TOGETHER WITH | | COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🎼 Summer Concerts in the Park - Kele Fleming, R.Mason, Sail Cassady Thursday, July 13, 2023 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the grassy area of Willows Park. | 🌔 The next Oak Bay night market will be held Wednesday, July 12, 4-8pm, where Oak Bay Village will be transformed into a European-style street market with local produce, food, as well as the work of Oak Bay artists and artisans. | 🧘🏻♀️ Free yoga in the park to be held at Willows Park on Tuesdays through July and August, from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Next up: Tuesday, July 11. | 🎭 Oak Bay Arts Alive opened this week, and the public invited to vote for their favourite artwork from now until November. | 🚗 Oak Bay Collector Car Festival returns on July 23, from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm where collector car owners and enthusiasts of all makes and vintages are invited to bring their cars to Oak Bay Avenue. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🤔 Pickleball controversy attempted to be quelled by the "Regional Pickleball Strategy" that Oak Bay, Victoria, Esquimalt & Saanich are putting in Place. [CBC Radio On The Island] | 🛒 UVic’s student food bank has fallen into a steep deficit since last summer as demand for food banks in Greater Victoria grows by more than 25% [Capital Daily] | 😞 Former Oak Bay councillor John Herbert has died after a brief illness. Hebert served 15 years on Oak Bay council and 12 years prior on the Oak Bay board of variance. His key projects were around themes of celebration, including Oak Bay’s centennial in 2006, the Oak Bay Avenue clock, and the rejuvenation of the iconic Oak Bay Theatre sign. [Oak Bay News] | 💐 Oak Bay local selling bouquets of flowers from their garden, just in time for the weekend. [Oak Bay Local] | 👨🚒 Oak Bay fire department pleads with the public to keep their dogs at home, and out of hot cars, throughout the summer months, in short video featuring “Sparky” where they say calls about pets in vehicles has become a drain on resources. [Oak Bay Fire Department] | 🏘 Oak Bay Heritage Foundation awards two new projects, including the Tribute to J. Fenwick Lansdowne interpretive signage project in Queens’ Park; and Protect Oak Bay Heritage, a group that lobbied for creation of the community’s first designated Heritage Conservation Area. [District of Oak Bay] | *Sponsored Listing | How do you feel about pickleball noise in 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 | Oak Bay residents need more volunteers | Oak Bay Volunteer Services has a number of local residents who are looking for a friendly volunteer for weekly walks in the community or visits at their home. If you have a few hours to share with a neighbour, check out their website at or phone (250) 595-1034 to learn more. They have been Oak Bay's social service charity providing free support to residents for 46 years! | |
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| | | Earthquake Insurance | One Oak Bay local reached out to the group in search of insurance options, after their home insurance provider is no longer offering earthquake insurance for their North Oak Bay/ Lansdowne slope-area home. Commenters were quick to recommend several providers, which include Squareone Insurance, Harboured, CIBC and Scotiabank home insurance and TD Melloche Monnex, which has a limited clientele. | Some in the thread were concerned about whether it will become increasingly difficult to insure their homes in Oak Bay in the event of an earthquake, with some saying that providers are now limiting coverage to homes within certain postal codes. Some also said that rates are “a lot more” than they were. Some of this awareness coincides with the the increasing awareness that Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world’s biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. Oak Bay author (and CBC On The Island host) Gregor Craigie’s book On Borrowed Time looks at how people can prepare for North America’s next big quake. | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS | | Oak Bay photographer donating photo session to help a friend | A local photographer is looking to donate their time in order to raise money for a community member who is trying to escape a domestic abuse situation. Their specialty is couple and family photos but they are willing to do any style as it’s for a good cause from any location within Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich, Sidney, Westshore or Sooke. The dates of the session are flexible and all money raised will go towards flights in order to help the friend in question. | Donation can be made for any amount you’d like to / are able to afford. Everyone deserves good photos of them & anything helps. Examples of their photography work is above. Contact the original poster by private message for details or to set up a date! |
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| | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK | | Photo credit: Chase Holoiday | One Oak Bay six year old is hoping the community will help grow her painted rock garden. She has started a rock snake and would love some community support to see how big it can grow! The painted rocks are located near Bowker at Willows Beach just off the walking path. |
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