TOGETHER WITH | | COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🏃🏻♀️ Thrifty Foods Kids Run and 5K events will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, starting and finishing at Willows Park in Oak Bay. There is still time to register here. | 🦃 Thanksgiving lunch at the Monterey Fern Cafe. From 11am to 1pm, get your hands on this hot meal including turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted yams, brussels sprouts, and carrots, with coffee and tea and a mini pie for dessert all for $17.50. | 🍂 Abkhazi Garden invites the public to come and enjoy an Autumn stroll through the garden on Thanksgiving Day on Monday, Oct. 9 from 11am to 3:30pm. | 🎶 Rockin' & Shoutin' The Blues with David Vest at the Sports View Lounge. Catch this show at Oak Bay Recreation Centre on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:30pm. | 🕺 The Sutcliffe's Dance Party is taking place Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7:30pm at the Sports View Lounge. They cover many of the Beatles seminal influences, from early rock and roll classics like Chuck Berry’s Memphis, to the slinky R&B of Anna and on to the country and rockabilly. |
|
| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🏬 Oak Bay building on the Bell block goes up for sale for the first time in nearly a century. Despite its vintage, its currently not on the Heritage Registry. [Realtor.ca] | 🚒 Oak Bay & Saanich will tackle fires together for five more years. The contract extension will see the municipalities’ fire departments continue to provide each other backup. [Capital Daily] | 🧯 Fire destroys one vehicle, damages a second in Oak Bay after its owner said it randomly combusted while parked. Oak Bay Fire and Oak Bay Police said they are still investigating the cause. [CHEK] | 🖌️ Wilson Pro Painting is offering a 15% discount for all interior painting booked for the fall/winter! Book your free quote today: 236-464-7111.* | 🏊🏼♀️ Pool closures took place this week at Oak Bay Recreation Centre. The closures were on Oct. 4 and 5, as the facility dealt with staffing shortages that led to some early closures. [Oak Bay Parks & Recreation] | 🚴♂️ Do you travel around Oak Bay by bike? A CRD survey seeks to understand how bike riders plan their routes throughout the region. [Capital Regional District] | 🐺 District and Songhees Nation unveiled a sculpture of Stqeya, the wolf that lived for many years on Stsnaang and Skingeenis (Chatham and Discovery Islands) at Cattle Point, by well-known stone sculptor Kent Laforme. Have you had a chance to check it out yet? [District of Oak Bay] | 🕍 Another high-end Oak Bay mansion sees a steep $1M price drop. The all-white Uplands property is part of a trend where the most exclusive homes in the community are sitting on the market for longer. [Victoria News] | *Sponsored Listing | Are you a cat person or a dog person? | | | P.S. Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe here. | |
|
| SPONSORED BY DANCE VICTORIA | | Dance Victoria presents New York’s World-Class Gibney Company | From its home at the heart of Broadway, New York’s Gibney Company has been making waves around the world for both its virtuosic performances and empowering activism.
For their Victoria debut, they arrive with three diverse works:
The free-spirited Bliss, by choreographer Johan Inger, sets jazz pianist Keith Jarrett’s legendary, improvised ‘Köln Concert’ in joyful motion.
A Measurable Existence, by choreographer Yue Yin, is an intimate meditation on how our lives and journeys are so often defined only by their intersections with others.
Rounding out the mixed bill, Israel’s Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s SARA is an articulate jewel of a piece that finishes the evening on a shining high note.
Dance Victoria presents Gibney Company Nov 17 + 18 at Royal Theatre. Tickets & Info at dancevictoria.com. |
|
| | PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT | To join the conversation, become a member of the Oak Bay Local Facebook Group | Cute Cats of Oak Bay | One Oak Bay local challenged the group to post pictures of their cats! 😺 While the original poster could have potentially had the cutest little cat imaginable. Others followed on with their short-haired, long-haired, orange tabby, rescued, a Maine Coon and another furry friend who is no longer here after living 25 years. Whether your precious kitties were around for a long time or a short time, it’s clear that Oak Bay has many cat fans. Can’t get enough? There is also a dedicated group of cat crazy locals over on the Oak Bay & Cadboro Bay Cats page. | | |
|
| SPONSORED BY GLOW INTEGRATIVE | | Online PCOS nutrition workshop | Join Glow Integrative's Nutritionist, Amber Baker, for an online workshop dedicated to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) on Thursday, October 19, from 7-8 pm pst. | This educational workshop will explore a variety of dietary approaches for managing PCOS, a condition affecting approximately 10% of Canadian women. | Register here. |
|
| | | Baby programs around Oak Bay | A local reached out to the group, hoping to connect one mother of a young child with some baby groups or programs in the community. Aside from the children’s programs that are posted on the Oak Bay Recreation site, there are several options to consider, including options from the Vic Movement Collective, which includes Oak Bay boot camps, Baby Time at the Oak Bay Library, and the Waldorf-inspired River Playgroup. Other options are offered through the Fairfield Community Centre, Music Together Programs and so many more. | |
|
| | SPONSORED BY VICTORIA FOUNDATION | | | 5,319 Greater Victorians were surveyed on the most pressing issues facing the region. The results are in! | Victoria’s Vital Signs 2023 report found cost of living and housing among the top issues. Read the full report online or in print, and visit the Victoria Foundation’s data hub for more info! |
|
| | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | Photo credit: Mary McArthur |
|
|
| | What did you think of today's edition? | | | |
|
