| COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🏊 Oak Bay Recreation Centre Pool Closure: The Oak Bay pool has been closed for annual maintenance since June 2 and is scheduled to reopen this Monday at 6am. The other amenities in Oak Bay Recreation Centre will remain open during this time. Active passholders can access partner pools across the region during the closure. | 🚘 25th Annual Oak Bay Collector Car Festival: Pre-registration is encouraged to ensure a display spot, to receive your pre-formatted “car card” before the event, and to stay connected with event organizers. July 13. [Info] | 🥕 Oak Bay Night Market is back on July 9: Oak Bay Village transforms into a European-style street market with fresh and local produce, food, and artisanal goods. The market runs once a month throughout the summer. Oak Bay Avenue from Municipal Hall (2167 Oak Bay Ave. to Monterey) is closed to traffic from 3-9pm each market day. | 💬 Free Talks: Seniors Advocate Talk. Dan Levitt will speak about his current work priorities and share outcomes from a recent study on ageism and access to long-term care. Monterey Rec. Centre. Wed. 11am. [Info] | 🧘 Yoga in the Park 2025: Free yoga at Willows Beach Park. These free, all-level classes are led by experienced instructors from both Ajna Yoga and Oak Bay Rec. July 1-Aug. 26. 6-7pm. [Info] [Free. Donate to Mustard Seed] | 🧘 Yoga at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel: Begin your morning with wellness in mind by joining Sunrise Yoga on the Seaside Gardens Terrace. All summer, every Saturday for one hour. 8am. [Oak Bay Beach Hotel] | 📦 Garage Sale Fundraiser: Oak Bay parent-owned preschool. It’s a bake sale/garage sale/lemonade stand that takes cash, credit, and debit. 1701 Elgin. Saturday. 10am-1pm. [Info] | 🍴 Sports View Lounge at Oak Bay Rec Centre closed for the summer. As of today, the event space will be used for day camp programming. It will reopen Sep. 8. [Info] |
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| | IN THE NEWS | 🖌️ Oak Bay resident calls police after spotting Satanic graffiti
The resident noticed “two pentagram-like symbols and several instances of the number 666" spray-painted on a gate of a home on Milton near Foul Bay. The graffiti was washed off before officers could arrive. Police said they don’t believe the graffiti was motivated by hate or anything political, and they had no suspects. [Black Press] | ✈️ Oak Bay Local to the international rescue at Heathrow Airport
Talk about teamwork. A British Columbian was without his PR card—the official document that proves a person's status as a permanent resident of Canada—and couldn’t return to this country from the UK without it. A simple note on Oak Bay Local mobilized the troops and paved the way for the man to take a flight home. Just in the nick of time. [OBL] | 🚑 Body found in the waters off Oak Bay
The Canadian Coast Guard recovered the body from the waters near Oak Bay Marina on Monday. Police did not share whether the body was that of a female or a male. They said the next of kin have been notified. They don’t consider the death to have been suspicious, and the case has been transferred to the BC Coroners Service. [Times Colonist] | 🚨Police are investigating suspicious door-to-door salespeople.
They’re looking into an incident in which two men offering window cleaning services became aggressive during their pitch at a home on Dunlevy. They refused to provide ID and didn’t seem to have the equipment associated with window cleaning. [Victoria Buzz] | 👨🏽🦽➡️Ean Price has been using a power wheelchair and respirator for most of his life, but he hasn’t let that stop him from travelling the world. With a little ingenuity, patience, and problem-solving, almost any destination is possible. Read the full article here.* | 🦢 Discover nature in a new way this summer at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary! Sign up for one of their programs today.* | ☑️ Last week’s poll results: We asked whether you planned to attend the Oak Bay Tea Party. | | Some of your comments: | “The tea party feels too commercial now.” | “Wonderful. Especially the music. Keep on keepin’ on!” | “Too crowded.” | *Sponsored Listing | What's the No. 1 issue you as an Oak Bay resident would like to see change? | | | P.S. Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe here. |
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| | PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT | To join the conversation, become a member of the Oak Bay Local Facebook Group | Talk heats up about Firefighters Park parking | A local writes about their concern over parking capacity at Firefighters Park on Monterey. There’s roughly 50% less parking there as a result of the city using it to house its new ladder truck, which didn’t fit in the station. They say even more parking has been removed, and that has affected sporting groups using Carnarvon Park. | |
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| | | A local worries about tax implications | An Oak Bay resident is worried they’ll be paying 42% more in property taxes over the next four years. They say when they bought their home in 2015, property taxes were $3,600. Had those taxes kept up with inflation, they’d be roughly $900 more this year, but they’ve almost doubled, climbing $2,900, they said. | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS |  | Photo: Shutterstock |
| Dogs and roaches don’t mix, warns local | A heads-up from an Oak Bay dog owner who says their pup got sick—and confused—after eating a cannabis roach that was thoughtlessly tossed in a public park. The local rightly reminds marijuana smokers to responsibly dispose of their butts because dogs tend to eat whatever they find on the ground. | |
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| | PHOTO OF THE WEEK | | National Indigenous Peoples Day is tomorrow. Photo: Mary McArthur Photography |
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