Fishing in Sooke continues to be Spotty for Winter Springs. Many boats have been reporting no strikes at all, but others are getting stikes and landing some smaller winter Springs recently. It appears the fish have moved on. Les and Bruce Bagley reported landed two smaller Spring Salmon in front of the Bluffs and west [...]
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The entrepreneurial women of Canada’s West Coast seaweed culture. Christine Hopkins, owner of “From the Garden at French Beach“, forwarded this wonderful article to me written by Andrew Princz, editor of the travel portal, ontheglobe.com Andrew came to Sooke last month to write an article about the “Seaweed Ladies of Sooke” and you can read [...]
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We had the fine pleasure of attending Sooke’s Sushi on the Sea’s Valentine’s Day – All You Can Eat Sushi Dinner. Kari put together an amazing platter of Sushi for the many tables that had reserved for this special night out. Along with the sushi we enjoyed a bottle of wine, veggies, miso soup, rice [...]
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On May 31st 2008 at 7:02pm the pagers in the pockets of several local volunteers went off. This was the signal for the crew of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary –Station 37 Sooke to drop everything and head to their rescue vessel not knowing what lay ahead. As they changed into their floater suits and [...]
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Dear Lovers of Music; Coming to Sooke on March 7th we have a very special evening with Juno award winning Gary Fjellgaard. Join us to bask in the presence of a true Canadian legend . Visit his website at www.fjellgaard.bc.ca . With the magic of lyrical imagery Gary draws on his western heritage to create [...]
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