COMMUNITY EVENTS | 🎡 Oak Bay Tea Party starts today from 4pm until 10pm at Willows Park to mark its 62nd year. The Tea Party weekend will include its usual rides, games, live music, and carnival food. The event runs Friday, 4-10pm; Saturday 10am-10pm; and Sunday 10am-7pm. Check out other details of the event. | 💖 Make a Difference Week will take place from Saturday, June 1 at 8am to Sunday, June 9 at 7pm. The event is hosted by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER),and Friends of Uplands Park, and is an annual week of global restoration action where individuals and organizations from around the world host and participate in local volunteer restoration events. The lineup of events in Oak Bay throughout the week is available here. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 😻 Second location of The Pet Store opens in Oak Bay. The shop owner told Victoria News that their approach to the shop includes offering a unique boutique experience that includes a catnip dispensary, healthy food options and other elements you’ll only find there. [Victoria News] | 🎙 Oak Bay endorses resolution to provide free transit to seniors and youth. On Monday, May 27, two Union of British Columbia Municipalities’ (UBCM) resolutions which ask the BC government to make transit free for all BC youth and seniors were endorsed by Oak Bay, in an effort to promote greener transportation options. [Victoria Buzz] | 🚒 The parking lot at Firefighter’s Park will be closed until July for the installation of a fire truck apparatus storage structure for Oak Bay Fire. The structure will be built in order to store a new ladder truck that’s too large to fit in its firehall, which was originally built in 1938. The new ladder truck will be arriving in mid-June. [District of Oak Bay] | 🐟 Friends of Bowker Creek thanks Grade 6 class for their fundraising efforts, which raised $117 which will go toward future restoration projects. The students chose to support the group as part of an entrepreneurial project after having participated in the salmon fry project. [Friends of Bowker Creek] | 📚 Churchmouse Bookshop will be holding its annual second-hand book sale on June 8. The annual summer sale’s theme will be “Celebrating All Things Green” and will include groups such as the Community Association of Oak Bay and UVic’s Living Lab and their revision of the Oak Bay Community Green Map as well as the Vancouver Island Trail Association. [Vancouver Island Free Daily] | If public transit was free in Oak Bay, would you use it? | | | 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 | Critical Mass ride looks to draw attention to lack of cycling infrastructure in Oak Bay | An Oak Bay local posted a photo to the group, which shows a long line of cyclists riding side-by-side along an Oak Bay road. The original poster said that they were “stuck” behind the group with many other commenters suggesting they should be riding single file. | The point of the ride however, was to draw attention to the fact that many cyclists don’t feel safe riding in Oak Bay, and while they may be inconveniencing a few car drivers with the ride, many are looking for a viable option to commute by bike. Hundreds of comments to the post showed a range of opinions on the matter, with some saying “they think they own the road”. Others noted that even though they may have inconvenienced a few, no one was hurt, and they plan to hold more rides to draw attention to the matter in the future. Do you cycle in Oak Bay? | |
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| | | Should I be nervous about these spiders? | An Oak Bay local reached out to the group in search of advice as to whether a spider they found near a wood pile was that of a black widow spider, and whether they should be worried. Some helpful locals noted that they appeared to be “false widows” and they are quite common (and not dangerous). Have you ever spotted these in Oak Bay? They look remarkably similar to the much feared Black Widows. | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS | | Oak Bay Tea Party parade is set | The Oak Bay Tea Party is set to begin today, with festivities and food throughout the weekend. A full list of events can be found here. The parade will take place on Saturday beginning at 10:30am at Windsor Park. The parade winds through the streets of Oak Bay, ending at Willows Park about 45 minutes later. Check out the parade map here. Do you plan to attend? |
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| | | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | Photo credit: Jane Magoo |
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