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.

Things go better with Coca-Cola - Especially right after a Sooke snowstorm - Date? Steve Ferguson.

NEWS

Land Subdivision Fails - 28 Feb 2023 - The Juan de Fuca land use committee has blocked the subdivision of Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue land in East Sooke.

Car Crash Death - 27 Feb 2023 - A teenage girl has died in a car crash on the Trans-Canada Highway in Cobble Hill.

Erinan Country Estates Expansion - 27 Feb 2023 - This subdivision wants to expand to deliver 250 homes and 20,000 square feet of retail space.

Nearly Sold Out - 25 Feb 2023 - The West Ridge Trails housing development off Otter Point Road has only two lots left for sale.

Statistics - 24 Feb 2023 - All the statistics you ever wanted and will probably never need... boring!

Mayor Appointed - 23 Feb 2023 - Sooke Mayor Maja Tait has been appointed as the Victoria transit commission chair.

Gathering Place - 23 Feb 2023 - Sooke Region Communities Health Network (SRCHN) looking to raise $2 million to build a Sooke Gathering Place.

Cold Snap - 23 Feb 2023 - Emergency homeless shelter unable to open due to lack of staff during cold spell.

Youth Sailing Program - 22 Feb 2023 - A youth sailing program is unable to obtain moorage at the Sooke yetty for their large schooner.

Sun River Expansion - 21 Feb 2023 - The developer of Sun River wants to expand Sun River so he's offering a million dollars towards bridge construction.

Fake News - 19 Feb 2023 - Did the District of Sooke hire a publicist from the Kremlin?

School Buss Driver Shortage - 17 Feb 2023 - There's a lack of on-call drivers plus difficulty obtaining required Class 2 school bus driver licences.

New Fire Truck - 17 Feb 2023 - Sooke council has approved $777,046 to purchase a new mini pumper fire truck to replace aging brush fire vehicle.

JDF Search and Rescue - 17 Feb 2023 - Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue renews their lease in the East Sooke community hall.

East Sooke Water - 16 Feb 2023 - Improvements to East Sooke's drinking water system could cost $160 million.

Sooke Man Arrested Twice - 16 Feb 2023 - Drugs and weapons offences.

HISTORY

Sooke Library - 27 Jan 2016 - Did you know that the shiny new Vancouver Island Regional Library on Wadams Way is library No. 4 to appear in Sooke?

CONSTRUCTION

Church, Charters, and Wadams Way - 18 Feb 2023 - Wood framing has commenced on some of the concrete foundations at Church Road and Wadams Way development while rock fill has appeard beside Charters Road.

VIDEO

Sooke Fire Lookout Tower - 12 Nov 2022 - A narrated video reveals the purpose of the old lookout tower located on the top of Mount Quimper.

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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.

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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 insane bicycle crossing by the Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal, 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 - Some people walk past Sloppy Joe's Bar just to peek inside on Duval Street in Key West, Florida, USA.

✶ NEW - 1 Mar 2023 KEY WEST - Now you too can see what's going on inside 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.

✶ NEW - 1 Mar 2023 VENICE BEACH - Los Angeles famous ocean front walk from the Venice Sidewalk Cafe, California, USA. (Original webcam removed for violating YouTube's Terms of Service for who knows what reason?)

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

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