| COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🥘 A Feast for Palestine III fundraiser in partnership with Safaa at Syriana Restaurant will take place on Sunday, Dec. 17 from 5:30-9pm. Check out the menu here. The meal is $20 or pay-what-you-can. | 🎁 Pop-up vintage sale is this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15 and 16 at Lazy Susan’s at 2039 Oak Bay Ave., across from Gardenworks. The sale is open from noon-4pm on both days. | 🎄 Festive Market at Abkhazi Garden is happening this weekend, Dec. 16 and 17. Culinary wreaths and centrepieces are back by popular demand, and festive swag will be 50% off. | 🛍 Holiday bazaar at Lansdowne Middle School will take place on Dec. 17, from 9am to 12pm. Funds raised will go toward a class trip to Quebec. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🌟 Henderson House in Oak Bay to host their final year of extravagant light and music displays after 15 years in the community. Do you plan to catch the finale? [Victoria News] | 🚨 Witnesses help Oak Bay police catch two suspected drunk drivers in 2.5 hours. [Oak Bay Police] | 🔌 A power outage in Oak Bay this week, suspected to be from wires and a tree colliding, cut off nearly 1,000 BC Hydro customers. This shut down lights at some intersections and trapped one person in an elevator. [CHEK] | 💻 Consumer Protection BC posted their top 12 scams over the holidays, which include fake charities, social media scams and fake shipping messages. Are you aware of them all? [Consumer Protection BC] | 🏀 Oak Bay's Taylor Classic to host top-10 high school hoops teams in BC Thursday through Saturday. [Times Colonist] | Have you noticed an uptick in holiday scams this year? | | | 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 | An Oak Bay bike bus? | Some Oak Bay locals were discussing the possibility of having electric bike buses in the community, in order to alleviate traffic congestion around Willows, and other local schools. The Urban Cycling Institute posted this week about an innovative new electric bike bus, and many Oak Bay locals were wondering whether the community should purchase a few. What do you think? Would you like to see a bike bus in the community? | |
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| | | Looking for a doctor or nurse practitioner | Community members have been reaching out on Oak Bay Local in search of ways to access care from a health practitioner in the community after having been on the waitlist for more than a year and a half. This concern comes up frequently in the community. | Other services are available in the community for non-emergency services, including Skip the Waiting Room telemedicine services. There is also Beta Therapeutics, which offers team-based healthcare for a monthly fee as well as the Health Connect Registry, which works with local clinics to help connect people to a primary care provider in Oak Bay and surrounding communities. Other suggestions included Tall Tree for holistic care services as well as the Oak Bay Medical Clinic. | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS | | UVic Behavioural Medicine Lab seeking participants for a study on negative self-talk | The UVic Behavioural Medicine Lab is conducting a study on negative self-talk. | If you are 19 years or older, struggling with negative self-talk and interested in tools which may help it to improve then it would be great to hear from you at manankil@uvic.ca. | Along with journaling resources (~$80 value), eligible participants will receive up to $100 in Amazon gift cards for their time. Only a few spots remain! |
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