We’ve got a Facebook Fan prize happening right now and if you don’t already like our Facebook Fan Page, well, what are you waiting for? This will be the first of many photo give-aways on the Facebook page. All you need to do is click this link and follow the directions. The print is courtesy [...]
Filed under: Latest News on January 25th, 2012 | No Comments »
This past weekend we were hit with some heavy winds on Vancouver Island. Mix that with a super high tide and tidal direction and we’ve got a great chance at some awesome storm watching. I chose Port Renfrew, about an hour west of Sooke on Hwy. 14. This passes through Jordan River, a hot spot [...]
Filed under: Latest News on January 23rd, 2012 | No Comments »
We had a spectacular sunrise last week over the Harbour and Basin and thought I would share with you this little 8 shot panoramic scene of it. The hues and colours were fantastic and the light over the Olympic Mountains were magical. This shot was taken standing on the new condo/townhouse development of Navigator’s Pointe [...]
Filed under: Latest News on January 16th, 2012 | No Comments »
We’d like to welcome MIJO sport to our community and to the DiscoverSooke business section page. Here is some more information about them. MIJO Sport is an evolution in fitness that merges the principles of high performance athletic training with functional fitness, it allows all of us to become an ‘everyday athlete’ performing to the [...]
Filed under: Latest News on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
We’d like to thank, Yateman Automotive, an auto repair service in Sooke for joining Discover Sooke under the automotive repair section on our website. Honesty and integrity by a licensed automotive technician. Quality service, diagnostics and repairs to all makes and models. Offering full oil change services for $45 on most vehicles, free brake inspections, [...]
Filed under: Latest News on December 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
Last weekend a friend and myself went west of Sooke in search of Chanterelle mushrooms. I’ve only done this once before, but I really enjoyed myself. I think most of the mushrooms, with the past days of frost and snow are pretty much on their last legs, but we might see some more winter Chanterelles [...]
Filed under: Latest News on November 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
Taking Gold is Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island. For years this restaurant and its creative owners, Frederique and Sinclair Philips have dug deep into the culinary soul of the Pacific Northwest to effectively set the bar as high as any restaurant in North America. To read the whole story, please click here. For more [...]
Filed under: Latest News on November 9th, 2011 | No Comments »
Today, Sept. 24th, has turned into a fantastic whale viewing day for the community of Sooke. In fact, I have never seen Humpbacks and Orca off the shores of our fantastic little piece of heaven before. We had received a report of 7 humpbacks off Otter Point heading east about 11am from Bob at 2 [...]
Filed under: Latest News on September 24th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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Filed under: Latest News on August 22nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Discover Sooke was awarded the contract to shoot 3 high definition commercials to be broadcast during the Subaru Sooke Triathlon airing on TSN and TSN 2 channels, minimum 12 times over the year. We spent the last 6 weeks trekking over the entire region from Sooke to Port Renfrew numerous times to find just the [...]
Filed under: Latest News on August 19th, 2011 | No Comments »