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A New Year, A New Change

Happy New Year from Breakwater Magazine! As we press reset on a new year, we want to share with you an important update.

By Breakwater Mag

Island Diaries: Sarah Neufeld, violinist for Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre

I found a lot of music when I was 17 that struck me: this could not have come from here. This has been made in a place so different, from a harder place.

By Breakwater Mag

The Pie Lady of Vic West

She loves the colour hot pink and makes delicious pies. Meet Victoria's inimitable "Pie Lady," Dawn Morgan.

By Sierra Skye Gemma

 

A New Year, A New Change

Happy New Year from Breakwater Magazine! As we press reset on a new year, we want to share with you an important update.

By Breakwater Mag

Get to Know Nanaimo-based Illustrator and Gender Historian Carina Nilsson

" Visual storytelling is really powerful—it helps readers retain complex ideas. Plus, let's face it: it’s way more fun to read a graphic novel on history than a 1000-page, 10-font, stale book."

By Julia Crawford

Get to Know Illustrator and Muralist Caitlin McDonagh

We caught up with former Victoria resident turned Montreal-based artist Caitlin McDonagh to learn more about how these two cities treat art, what drives her artistic process, and where she's grabbing her coffee when in Victoria.

By Julia Crawford

This self-serve bakery cottage in the Comox Valley is worth a road trip

I’ve come for the pies. More specifically, the coconut cream pies at Just Like Mom’s—an unassuming yet delightful self-serve bakery stand between Fanny Bay and Union Bay along Highway 19A.

By Julia Crawford

Island Diaries: Sarah Neufeld, violinist for Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre

I found a lot of music when I was 17 that struck me: this could not have come from here. This has been made in a place so different, from a harder place.

By Breakwater Mag

Tierra Madani, HR Manager of Vancouver Island Brewing, Finds Aloha on Vancouver Island

Tierra talks growing up in Hawaii, POG beer and hula.

By Julia Crawford

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