Join Luisa Maria Celis as she reads from her new novel, Arrows
Saturday May 30th, Reading Room Cafe, Sooke
Time: 3:30pm
ARROWS: Based on the chronicles of José de Oviedo y Baños, a colonial historian, Luisa Maria Celis’ deeply moving, action-packed novel realistically depicts the subjugation of indigenous peoples, but it is also a love story of hope [...]
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The last week or so, Sooke has seen some very low tides which makes viewing the sealife around us quite good. I always find it fascinating to stare down into the water and see Dungeoness Crab or Sun stars, to name a few, going about what they do. There is a whole other world that [...]
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Come visit Malahat Farms and learn how to carve owls with carver Kate Wood.
This even starts at 10:30am and runs until 4:30pm
**minimum 4 / maximum 8 carvers**
Stone and finishing materials are included in the cost. Most tools are provided but if you have any old rasps and files, and a small knife (pocket, exacto [...]
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Join us for a journey to the Middle Ages and back to modern day life. We will explore one of the oldest alcoholic beverages – Mead.
For anyone who thinks that Mead is “just” wine made from honey then you will be up for a surprise.
Meet Rob from Tugwell Creek, Vancouver Islands first and [...]
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Just west of Sooke on Hwy 14, heading towards Jordan River and Port Renfew, lies Gordon’s Beach, a favourite place for locals to beachcomb and watch the sunset over the Juan de Fuca.
On windy days, it’s also a favourite place for Kiteboarders to play in the waves. On this peticular day, we had just [...]
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May 19th Fished the Trap Shack with Mario and Frank, driving down from Duncan we had a later start at 10:00 am. There was another boat in the area when we got there, “High Noon” had a reported 30lb Spring on board. We had on big strike that didn’t hook up around noon fishing around [...]
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While our boat, the Spirit of Sooke is getting some maintenance work done, we were advised to take the Mark VII RHIB from Victoria back to Sooke in case we had any SAR call outs, so we wouldn’t be stood down and can help anyone in need of assistance.
Two of us made the journey around [...]
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Great fishing in Sooke for Spring salmon of all sizes, there are 6 to 39 lb Springs being caught in Sooke now.
This last weekend showed some nice Springs wieghed in at Sooke Harbour Resort and Marina and Eagle Eye Outfitters including an awesome 39lb hatchery Spring Salmon, caught by Cal Young and crew. It was [...]
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We had the pleasure of driving to Port Renfrew this long weekend to walk around the tidepools in the majestical Botanical Beach Provincial Park. We left Sooke around 11am as the lowest tides for the day at Botanical Beach were around 12:30pm. Before you do go, please make sure the tides are at 4 feet [...]
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This past Friday we went for an evening walk to Ed Macgregor Park and took a stroll, watching the boats come in and the sun starting to set, along the new harbour boardwalk and Rotary Pier.
It was a lovely evening with many people out enjoying the fine spring weather. The new boardwalk from Ed Macgregor [...]
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