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.

The Crazy Cookie House - A very unique place to visit and also to buy a cookie or three - 13 Mar 2023.

NEWS

Suspicious Death - 13 Mar 2023 - Police investigation ongoing in the Otter Point area.

Property Subdivision Rejected - 10 Mar 2023 - The Capital Regional District (CRD) has rejected a proposal to subdivide an East Sooke property.

Boat Lost Power - 9 Mar 2023 - A 24 foot pleasure craft broken down near Whiffin Spit towed-in by Search and Rescue.

Daylight Saving Time - 9 Mar 2023 - Here we go again... Spring ahead, Fall back, enough already !

Killer Whale Data - 8 Mar 2023 - Endangered southern Orcas hunting longer and catching less than northern B.C. whales.

More Collisions - 8 Mar 2023 - Just one day after a collision in Sooke, an SUV struck a BC Hydro truck head-on near West Shack Auto Service. Next to a new car sales lot would have been more appropriate. Hope the air bags deployed.

More Firefighters? - 7 Mar 2023 - The District of Sooke is looking to hire 6 more firefighters due to the increase in population.

More Cops? - 6 Mar 2023 - The District of Sooke is looking to hire more RCMP officers due to the increase in population.

Potholes Parking - 3 Mar 2023 - A parking lot at the Potholes to be improved.

Drunk Driving - 1 Mar 2023 - Intoxicated 24-year-old Sooke man turns his Camaro into useless scrap metal.

HISTORY

East Sooke's Gravel Road - 17 Mar 2019 - The connections to Gilespie Road today have changed considerably since it was only gravel surfaced.

CONSTRUCTION

Wadams Way - 11 Mar 2023 - House construction continues on the Waddams Way and Church Road development site.

VIDEO

Whiffen Spit Flyover - 13 Jan 2021 - Save the walk, watch drone footage of Whiffin Spit from the parking lot to near the so-called lighthouse. No National Parks were filmed in this video.

CARTOON

FREE STUFF

MICROSOFT WINDOWS
WALLPAPER
INSTALL GUIDE

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

SOOKE NEWS

VANCOUVER ISLAND
NEWS

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 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.

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.

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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