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😶 Concert organizer speaking out against added Oak Bay talking rule
Beacon Ridge Productions, which presents up to 40 area concerts each year, says a new clause in its contract with the district, which would allow people to talk during shows at the Rec Centre’s Upper Lounge, interrupts a no-talk policy the company has been successfully using for more than a decade. The company has made some noise by sending 4K people on its mailing list an email that identified by name—and included a phone number and email address—of the Oak Bay official responsible for contract negotiations. [Black Press]

🏦 Disguised man gets nothing in Oak Bay bank robbery attempt
A man wearing a black cloak and sunglasses walked into the TD Canada Trust at 2000 Cadboro Bay around lunchtime on Tuesday of last week, passed a note demanding cash, but got rattled and fled on foot. The man didn’t produce a weapon. A source tells Capital Daily the suspect had entered the bank a few minutes earlier but hurried off to a nearby fast-food restaurant before returning for his ill-fated robbery attempt. Police brought in the canine unit but could not locate the suspect. [Times Colonist]

🛝 Carnarvon Park retrofit nears reality with $1M architecture deal
Oak Bay council has been kicking around the idea of updating the nearly 10-acre park since 2018, and last week, it hired Vancouver-based Shape Architecture to produce eight tender-ready designs by next summer. The upgrades are expected to include new tennis and pickleball courts—with sound absorption panels—a half-sized basketball court, an off-leash dog area, and EV charging stations. Work will be done over six years. [Black Press]

🐶 Warmer weather coming: don’t leave dogs in cars, say police
Oak Bay Police said they received a report of two dogs locked inside a vehicle parked at Estevan and Musgrave on April 24. Officers were about to “take action” when the owner appeared and apologized, police said. [Oak Bay Police]

🛍️ Oak Bay panel says shop here, avoid US tariffs
Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Diana Gibson, Steven Seltzer of local business advocate Think Local First, and Martin Cownden of the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association spoke at the April 23 discussion at the Windsor Pavilion. Some two dozen residents talked about the benefits of shopping locally. [Black Press]

🛵 Scooter stolen from Oak Bay bike rack
The owner says they left the scooter locked in the rack at the front of the school on April 23 and returned 20 minutes later to find the lock had been cut, and the scooter taken. The Gyrocopters J30 electric easy wheeler is pictured here.

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