Movie in the Park tonight at Ed Macgregor Park. All money raised will be going towards the first proposed dog park in Sooke. Start time is for 9pm-ish.
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Parking at Sooke Potholes Regional Park will be restricted for three days next week as work is carried out on the park roadway. Crews will be doing construction and paving on 1.4 kilometres of Sooke River Road leading into to the park. Visitors can park in the parking lot near the first entrance or the [...]
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I had the pleasure of joining Daniel Stapleton of Sutton West Coast Realty last week for a walkthrough tour of one of the Penthouses in the amazing Mariner’s Village development here in Sooke. This whole development, in my opinion, is a great thing for Sooke. I know that I, for one, am looking very much [...]
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Unless this weather-change thing is worse than hyped, there won’t be any snow in Sooke on Aug. 7 for Ashleigh McIvor. But the 2010 Winter Olympics ski-cross champion will still feel at home in the Sooke Triathlon. “Winter or summer, I’m always outside playing,” said the native of Whistler, who also knows the Island well [...]
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Spent a wonderful day with a low tide at Botanical Beach up in Port Renfrew. It was difficult finding a parking spot because everyone else had the same plan as we did. We took a slow jaunt down tbe trail and spent a few hours wandering around the tide pools, gazing at all the sealife [...]
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I ran across this video today on Twitter. Someone had posted it and it immediately caught my attention. I watched the entire piece a couple of times because it’s so beautiful. So many neat things to see and it’s only minutes from downtown Sooke. I hope you enjoy. The video was posted by Mark Hiebert [...]
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Yesterday we had the pleasure of receiving a walking tour through the new Prestige Hotel and Conference Centre here in Sooke. It’s not quite finished, but they have a large conference there this weekend so they’ve completed enough to go ahead with that. The restaurant, The Mix by Ric’s Grill is open and serving lunch, [...]
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Please, please everyone, Sooke needs your help and support. We’ve been nominated for the Ultimate Fishing Town in Canada. If we win, we get $25,000. This money would be perfect for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society and the new Salmon Interpretive Centre. But in order for us to win, you need to vote for Sooke. [...]
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There has been a Tsunami advisory for the west coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott to Port Renfrew. What is a Tsunami Advisory? The “West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre” sums it up like this. “Tsunami Advisory – a tsunami advisory is issued due to the threat of a potential tsunami which may [...]
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Yesterday, March 2nd, we experienced another powerful windstorm sweep across the island. While the strongest winds were recorded in the north part of the island, we sure received our fair share of wind and rain. We decided to drive up to Port Renfrew to capture the waves breaking on the rocks. We took the Botany [...]
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