TOGETHER WITH | | COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🔥 Community BBQ on Beckwith is taking place on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 11am to 2pm at Beckwith Park (857 Beckwith Ave.). The event marks 15 years in business for Provincial Moving & Storage, and they hope to see many community members there. | 🌚 The last Oak Bay Night Market of the season will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 4-8pm. Markets were held on the second Wednesday of the month in Oak Bay this summer, where the village transformed into a European-style street market with fresh and local produce, food and artisanal goods. More info here. | 🎹 Free pop-up piano concert on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 6-7:30pm at Cattle Point, Uplands Park featuring Jorge Eduardo & Yousef Shadian. | 🎼 Monterey Music Bingo is on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 5:15-8:15pm at the Monterey Recreation Centre which will feature nostalgic tunes and bingo excitement. Members can purchase tickets for $21, while non-members can join for $25. | 🐟 Bowker Creek Biodiversity Day to be held on Sunday, Sept. 22 from 5-8pm at Landsdowne Middle School South Campus. Come learn about the creek and the vision for its future at this family-friendly, free event that will feature music by The Bald Eagles Band, games, crafts, and ice cream. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🚔 Killing of artist in Rockland remains unsolved three years later. Police have released a more detailed timeline of Jeremy Gordaneer's homicide over the long weekend, hoping to prompt public input. In the early morning hours of Aug. 31, 2021, first responders found the Edmonton-based artist in his mother’s home near Craigdarroch Castle. He was suffering from and succumbed to, life-threatening injuries after he was last seen near his mother’s home after having walked along Fort Street at 7:51pm. His family has appealed to the public in search of information as to what happened to him that night. [Capital Daily] | 🧪 Biologists use DNA in water to test health of orcas and humpback populations in the Salish Sea. A new study by scientists at West Vancouver’s Pacific Science Enterprise Centre is learning valuable information about endangered southern resident orcas and other whale populations by testing blood, mucous, and fecal matter that are often left in the whales’ wake, providing valuable information on their health. [Times Colonist] | 📚 It’s ‘back to school’ season for council as well. The District of Oak Bay posted its scheduled list of upcoming council meetings, coinciding with the back to school season for Oak Bay schools. [District of Oak Bay] | 🙌🏼 Welcome September! Don’t forget to utilize your extended health benefits before the year is over. Book massage, acupuncture, naturopathic appointments and more at Glow Integrative.* | 🧡 Victoria Native Friendship Centre calls on Oak Bay to support pledge ahead of National Truth & Reconciliation Day on September 30 and Orange Shirt Day. Call to Action 92 (of the 94 Calls) is for economic reconciliation. For this reason the Small Business Pledge was initiated. It is an opportunity for local business owners and patrons of small businesses to make a pledge in alliance, and to support one of many Indigenous organizations. [VNFC via Oak Bay Local] | 🚴♂️ Oak Bay survey on planned cycling improvements open until Sept. 12. The draft designs for improvements to Henderson Road and Haultain-Estevan Avenue can be viewed here, and the survey is available here. The design team has met with residents who were invited to ask questions about the design. [District of Oak Bay] | *Sponsored Listing | | 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 | | Drivers reminded to take extra care as kids head back to school | An Oak Bay local posted a reminder to the group that back to school season in Oak Bay means drivers should use extra caution. Many children are getting to school using active modes of transportation like walking or biking and can be unpredictable as they learn and face obstacles like ongoing road construction. | Roads along McNeill Avenue are particularly dangerous with many obstacles. Drivers were reminded by one commenter that drivers are now legally required to stay at least three metres behind bike riders and pass with at least one metre between their car and them. | | |
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| | More popular posts | Wondering about local technology courses for seniors. Is anyone in need of books for their free local library? Can anyone recommend a local acupuncturist? Looking for advice from locals on buying used cell phones. Oak Bay bottle drive to be held on Saturday.
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| Local volunteers work tirelessly to remove invasive species from Anderson Hill park | An Oak Bay local posted a reminder about the volunteers who work tirelessly in order to preserve the natural ecosystem in the park by removing invasive broom, gorse, and ivy. The original poster commented on the remarkable change that has happened at Anderson Hill over the past 20 years as a result of these efforts. Many commenters in the thread reminisced about the changes to the park over the years, which some used to call “Blueberry Hill” another commenter referred to the location as “one of my favourite Oak Bay spots.” | Each Saturday morning from 10am until noon a group of dedicated volunteers can be found working, laughing, chatting and pulling invasive plants. They love to welcome a few more people who have a willingness to get dirty and a tenacity to do good. | | Are you interested in learning more about removing invasive plants in Oak Bay? | | |
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| | | IN OTHER NEWS | | Local teens raise thousands for Women’s Transition House with annual clothing sale | The fifth annual clothing fundraiser was organized by Carmen Morris, Darragh Storey and Chloe Morris, who ended up raising $2,947 for Victoria Women’s Transition house. They wanted to thank the community who supported the Aug. 24 sale, which included donated items in support of the organization. The team also sold their own handmade items at the event. | |
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| | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | Image credit: Mary McArthur |
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