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2026

No. 140I get why people speed on Beach Drive…Someone did 114 this summer, and tickets there are down 63%. Also, the waterslides are shut.Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min
No. 139🤔 Is your long weekend missing something?A garage sale this morning, a bicycle built for two, and a few local plans worth borrowing.Sep 5, 2026 · 5 min
No. 138🎾 Tennis ’til midnight?Plus a new UBC scholarship, five unlocked cars and four notes from neighbours.Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min
No. 137☕ The old Hide + Seek finally has an answerThe window says September. Plus what's happening around Oak Bay this week.Aug 22, 2026 · 5 min
No. 136🎨 Oak Bay Avenue is an art gallery todayPlus: the village board, Saturday events, and a new Cadboro Bay recycling depot.Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min
No. 135🦌 Oak Bay needs your yard for deer contraceptionThe deer contraception program is back, the U15 Reds went 6-0 for a provincial title, and one local buck has garden netting stuck in his antlers.Aug 8, 2026 · 5 min
No. 134🌬️ Haro Strait wind warning in effect todayPlus free yoga at Willows Beach on Tuesday evening.Aug 1, 2026 · 5 min
No. 133🪑 The map for Oak Bay’s biggest garage sale today.Garagellenium is on from 9 to 1, the live map is up, plus the District survey, Green Map partnership talks, storm-night posts, and Ottavio happy hour.Jul 25, 2026 · 5 min
No. 132🐆 100 Jags on a lawnPlus: council’s 4-to-3 housing vote, four neighbour notices and a cast singing in the open air.Jul 18, 2026 · 5 min
No. 131🦜 Oak Bay's Most WantedGrey, chatty, last seen near Eastbourne and Dalhousie. Approach with crackers.Jul 11, 2026 · 7 min
No. 130🦦 The family that stopped traffic on Beach Ave wasn't human.Back after a year, every Saturday now. Plus 5 pianos you can actually play and 2 dachshunds who need a sitter.Jul 4, 2026 · 5 min

2025

No. 129🛴 Lawn mowers and scooters: things that get takenSurprise kitchen appearanceJul 4, 2025 · 6 min

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