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Choose a top-of-email sponsorship or a Village spotlight, then pick an open issue and pay online.
Reach your Oak Bay neighbours
Put your business in front of about 7,300 neighbours on the Oak Bay Local list.
Promote your business, event, opening, offer, or local cause in the newsletter, on the homepage, or both.
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Where you can appear
Two ways to reach your neighbours.
Oak Bay homepage
Stay visible between issues.
A prominent homepage feature with a photograph, one clear message, and a tracked link to your website.
Email + homepage
Inbox and the homepage.
Reach readers in their inbox, then keep the same offer visible on Oak Bay Local between issues.
Homepage views and advertiser clicks are tracked for reporting.
Self-serve
Book your newsletter ad
Choose a date. We’ll help with the words. Preview your ad, then pay securely.
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How it works
01 · Pick the slot
Presented by at the top of the edition, or a Village spotlight in the village section.
02 · Choose your dates
Each chip is one issue. Pick any dates; the total is the unit price times the number of issues selected.
03 · Pay, then review
You pay now. A human reads every ad before it appears; paid bookings stay held until then.
Custom packages
Planning something bigger than one issue?
A homepage feature, an email and website bundle, a launch, or a package across Oak Bay Local and The Westshore: send us the basics and we’ll come back with a simple recommendation.
Editorial separation. Paid notes are labelled; advertising does not buy newsroom coverage.
Help with the words. We can shape the note with you before it runs.
Start with a brief.
A business name and email are enough. Add a note if you already know what you want to share.
How it reads
A labelled note in the edition.
You bring the news. We turn it into a concise local note with a clear link. Paid messages are labelled, and our newsroom stays independent.
A sample sponsor note
Together with the village bookshop
The bookshop on the Avenue got the new Louise Penny in early, and they are holding a stack behind the counter for anyone who mentions the newsletter.
Say hello on the Avenue →
Sample only, not a real sponsor