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| COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🎹 Outdoor pop-up piano concert to be held at Turkey Head on Friday, July 26 from 6 to 7:30pm with Brooke Maxwell. Meet the visual artists who created Summerscape the newest addition to the Arts Alive Painted Pianos, Cameron Neufeld and Asha Shakya. | 👀 Jaguars On The Island (JOTI) car show will be held on Saturday, July 20 at Windsor Park. The show will be open to the public from 9am to 3pm. JOTI has historically been the largest open air gathering of Jaguar cars in North America and typically has around 100 vehicles. | 🛍 Garagellenium XXI Oak Bay will take place Saturday, July 27 from 9am to 1pm. Engel & Volkers will be offering free coffee, lemonade and cookies from 9am to 1pm outside 2249 Oak Bay Ave. on the sale day. Come grab a drink and cookie while out shopping at the garage sales. | 🚗 Oak Bay Collector Car Festival will be held on Sunday, July 21 from 8am to 3pm on Oak Bay Avenue. Collector car owners and enthusiasts of all makes and vintages are invited to bring their cars to Oak Bay Avenue to be enjoyed by visitors and locals alike. Thinking of joining? Pre-register here to guarantee a spot. | 🌚 Oak Bay Night Market is on Wednesday, August 14 from 4-8pm. Markets will continue on every second Wednesday through September where 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! |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | ☕ Hide + Seek Coffee’s patio license re-approved after debate about its design. Some described the patio as looking like a horse corral, which some councillors said “doesn’t suit Oak Bay’s character.” Mayor Kevin Murdoch commented that the patio, which is made of cedar and takes on a natural grey hue over time, was “looking a little rough.” The coffee shop owners argued council was “trying to dictate” Oak Bay’s aesthetic and celebrated the win by inviting the public to come paint the patio and “show them what Oak Bay looks like.” Nearly 50 people came out to paint the patio this past Sunday, which is now covered with local art. [Sooke News Mirror] | 🏞 Windsor Park Playground will be upgraded and Oak Bay wants feedback. The district is seeking feedback on the three park equipment design options through a survey which is open until July 30, and is hoping that children will participate with their parents, guardians and caregivers to select the winning design. [District of Oak Bay] | 🔥 Modular building to house new Oak Bay fire truck arrived this week. The building was brought to the community via a large trailer operated by teams that routinely move oilfield equipment. The ‘one-of-a-kind’ move was made in order to accommodate Oak Bay Fire’s newly commissioned 105-foot rear mount aerial ladder truck. [Oak Bay News] | 🏘 Oak Bay councillors look at how new development fees will work. There is a new plan for charges to be added onto new construction permits to pay for infrastructure improvements, which are linked to provincial densification targets. [Saanich News] | 👷♂️ Sewer work on Runnymede to take place July 22-26. Victoria Drains will be conducting Cured-in-Place-Pipe Lining (CIPP) for sanitary sewers on Runnymede Place on behalf of the District of Oak Bay. CIPP involves little to no digging and will involve inserting a tube into the existing sewer pipe. [District of Oak Bay] | | 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 | Rage pooping robins | One Oak Bay local reached out to the group for advice on what to do about some robins who had been repeatedly making a mess on their parked car after seeing their own reflections in the rearview mirror. Another local had a similar experience, and said they learned that covering the mirror with a bag helped deter what they dubbed “rage pooping robins” who had been nesting in a nearby tree. The robins repeatedly saw their reflections in the mirror, got angry, and pooped—over and over again until they could no longer see themselves. | |
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| | Healthy debates on Oak Bay local | Last week, Oak Bay Local conducted a survey to gauge whether the community was interested in allowing controversial posts to remain on the forum. The results showed that slightly more voters preferred to not allow posts that balloon into controversy to remain on the forum, while 46% said yes—that they like to engage in healthy debate with their neighbours. | While the vast majority of those who wrote in said that they prefer to keep the forum about local topics, others said that they would like to have a forum with vetted users in the community if there is a local angle. Some said that these forums can be helpful in understanding a variety of issues that draw a wide range of views. While posts are vetted by moderators, if you see a comment or post that violates our policies, don’t hesitate to report it to the group. | | Should Oak Bay Local include controversial posts? | 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yes - I like to engage in healthy debate (46%) | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No - I don't think these discussions can be healthy in this forum (48%) | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Unsure (6%) | |
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| IN OTHER NEWS | | Interested in rain gardens? Volunteer to help install projects in Oak Bay | Friends of Bowker Creek is partnering with Peninsula Streams Society on several exciting projects in The District of Oak Bay. If any of the sessions fit your schedule and interests, please sign up to support the projects. | #Raingardens are a vital educational tool and part of Bowker Creek restoration. As we get more and more rainwater filtered into the ground, rather than shooting down storm drains, the stream can flow cleaner and more evenly. | |
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