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.

Cougar Country - 15 Apr 2023 - Be reminded that Sooke is Cougar country.

NEWS

Rising Taxes - 14 Apr 2023 - Sooke homeowners will see a 6.9 percent increase in their property tax this year.

Volunteers Requested - 14 Apr 2023 - The Sooke Fine Arts Show (SFAS) is looking for volunteers for this year's show from 29 Jul 2023 to 7 Aug 2023.

QUIET! CAMERA! ACTION! - 14 Apr 2023 - Whiffen Spit and Ed MacGregor Park will be closed to the public on 29 Apr 2023.

Street Sweeper - 14 Apr 2023 - A surprisingly super silent street sweeper surreptitiously sweeps Sooke before Saturday.

Spring Planting - 13 Apr 2023 - Seedy Saturday is over... it's now time to stick Saturday's seeds in the ground.

Distillery Leaves Sooke - 11 Apr 2023 - The award winning gin maker Sheringham Distillery is moving from Sooke to Langford.

Teacher Loses It - 10 Apr 2023 - A high school teacher who pushed an argumentative student out a door has been punished.

Hatchery Officially Opened - 10 Apr 2023 - The salmon hatchery beside Charters Creek just had it's official opening ceremony.

House Moved - 6 Apr 2023 - 127-year-old house slated to be demolished has been moved to Sooke from Esquimalt.

Police Camp - 6 Apr 2023 - Young potential police officers attend the 2023 Greater Victoria Police Camp at CFB Esquimalt WorkPoint.

Dangerous Dog Toy - 6 Apr 2023 - This $9 dog toy cost $8,100 in veternary surgery.

Sooke News Mirror Contender - 6 Apr 2023 - Sooke crime rates are dropping, repeat offenders are not.

Crime in Sooke - 6 Apr 2023 - Sooke crime rates are dropping, repeat offenders are not.

Proposed Electoral District - 3 Apr 2023 - British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission has updated the provinces electoral districts.

New Firefighters - 3 Apr 2023 - Sooke welcomes two new experienced firefighters to the district.

Highway 14 Cell Service - 3 Apr 2023 - Currently cellular telephone service between Sooke and Port Renfrew is only provided by Rogers Communications.

New Bus Shelter - 3 Apr 2023 - A new bus shelter has been installed on Grant Road.

BC Hydro Rate Increase - 31 Mar 2023 - Residential electricity rates will rise by two percent starting the first of April 2023.

CAO Steps Down - 31 Mar 2023 - District of Sooke CAO steps down due to cancer diagnosis.

HISTORY

Todd Creek Trestle - 12 Apr 2023 - The Todd Creek Trestle, along the Galloping Goose trail, crosses Todd Creek where it feeds into the Sooke River.

CONSTRUCTION

Home Construction - 28 Mar 2023 - House construction continues on Ridgecrest Road and Wadams Way.

VIDEO

Driving Through Sooke - 19 Sep 2020 - Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, 40 kliks by road from Victoria. Sooke downtown lies north and west of Sooke Basin. Sooke's popularity as a scenic tourist destination has existed for generations. Well-known destinations in Sooke such as Whiffin Spit and the Sooke Potholes attract visitors both locally and from around the world. Sooke is also home to the Sooke Regional Museum and Visitor Centre where visitors and locals are able to get information on regional attractions and history. Back country recreation, or off-road recreation brings a constant stream of 4X4s, quads, ATVs, dirt bikes, and home built off-highway vehicles through Sooke as people search out back country access. Hundreds of kilometres of logging roads thread through the hills north of Sooke in the Rural Resource Lands of the Juan de Fuca electoral area, enabling access to several community lakes and small reservoirs. Mountain biking is growing in popularity in British Columbia, and Sooke is establishing itself as a destination for the sport. Local advocacy groups such as the Sooke Bike Club are working to have areas such as Broom Hill set aside as parkland. The Galloping Goose Regional Trail, part of the Trans-Canada Trail, runs through Sooke and is a popular cycling route to Victoria.

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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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