TOGETHER WITH | | COMMUNITY EVENTS | 💪 Monterey Rec Centre closed for renos until Aug. 4. (See story below.) [Oak Bay] | 🍴 Sports View Lounge at Oak Bay Rec Centre closed for the summer. The event space will be used for day camp programming. It will reopen on Sep. 8. [Info] | 🚘 25th Annual Oak Bay Collector Car Festival: Register in advance to secure a display spot, to receive your pre-formatted “car card” before the event, and to stay connected with event organizers. July 13. [Info] | 🥕 Oak Bay Night Market returns July 9: Oak Bay Village transforms into a European-style street market with fresh and local produce, food, and artisanal goods. The market runs once a month throughout the summer. Oak Bay Ave. from Municipal Hall to Monterey is closed to traffic from 3pm to 9pm each market day. | 🧘 Yoga in the Park 2025: Free yoga at Willows Beach Park. These free, all-level classes are led by experienced instructors from both Ajna Yoga and Oak Bay Rec. Until Aug. 26. 6-7pm. [Info] Free. Donate to Mustard Seed. | 🧘 Yoga at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel: Begin your morning with wellness in mind by joining Sunrise Yoga on the Seaside Gardens Terrace. All summer, every Saturday for an hour, beginning tomorrow at 8am. [Oak Bay Beach Hotel] | 🏋️ Outdoor Bodyweight Bootcamp 2025: Led by Oak Bay Recreation instructor Rita Irwin, these pop-up, drop-in style classes are perfect for all fitness levels. Every Saturday in July and August. 10:15am to 11:15am at Kiwanis Playground Park. [Oak Bay] |
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| | IN THE NEWS | 🚨 Oak Bay residents wake up to a stranger in their kitchen
A little after four in the morning on Tuesday, June 24, residents of a home on Henderson, near Arden, awoke to the sounds of someone in their kitchen. They explored and found a woman they didn’t know. Police arrived and arrested the woman, who had items belonging to the home. Charges of breaking and entering have been sworn against her. [Oak Bay Police] | 🤸 Oak Bay’s Monterey Recreation Centre undergoes renovations
The rec centre closed on Wednesday for a month’s work to be done mostly on the reception area and kitchen, which is getting a new floor. Those who take fitness classes are asked to check the centre’s online drop-in schedule for options. Social activity membership holders will be given an extension. [CHEK] | 🌹 Oak Bay Rose Garden: an oasis boasting beautiful blooms
Hidden beyond walls of well-groomed hedges in a corner of Windsor Park are vibrant pink, yellow, and red roses—25 varieties. And beyond the flowers’ beauty and fragrance lies their 88-year heritage. The original roses were donated in 1937 as an act of love. [Black Press] | 💻 Oak Bay High students with diverse abilities get employment help
Future Forge is a four-week program that helps teens with diverse abilities learn the skills of preparing for interviews, writing resumes and professional letters, and looking for work. Administered by the Garth Homer Society, the project launched last year and has since benefitted 11 students. [Black Press] | ☑️ Last week’s poll results: Are you planning to stay in Oak Bay for Canada Day? | Yes: 78% No: 14% For part of it: 6% Don’t know: 1% Other: 1%
| Some of the comments: | “Going downtown for entertainment and celebration.” | “Not interested in fighting traffic or crowds to go elsewhere.” | “Would like to see more activities celebrating Canadian history and the values our men and women in uniform so valiantly fought for.” | “Too crazy downtown to go for fireworks display.” | There seems to be a lot being stolen from Oak Bay lawns lately. Have you had anything taken? | | | 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 | | Is anyone else’s water from the tap looking a little white? | A local poured themselves a glass of water, but it came out looking a bit like really light milk. One poster says the same thing is happening to their toilet water. | |
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| | | Scooter stolen from Oak Bay car park | A local says they had their scooter bike taken from where they had parked it—in the parking lot across from the Penny Farthing. The local had the bike for 20 years. | |
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| | Another local is looking for their lawn mower | A local was mowing their lawn yesterday afternoon and then decided to take a break, so they headed inside. When they reemerged, part of the lawn remained cut, and the other part was not touched, but most noticeable: the lawn mower was gone. Did anyone see somebody taking a lawn mower to the beach? | |
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| | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | The Golden Hour under sail. Credit: Mary McArthur Photography |
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