SOOKE TODAY

Once upon a time in Sooke this tiny website didst appear. Any old stuff or gossip will display here magically on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Cooper's Cove - the sun sets on Cooper's Cove following a light snowfall in Sooke - Date? Photographer?

NEWS

Runners on Highway 14 - 5 Feb 2023 - Wounded Warriors will conduct a run from the Sooke to Sidney with attendent vehicles.

Timothy Craig Durkin - 27 Jan 2023 - Canadian court proceedings towards this individual continue to evolve.

New Firefighters - 27 Jan 2023 - Thirteen firefighter recruits undergo training.

Snow Removal - 26 Jan 2023 - Easterner's take note... Sooke's snow removal budget is a whopping $5,000.

Sooke Harbour House - 24 Jan 2023 - Timothy Craig Durkin defrauded an investor by lying about ownership of Sooke Harbour House.

New Marina Proposed - 23 Jan 2023 - It's to be located across the channel from the end of Whiffin Spit where the rock cliff face has been blasted out to form a small sheltered harbour.

Partial Trail Closure - 20 Jan 2023 - Sooke River Fisherman's Trail blocked towards south end due to tree damaged bridge.

Building Permits - 20 Jan 2023 - Processing time for District of Sooke building permits decreased.

Cell Towers Highway 14 - 19 Jan 2023 - Cell service expected between Sooke and Port Renfrew by April.

Society Wants Money for Workers - 16 Jan 2023 - The Sooke Shelter Society says there's an urgent need for $309,400 for outreach workers.

Experimental Radio Tower - 16 Jan 2023 - East Sooke residents don't want radio tower and transmissions.

Gunnery Training - 13 Jan 2023 - The Canadian Navy will resume gunnery practice in the Whiskey Hotel firing range.

HISTORY

Sooke in 1855 - 28 Aug 2017 - By 1855 the Muir family had been in Sooke for four years.

CONSTRUCTION

Construction Progress - 14 Jan 2023 - Photos of various construction sites around Sooke are displayed on this page.

VIDEO

Bigfoot Found in Sooke - 13 Aug 2021 - Paul Lewis is the artist behind the driftwood sculptures found at Esquimalt Lagoon and Bigfoot too. Click/tap on the photo for a large image or click/tap on the YouTube logo to watch the video...

Cats and Dogs video - 1 Jul 2022 - A compilation of short amusing animal videos. Click/tap on the YouTube logo to watch the video...

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Step 1: To download this Wallpaper click/tap on the photo above and a large version will appear. On the large version use your mouse to RIGHT click (long press) on the photo and a dialog box will appear. Within the dialog box select the option "Save image as" A second dialog box will pop up showing the folders on your personal computer. Select your desired folder then click on the "Save" (download image) button. The image will then download to that folder on your computer.

Step 2: To install the image as Wallpaper on your computer click on the Windows Start Button and select Settings - Personalization - Background. Select the Browse photos button to locate the image where you previously saved it and Choose the image. Windows will then install the image as a wallpaper background.

LINKS

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WORLD NEWS

EUROPEAN NEWS

RAILWAY NEWS

SOOKE AREA

WEATHER RADAR

WEBCAMS

Take a short break from Sooke, get some sun on a webcam beach, visit these well-known, or not-so-well-known locations, using these LIVE webcams situated in various countries around the world.

AEGEAN - A view of the Aegean Sea from the island of Santorini in Greece.

AMSTERDAM - The red light district by the Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal in the Netherlands.

BUCKINGHAM - A barbershop in Buckinghamshire, England.

CARDIFF - Saint Mary Street in the city's Castle Quarter, Wales.

DUBLIN - Temple Bar is located in central Dublin, Ireland.

FRIDAY HARBOR - A tiny port located on San Juan Island in Washington, USA.

LOS ANGELES - International airport arrivals and departures with audio and simulated aircraft imaging, Cailifornia, USA.

KEY WEST - Duval Street next to Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida, USA.

MALDIVES - The beach seen from the Hard Rock Hotel on an island in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka, Republic of Maldives.

MAUI - Kaanapali Beach on the west part of the island of Maui, Hawaii.

MILAN - A view of the Piazza San Babila, Corso Europa, and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Italy.

NEW YORK - Times Square in Manhatten.

ROME - The Trevi Fountain near the Colosseum, Italy.

SAINT AUGUSTINE - Watch the patrons of the Tini-Martini Bar sidewalk patio in Florida, USA.

SEMMERING - The Viennese Alps and Semmering townsite resort area of Austria.

SHIBUYA - Scramble Crossing in a Tokyo shopping district, Japan.

VANCOUVER - The downtown Helijet heliport on the harbour, British Columbia, Canada.

VENICE - A portion of the 4 kilometre long Grand Canal in Italy.

VENICE BEACH - Los Angeles famous Ocean Front Walk, California, USA.

VICTORIA - (Link failed 31 Mar 2024) Looking West from Swans Hotel towards the Johnson Street Bridge, British Columbia, Canada.

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