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1 Jul 2023

Roche Cove, located in East Sooke, is visible from the Galloping Goose Trail.
 

NEWS

Property Tax Due - 1 Jul 2023 - Be advised... there is a penalty should you not pay your taxes before 4 Jul 2023.
 
 
New School Super - 30 Jun 2023 - Current deputy superintendent Paul Block will become superintendent and CEO effective 1 Jan 2024.
 
 
Bear in the Park - 29 Jun 2023 - A Black bear drew a crowd of onlookers while it rested halfway up a tree in John Philips Park.
 
 
Mayor Quits Board - 28 Jun 2023 - Sooke's mayor has relinquished her position as chair of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission.
 
 
School's Full - 28 Jun 2023 - More money is needed as School District 62 is expecting 650 new students in the coming school year.
 
 
Death in Sooke - 28 Jun 2023 - An investigation has been launched after a man along Kemp Lake Road was found dead.
 
 
Budget Input - 27 Jun 2023 - District wants input on next year's budget.  REDUCE SPENDING!   How's that for input?
 
 
Sooke Still NDP - 24 Jun 2023 - British Columbia NDP candidate Ravi Parmar has won the Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection which includes Sooke.
 
 
OCP Kafuffle - 23 Jun 2023 - Lots of dialog at the Sooke council meeting over the contents of the Official Community Plan (OCP) apparently. Where you there, or perhaps at SOB?
 
 
SOB Beer Award - 21 Jun 2023 - Sooke Ocean Brewery (SOB) is located on Winnipeg Road just off Highway 14 in Saseenos with a view of the Ocean.
 
 
Oceanfront Setback - 20 Jun 2023 - Sooke District sets a setback of 15 metres above the high tide mark for construction of new buildings.
 
 
Barbie Q and the Bear - 20 Jun 2023 - Barbie Q the pig confronted a bear who entered her enclosure one morning.
 
 
Tent Caterpillars - 19 Jun 2023 - Tent Caterpillars are bad this year because of a virus. Did they catch COVID?
 
 
School Track Meet - 15 Jun 2023 - The inaugural Sooke Elementary Community School track meet took place on 9 Jun 2023 at Edward Milne Community School.
 
 
MLA Election Sooke - 15 Jun 2023 - The NDP premier and the NDB candidate for the riding were glad-handing around Sooke today.
 
 
Boat Launch Parking - 15 Jun 2023 - Sooke is limiting parking during fishing season at the Prestige boat launch.

HISTORY

The Church Road Church - 14 Apr 2022 - The original Knox Presbyterian Church on Church Road was constructed back in 1898, moved, and replaced by the present church.

CONSTRUCTION

Aragon Development - 21 Jun 2023 - Slightly more than 9 houses are now framed on Aragon's subdivision development located next to Wadams Way and Church Road.

VIDEO

Todd Creek Trestle - 26 Jan 2017 - Drone videography shows this large wooden railway trestle which once carried lumber hauling trains across Todd Creek enroute to Victoria. It is now part of the Galloping Goose Trail which connects Victoria to Leechtown. The closest point of access is near the third Sooke Pot Holes parking lot. From the drone high above a tiny spandex speeder can be seen as he/she pedals across the trestle.
 

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FREE  STUFF

Whiffen Spit - 12 Nov 2022 - The tree with the swing halfway along the Spit.

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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.
 
AMSTERDAM - A bicycle crossing by the Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 
BUCKINGHAM - A barbershop, Buckinghamshire, England.
 
CANMORE - Main Street in downtown, Canmore, Alberta.
 
FRIDAY HARBOR - (webcam pans) A tiny port, San Juan Island, Washington, USA.
 
KEY WEST - (4 webcams) Now you can see what's going on outside and inside Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, Florida, USA.
 
LINLITHGOW - Narrow boats anchored by the Union Canal, Linlithgow, Scotland.
 
SANTORINI - (webcam pans) A view of the island of Santorini from Firostefani on the Aegean Sea, Greece.
 
SHIBUYA - (3 webcams) Scramble Crossing in a shopping district, Tokyo, Japan.
 
VENICE - A portion of the 4 kilometre long Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.
 
VENICE BEACH - (webcam controls) The ocean front walk, Los Angeles, California, USA.
 
WAIKIKI - Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
 
WINTER GARDEN - A view of Plant Street in Winter Garden, Florida, USA.

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