COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🖼 Art on the Avenue Gallery Walk is still on until Aug. 18. Up to 25 businesses on Oak Bay Avenue between Richmond Road and Monterey Avenue will take part in the free self-guided art tour, with artwork on display in their shop windows from Aug. 10 to 18. | 🐞 Uplands Park Insect Bioblitz. Join UVic Bugs and Friends of Uplands Park on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9-11pm and Sunday, Aug. 18 from 1-3pm. Meet at the Beach Drive Cattle Point entrance and join the project on Inaturalist all weekend long. | 🌚 The last Oak Bay Night Market of the season will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 4-8pm. Markets were held every second Wednesday of the month, when Oak Bay Village transforms into a European-style street market with fresh and local produce, food and artisanal goods. More info here. | 🧘🏻♀️ Summer Yoga in Abkhazi Garden will take place on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for $15 per class. Email Kaitlyn at omoutsideyoga@gmail.com to reserve your spot. | 🚲 Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria is Saturday, Aug. 16. Good luck to everyone riding in this year's tour. Please note that Beach Drive will be closed to traffic from 10:20am until 2:50pm. Residential access will be maintained, but expect delays. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🛏 Camosun College receives funding approval for student housing. The project will be its first-ever student housing project on the Oak Bay side of the Lansdowne campus. Construction plans will include a six-storey, timber-frame building on the Lansdowne campus off Foul Bay Road, which will have 423 affordable beds. [District of Oak Bay] | 🌊 Bigg’s killer whale sightings up this year. The Orca Behaviour Institute found that there was a 70% increase in Bigg’s sightings last month—214 unique sightings, compared with 124 last July. This has been good news for tourism and whale watching companies who have been able to observe orcas in the Salish Sea every day since March. [Capital Daily] | 🧯 Oak Bay Police look for help from the public to identify arson suspect. Around 1am on Friday Aug. 9, staff were closing up a business on Oak Bay Avenue near Foul Bay Road when they heard something, and found flames while they investigated. Staff were able to put out the fire using a fire extinguisher. Security footage shows the suspects pouring something and lighting a fire on the steps and floor mat. There were no injuries and the building wasn’t damaged. [Global News] | 🚴♂️ The District of Oak Bay is seeking feedback on planned cycling improvements for Henderson Road and Haultain-Estevan Avenue. The draft designs can be viewed here, and the survey is available here. The design team hosted a bike tour with residents this week where the public was invited to ask questions about the design. [District of Oak Bay] | 🚧 Construction to affect Beach Drive access until Aug. 30. The closures along Beach Drive will occur between Bowker Avenue and Windsor Road from Aug. 7-30. Detours will be in place for the several routes along the drive, which can be viewed on this map. [District of Oak Bay] | 🎨 Arts Alive 2024 is still on, which includes names and locations of permanent and temporary sculptures on display throughout Oak Bay. Check out the interactive art map of the sculptures on display. | 🗑 Want reminders of local garbage pickup? One local is sending reminders over email. Sign up here to learn more. [Oak Bay Local] | | P.S. Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe here. |
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| | PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT | To join the conversation, become a member of the Oak Bay Local Facebook Group | | A scary incident involving errant drivers on Thompson | An Oak Bay local reached out to the group after they were left feeling shaken after nearly being hit on the head while they were caught up in what they believe could have been a game of “chicken”. The full picture of the incident wasn’t clear, though several locals suggested the original poster should report it to police, even with minimal information. | If anyone saw an incident on Thompson involving errant driving, please report it to police. | |
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| | | Soul Shakers bring the party to Oak Bay | Oak Bay locals have been showing up and showing gratitude for the music of the Soul Shakers, who have gotten locals out dancing and singing at Willows throughout the summer. | The band posted a series of crowd shots showing locals dancing, singing and having a great time at the concert event this week. Anyone looking for more of the Soul Shakers can catch them tonight at Meadow Park in Royal Bay, Colwood, with the show set to begin at 5:30pm. | | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS |  | Photo credit: Oak Bay Village |
| This family friendly event is still seeking volunteers. | The event is run by Canvas Church in Oak Bay. | | Have you attended any favourite events in Oak Bay this summer? | |
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| | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | Photo credit: Kevin Loh |
| The Soul Shakers performing Thursday, Aug. 15 in Oak Bay. | |
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