TOGETHER WITH | | | ☕️ Oak Bay Tea Party will be held over the weekend of June 2-4. The event promises to be a fun-filled weekend for the community, which will feature an air show, bathtub race, and free live music in order to raise funds for service organizations. | 🌿 The Greater Victoria Green Team will be removing invasive plants, including gorse and scotch broom from Oak Bay's Anderson Hill Park on Saturday, May 27 between 10:30am-12:45pm, where they will be holding a giant work party in collaboration with the District of Oak Bay. | 🏃🏻♀️ Oak Bay Half Marathon relay, 10K and kids 1K to be held on Sunday, May 28. Organizers are still looking for volunteer marshalls to help out at Windsor Park. |
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| COMMUNITY NEWS | ❤️ Oak Bay community comes out in support of the Seekins family with BBQ fundraiser and a vehicle procession that moved past Municipal Hall to honour Steve Seekins, who was tragically killed on the job last week. | ❗️Municipality of Oak Bay issues invasive species alert over shiny geranium, asking for help from all residents to report and address outbreaks on private and public lands. | 📚 Oak Bay Public Library set to reopen after a months-long closure due to asbestos contamination. The branch is set to reopen the week of June 5, though no specific reopening date has been disclosed. [Times Colonist] | ⚠️ Oak Bay Police warn public to keep their distance from a male juvenile elephant seal, which turned up at Oak Bay Marina. The seal is most likely moulting and experts say it will soon be on its way. | 🏘 South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association is seeking new board members at its June 6 annual general meeting at 7pm, where it will be seeking to fulfill a range of roles. | 🗓️ Spring is in the air! Paint Works has been servicing Victoria for 20 years. They look forward to hearing from you, and having you in their schedule. Book now!* | 📨 The best morning read in Victoria, bar none. Stay connected with the Capital Daily newsletter, delivered every morning to 50K people across Greater Victoria for trusted daily news. Subscribe for free. | *Sponsored Listing | | 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 | Kid-friendly cycling routes | An Oak Bay local reached out to the group for advice on where to go when cycling on Eastdowne from Willows Elementary with young kids, specifically when turning left onto Haultain. They were wondering if they should tell their kids to disembark their bikes and walk across tricky streets to navigate while cycling, such as Foul Bay, Haultain and Eastdown. | They were also wondering what requirements there are for car drivers to signal to people on bikes. Some cyclists said they had nearly been struck while transitioning from a cyclist to a pedestrian on Foul Bay at Haultain and other tricky areas, and suggested it was safer to cycle across. Several commenters called for a bike corridor for those cycling to schools in the community, particularly for those who are riding along the notoriously dangerous Shelbourne or Richmond areas. Other commenters said they have emailed the engineering department in order to support safer cycling near schools and encouraged others to do the same. | |
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| | Locals are finding a lot of stuffies around the community | Oak Bay locals have been sharing their findings this week of a range of well-loved stuffies, and reaching out to the Oak Bay Local community in order to reunite them with their owners. | In recent days there has been a stuffed monkey, a squeaky squirrel, and a very well-loved bunny, which was about to be washed out to sea at Willows Beach before being rescued and cleaned up by a caring local. Are any of them yours? |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS |  | Image credit: Pauline Little Hodgson |
| The above photo was from a scene Thursday, which showed the outpouring of community support after Oak Bay municipal worker Steeve Seekins was killed on the job last week. A GoFundMe has raised over $100K for the family so far. |
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| | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK | | Photo credit: Mary McArthur |
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