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1 Jun 2024

NEWS

Food Bank - 29 May 2024 - An increase in demand has created the perfect storm.
 
 
Yarn - 28 May 2024 - Visit the "Spin Me a Secondhand Yarn" event.
 
 
New Firetruck - 27 May 2024 - Sooke Fire Rescue is in line for a new set of wheels.
 
 
Church Roundabout - 27 May 2024 - The $4 million Church and Throup roundabout is nearly complete.
 
 
Night Market - 26 May 2024 - The Sooke Night Market at the museum will return on 6 Jun 2024.
 
 
Charters Road - 25 May 2024 - Closed to traffic until October 2024.
 
 
Wildfire Preparations - 24 May 2024 - A wildfire preparedness event on Sunday, 2 Jun 2024.
 
 
Clean Energy - 23 May 2024 - Two Sooke area First Nations to receive government grants.
 
 
Sooke Symphony - 22 May 2024 - Concert to be held following the end of the garden tour event in Otter Point.
 
 
Chief Underwood - 21 May 2024 - was officially sworn in as T'Sou-ke Nation Chief on 21 Mar 2024.
 
 
Sooke Legion - 20 May 2024 - Lost paratroopers remembrance ceremony at Legion.
 
 
Sooke Museum - 18 May 2024 - Staff from 30 years ago celebrated.
 
 
Sewage Treatment - 17 May 2024 - Sooke's sewage treatment plant has increased capacity.

HISTORY

Woodside Farm - 27 Mar 2021 - Sooke Couple Buys Western Canada's Oldest Working Farm.

CONSTRUCTION

Shambrook Sinkhole - 31 May 2024 - After a long delay repair of the sinkhole on Shambrook Drive is under way.

VIDEO

Fishing - Ryan Chamberland fishes the oceans and tidal pools near Sooke nearly 160 days a year.

CARTOON

FREE  STUFF

Sooke Basin - 24 May 2024 - Russ Watson.

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

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WEBCAMS

Unfortunately, there's no live webcam in Sooke, but you can enjoy a short break, get some sun on a webcam beach, or visit these well-known, or not-so-well-known locations, using these LIVE webcams situated in various countries around the world.
 
SOOKE - Someone, please...  put up a Sooke webcam.
 
 
AMSTERDAM - (webcam pans) A bicycle crossing by Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 
BUCKINGHAM - A barbershop, Buckinghamshire, England.
 
CABO SAN LUCAS - Cabo San Lucas Beach, Mexico.

CANMORE - (3 views) Downtown Canmore Alberta.
 
DARTMOUTH - View of the harbour at Dartmouth, England, UK.
 
DISNEYLAND - (webcam pans) Anaheim California USA.
 
FRIDAY HARBOR - (webcam pans) A tiny port, San Juan Island, Washington, USA.
 
GRINDELWALD - (webcam pans) The town view from atop the Belevedere Hotel, Grindelwald, Switzerland.
 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - (6 webcams).
 
KEY WEST - (4 webcams) Now you can see what's going on outside and inside Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, Florida, USA.
 
LAS VEGAS - (webcam pans) Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada USA.
 
LINLITHGOW - (many views) Narrow boats anchored in the Union Canal, Linlithgow, Scotland.
 
PENSACOLA - (3 webcams) Peg Leg Pete's, Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA.
 
RYDE - (webcam pans) Beach, pier, and Solent at Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. (Failed 3 Nov 2023)
 
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 - Plant Street junction, Winter Garden, Florida, USA.
 
YUBATAKE HOT SPRING - (2 views) 5,000 liters a minute of hot steaming water, Kusatsu, Japan.

LEGAL