What would you do with $50 in Oak Bay?

No. 139Tuesday, September 1, 2026Oak Bay, B.C.

What would you do with $50 in Oak Bay?

5 min · about one cup of tea · from the desk

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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Hey neighbour!

Ever wished someone would just hand you $50 to spend at one of your favourite Oak Bay spots?

Good. Because that is, quite literally, what we're doing.

One neighbour gets a $50 gift card to a local Oak Bay business. And entering takes about two minutes.

If you haven't noticed, we've been rebuilding Oak Bay Local. The website, the Saturday paper, the whole little operation. We're on a mission to make it, well… awesome. 😉

But we don't want to guess what “awesome” means. You live here. You know what you want more of, what you scroll right past, and what we keep missing.

Tell us.

Have your say + enter to win $50

About two minutes. Skip anything you like.

Finish by Wednesday, September 9 and we'll put your name in the hat.

See you Saturday.

The Oak Bay Local team

P.S. Know another Oak Bay neighbour with opinions? Send them oakbaylocal.com/survey. The more neighbours we hear from, the better this gets. And yes, “leave the tides table alone” is still a perfectly valid answer.

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For local businesses

📣Oak Bay reads this with the Saturday coffee.

This is the spot neighbours see first, right above the week's news. One Oak Bay Avenue shop could have its name here next Saturday. No banner, no bidding war, just a line the neighbourhood actually reads.

Reach the neighbourhood →

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The Pick · Your story here

📣We write The Pick the way we'd tell a neighbour where to go.

No banner. No bidding war. Just one honest recommendation to the people who already read us for the village news. Oak Bay businesses only, the ones we'd actually send a friend to.

Be the next Pick →

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For local businesses

📣Reach 7,600+ Oak Bay readers every Saturday.

Put your business directly in the inboxes of neighbours who live, shop and book nearby. One clearly labelled placement, one useful link, no algorithm in between.

See sponsorship options →

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Enjoy the village this week.

The Oak Bay Local team

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