SOOKE NEWS

Updated the 1st and 15th of each month

Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette.

NEWS

Donors Wanted - 12 Aug 2024 - The Canadian Blood Services agency will hold a blood donation event here in Sooke.

Firefighters Wanted - 12 Aug 2024 - The district is looking for paid volunteer firefighters.

All Sooke Day Family Picnic - Saturday, 17 Aug 2024, 08:00 to 18:00 at Fred Milne Park.

Wildfire 9 - 9 Aug 2024 - Help available from Sooke Emergency Support Services.

Harbour House - 8 Aug 2024 - A complete opening scheduled for the end of August.

Meals on Wheels - 7 Aug 2024 - Celebrating their 50th year in Sooke.

Traffic Solution - 4 Aug 2024 - Cash pledged for a traffic solution.

Crime Statistics - 2 Aug 2024 - Congrats, we're number two after Victoria.

Wildfire 8 - 2 Aug 2024 - Old Man Lake wildfire held to Ground and Surface Blazes.

Charters Road - 2 Aug 2024 - Construction continues in the dip.

Sooke Music Festival - 1 Aug 2024 - A music festival for everyone at Fred Milne Park.

Erinan Estates Plantings - 31 Jul 2024 - So what's all the fuss about?

Norm McInnis - 31 Jul 2024 - The former District CAO has passed.

HISTORY

E&N Railway - 15 Aug 2024 - A history of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway with plenty of photos.

CONSTRUCTION

Noblewood Place - 13 Aug 2024 - Three more houses nearing completion on the un-named cul-de-sac.

VIDEO

Todd Creek Trestle - 16 Oct 2020 - A drone flyover of this Galloping Goose wooden trestle.

CARTOON

FREE STUFF

Potholes Overlook - 19 Sep 2023 - Fencing to break your fall into the Sooke River.

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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.

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