TOGETHER WITH | | COMMUNITY EVENTS | ♻️ Oak Bay High will hold a bottle drive this Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9am to 3pm to benefit Cops 4 Cancer. The drop-off is behind the school. | 🦅 Marine Systems in the Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Join naturalist, birdwatcher, and restoration enthusiast Jacques Sirois at the Windsor Pavilion, 2451 Windsor Rd., on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7pm. | 🦃 Thanksgiving lunch, on Thursday, Oct. 5 from 11am to 1pm at the Monterey Fern Cafe, 1442 Monterey Ave. Cost of the lunch is $17.50 and includes turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted yams, brussels sprouts, and carrots, with coffee/tea and a mini pie for dessert. |
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| | COMMUNITY NEWS | 🐕 The owner of an unleashed dog was fined $500 after it chased a great blue heron at Cadboro Bay Beach, violating rules of Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary. [Times Colonist] | 😐 Friends of Bowker Creek Society volunteers cleaned up Oak Bay High’s field after chunks of artificial turf were found in Bowker Creek. [Times Colonist] | 🏡 14,000-square-foot Oak Bay mansion described as a “masterpiece” sold for $7.5M after sitting on the market for 14 years. The listing was originally posted in 2009, with the price dropping significantly since then. [Oak Bay News] | 💐 Harry Leong, who opened Harry’s Flowers in Oak Bay 60 years ago, died Sept. 7 at age 94 with his family by his side. According to his obituary, it was the oldest flower shop in Victoria. [CHEK] | 🌹 Tributes for Ken Agate, who owned the Blethering Place Tea Room for more than three decades, poured in from the community. Agate was remembered by many for his generosity, upbeat attitude, as well as his flare for fashion. [Times Colonist] | 🚨 Oak Bay Police fined four drivers $368 for excessive speeding along Beach Drive and Foul Bay Road, with one driver caught exceeding 118 km/h in a 40 zone. The four drivers were each caught while conducting routine traffic enforcement, suggesting this level of speeding is fairly normal along these routes. [Oak Bay Police] | 🏠 Wilson Pro Painting is offering a 15% discount for all interior painting booked for the fall/winter! Book your free quote today: 236-464-7111.* | *Sponsored Listing | Have you noticed problem areas in Oak Bay for speeding? | | | 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 | New stop sign on Musgrave at Estevan | An Oak Bay local commented to the group and tagged the District of Oak Bay to say that the new stop signs on Musgrave at Estevan are adding to confusion, as no one has a clear sense of their right of way. The spot connects five offset roads, and brings vehicles, bike, and pedestrian traffic to an “all way stop”. | The commenter suggested that the District of Oak Bay should remove the new stop signs on Musgrave, drop the speed limits on all incoming roads to 30 km/h, and have Oak Bay Police do some enforcement in order to protect people riding bikes and other vulnerable road users before an accident happens. Other commenters suggested that Oak Bay needs to prioritize better design for roundabout intersections, including the one pictured in the post, as well as roundabout solutions for a couple of other intersections, including Eastdowne and Haultain. | |
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| | | Thoughts on the public/private school system in Oak Bay | A new resident to Oak Bay reached out to the group in order to learn more about people’s experiences with the public and private school systems in the area, hoping to assess which route was best for their family. While some quickly pointed out that being in this position is already an incredible place of privilege, some teachers, parents, and other members of the community piped in with their pros and cons. St. Christopher's and Montessori School-Oak Bay were praised for their preschool and kindergarten, as well as others. | In addition, some locals praised the French tracks at all of the local public schools for being “amazing” and for having excellent teachers at all local schools. Some commenters had heard that the program was difficult to get into and in very high demand, but others said that as long as they were in the catchment area, they didn’t have an issue getting in (although this was several years ago). Others said it’s currently a lottery system, which leaves many families out, unless they get lucky. The overwhelming consensus among commenters was that, while some are harder to get into than others, there are no bad schools in Oak Bay. | |
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| | IN OTHER NEWS | | Sentimental deck chairs accidentally taken | An Oak Bay local reached out to the group in search of locating some deck chairs that were mistakenly given away without realizing they had sentimental value. The original commenter stated that the chairs had been made by an Oak Bay parent’s son for his grandmother when he was a teenager. They turned to the Oak Bay community in an attempt to relocate them. If you picked them up without realizing, the original owner would be very relieved to find them again. | |
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| | PHOTO OF THE WEEK |  | Image credit: Robyn Murray |
| Oak Bay kayakers in their Ocean Discovery class before encountering four orcas near the Oak Bay Marina this week. Readers told Oak Bay Local that they feel they have been seeing a lot more orcas this year. |
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