New Mexican Restaurant in Sooke: The Lazy Gecko

Okay, so I’m a little late on a review here, the Lazy Gecko has been open for a few weeks and I’m not getting around to trying it out and giving it a review, but I can blame the Christmas holidays on this one. My buddy, Ron Larson, called me up today and wanted to [...]

New Lifestyle Photo business in Sooke, BC

As I offer this service free to all new businesses in Sooke if they contact us, I’m going to be making use of my policy for myself and my latest venture. Most who know me realize that my hobby and passion has always been shooting photos, mainly landscape photos, but since recent events, like the [...]

Video of 2010 Sooke Sail Past

On November the 28th, after the Santa Clause parade in Sooke, people walked down the path in Ed MacGregor Park to see the 3rd annual Sail Past. 8 boats took part in this festive event, all lit up with Christmas lights. The local Canadian Coast Guard Aux. was on hand with Santa standing in the [...]

Discover Sooke wins Chamber of Commerce award.

We’d like to thank the Sooke Harbour Chamber of Commerce and the community of Sooke for presenting us an award over the weekend for the 2010 Awards of Excellence in the category of “Tourism Recreation & Leisure”. It’s a tremendous honour and recognition for us at the Discover Sooke headquarters and we are glad the [...]

Coast Guard Aux. in Sooke, BC receives award for top mission.

On November the 7th, Sooke crew members Russ Nicks and Jason van der Valk attended the AGM in Nanaimo, BC where we were presented an award for an outstanding mission our crew and unit attended to on July 22, 2010 in the Sooke Harbour. Two other crew members who did not attend this AGM but [...]

Congratulations to Chef Tuson from the EdGe Restaurant in Sooke – Top 10 in Canada

We’d like to personally congratulate Chef Tuson and Gemma for receiving an amazing accolade from enRoute/Air Canada for being named one of the top 10 new restaurants in Canada. How amazing is that for our little Sooke Community? Way to go EdGe Restaurant! Here is a part of that online article and what it says. [...]

Only in Sooke do squirrels swim. Video

My friend, Allen, from West Coast Outdoor Adventure Rentals, recently captured this video footage of a squirrel swimming across the Sooke River. Allen was using one of his Hobie Kayaks that he rents to watch the Salmon running up the river when he saw this little creature making a mad dash for the shore. Who [...]

Payzant Creek and Parkinson Beach video.

Last week, Rachel from Rain Forest Tours, a guided hiking company, took me out to Payzant Creek to capture some photos that I needed from an upcoming advertisement that I’m creating for a magazine. The walk into Parkinson Beach is really quite easy, albeit a little muddy, but the actual lava rock beach and the [...]

Welcome new Sooke Business – Mind Body Soul

The Science of Subconscious Change – Hypnotherapy and Nervous system regulation therapy (SRT) People have thought for years that if they just understand something intellectually they can make change. This has proven to be limited with individual’s using their willpower to end up back where they started. To have years of therapy and understand everything [...]

Milky Way over Otter Point Photo

A couple of night ago I was outside my backyard and looked up into the sky and noticed I could easily see the Milky Way with my bare eyes. I had never taken a photo of the Milky Way before but I thought it might be a good challenge, but where? Sooke, BC has a [...]