SOOKE NEWS

Updated the 1st and 15th of each month

Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival

NEWS

No Garden Plots - 13 Sep 2024 - Garden plots in residential areas are a bad idea.

New Fire Chief - 13 Sep 2024 - Wayne Kennedy officially took command of Sooke Fire Rescue on Monday, 9 Sep 2024.

Reading and Math - 12 Sep 2024 - School District 62 will focus on reading and mathematics this year.

Fish Food - 12 Sep 2024 - Anglers donate their catch plus cash to the Sooke Food Bank.

Scam - 11 Sep 2024 - A scammer looking for money pretends to represent Sooke Firefighters.

Food Bank - 6 Sep 2024 - Closed early as the ran out of food.

Shooting Incident - 5 Sep 2024 - A trial surrounding a dispute between neighbours began in Victoria.

King Charles III Medal - 5 Sep 2024 - Four local recipients of the award.

Sooke Radio - 4 Sep 2024 - Could Sooke have its own radio station?

Grand Parade - 3 Sep 2024 - Takes place on 21 Sep 2024.

Sooke Museum - 1 Sep 2024 - Some projects completed with the help of students.

HISTORY

Muir Family - 2 Sep 2024 - The Muir family established a farming tradition that spanned centuries.

CONSTRUCTION

Charters Road - 8 Sep 2024 - The road surface has been raised with a huge fill.

VIDEO

Music Festival - 3 Aug 2019 - A view of the 2019 Sooke Music and Arts Festival.

CARTOON

FREE STUFF

Harbour House - 4 Sep 2024 - A Thunderbird totem has been installed as final landscaping is carried out.

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Step 1: To download this Wallpaper click on the image above to enlarge it. After it's enlarged to its full size of 2860 x 1440 use your mouse and right click on the enlargement for a dialog box to 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" button. The image will then be downloaded to your computer.

Step 2: To install the image as Wallpaper on your computer screen right 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 install the image as a screen background.

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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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