to show someone some holiday love.

102-2187 Oak Bay Ave 250-595-2421 • Toll Free 1-800-667-2421 Email: order@oakbayflowershop.com

taying home for the holidays?

Looking for ways to make your home festive and bright? Not sure if you are looking to decorate with the typical explosion of red and green? Which is fine too—but there are plenty of popular twists on the traditional Christmas look, like monochromatic silver, whites, or gold or even bold neons, that may better suit your fancy. Whether you’re into a winter wonderland motif or prefer to decorate in the most modern way possible, the choice is entirely yours. We have a variety of holiday greens that will bring the scents of christmas inside. We sell flowers and more by single stems so you can DIY this holiday season. Whether you are making your own wreath, holiday garland or decorating inside or outside look for inspiration in our selection of holiday flowers, greenery, berries, twigs, cones and more. We also carry local grown poinsettias and planters.

We of course can make your holiday arrangement for you - whether it’s a beautiful vase arrangement or centerpiece and we are happy to design something perfect for your home or to send as a gift. If you have a special family vase

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Memorable gift baskets custom made filled with outstanding gourmet foods, wines and more. Order now for delivery.

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Oak Bay Recreation is ready for you this Winter We are happy to announce the Active Living Guide is now online. Staff have been preparing programs and session bookings in our Fitness Centres, Pool, Gym and Arena to ensure all patrons and staff are safe during this unprecedented time. All three Centres are open, Henderson Centre in North Oak Bay, Oak Bay Recreation Centre on Bee Street, and Monterey Recreation Centre just off Oak Bay Avenue. The indoor sports field and Sports View Lounge opened in the fall.

COVID-19 safety protocols are in place to provide a safe environment for your activities. These measures include reduced numbers of participants in programs, physical distancing measures, enhanced cleaning and sanitization and mandatory masks in all facilities. Staff would like to encourage you to stay active during these months to reduce mental and emotional stress. There are new creative sessions to stay fit and be safe during these months. Many of our regular programs are still available to learn a new craft, change your fitness routine, join a bubble skate or swim with family. Some examples of new programs include Family Gym Rentals at the Henderson Recreation Centre beginning January 9th. The Arena will also offer times during December for Holiday Family Bubble Skates, please see the Skating schedule online for more information.

Check the Active Living Guide for more information.

Recreation Oak Bay will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day, with reduced hours on December 24, 26 and 31. The Holiday Schedule will be online soon. Don’t forget to check out programs offered for children and changes to the fitness schedules during the break.

Give the gift of fun and fitness! Recreation Oak Bay Gift Cards are available. Call reception at 250-595-7946 and our friendly reception staff will be happy to help you.

Wearable Classy Fashion...

Hughes Clothing in the heart of Oak Bay Hughes has been bringing Victoria carefully selected designs from around the world for men and women for over 35 years.

Originally housed in a heritage building in downtown Victoria, we are starting our exciting next chapter at 2187 Oak Bay Avenue.

Our love for fashion and making people happy shines through daily. The collections are for every day wear that can be easily transitioned into night. We pride ourselves in carrying something for everyone and we love when our clients leave happy.

Our knowledgable sales associates will guide you toward your perfect wardrobe choice and have you feeling fabulous in no time. We are proud to carry unique exclusive collections such as Inwear, Eileen Fisher, Tiger of Sweden, Sarah Pacini, Marc Cain, 360 Cashmere, Matinique and many more.

Hughes has been owned and operated locally since 1985, our lines are tried, tested and true. Oak Bay is our home for the next 35 years, it’s a pleasure to have had such a warm welcome from the community.

Open 7 days a week with free street parking available.

Monday - Saturday 10 - 5 Sunday & Holidays: 12 - 5

hughes clothing designs for men & women FOR ALL YOUR HOLIDAY NEEDS

Stay Active this Winter!

Look for our Holiday Schedules and Winter 2021 Active Living Guide Online.

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