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.

April Fool's Day - 1 Apr 2023 - That's hitting the nail on the head... groan.

NEWS

Whiffen Spit Sewage - 30 Mar 2023 - Extending the sewage system to Whiffen Spit has been cancelled due to lack of grants from upper levels of government.

Sooke Loggers Pole - 29 Mar 2023 - A recent wind storm knocked over the Loggers Pole at the Sooke Flats.

New Deputy Fire Chief - 27 Mar 2023 - Wayne Kennedy from North Vancouver who just joined the Sooke Fire Department will oversee Sooke's emergency management program.

Elephant Seal Molting - 27 Mar 2023 - A female Elephant seal, appropriately named Ellie, has been molting beside the Sooke River.

S.O.S. (Save Our Salmon) - 24 Mar 2023 - $66,548.77 donated to the the Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre.

Synergraze Seaweed - 22 Mar 2023 - A plan to produce a seaweed-based product for cow feed to decrease their methane release.

Potholes Parking - 20 Mar 2023 - Improvements to Sooke's parking lot at the Potholes will get underway on 27 Mar 2023.

Property Tax Increase - 20 Mar 2023 - They estimate property tax on a $850,000 house would increase by $131.

Giant Hogweed - 20 Mar 2023 - Not to worry, there's no toxic Giant Hogweed in Sooke.

New Health Clinic Announced - 16 Mar 2023 - The province plans to build a new integrated health care centre next to the Sooke library.

Suspicious Death - 16 Mar 2023 - The victim in a suspicious death found near Otter Point has been identified.

Making Concrete - 16 Mar 2023 - Is there such a thing as "environmentally friendly" concrete?

East Sooke Resort Lottery - 15 Mar 2023 - The BC Children's Hospital lottery is holding a lottery where you could win a suite at the East Sooke Ocean Point Resort.

Sooke Today Lottery - 15 Mar 2023 - Win a free ticket for the BC Children's Hospital Lottery on a suite at the East Sooke Resort.

HISTORY

Wadams Way - 8 Jul 2015 - Olive and Peter Wadams arrived in Canada in 1929 and became significant Sooke pioneers.

CONSTRUCTION

Wadams Way - 19 Mar 2023 - House construction on the Waddams Way and Church Road development site.

VIDEO

The Sooke Flowline - 3 Jun 2010 - An interview between Dustin Creviston and CBC reporter Jennifer Chrumka about the Sooke Flowline near Impala Road.

CARTOON

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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

SOOKE NEWS

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SOOKE AREA

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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