First of all, full disclosure. I come from a family of teachers. My mother was a teacher, my maternal grandfather went from school principal to deputy minister in the Dept. of Education here in BC, both my maternal grandmother and aunt taught nursing and my father has taught university biology classes. Suffice it to say [...]
Posts under ‘Uncategorized’
Added calendar of Oak Bay events
I have added a calendar of Oak Bay events, including an iCal feed so you can add it to your own calendar. I will update it as I get new events, but feel free to contact me if you have anything you think is relevant and want to add.
John Luton joins the blogging ranks
As I have lamented in the past, few councillors are using this shiny information superhighway thingy to tell us, their constituents, about what goes on in city hall. Until recently, Cairine Green, District of North Saanich Councillor, remained the only one to harness this power.
But she is no longer alone, as John Luton has decided [...]
A giant pile of web fail
Yesterday, while I was researching the story on the BC Transit Victoria Regional “Rapid” Transit study (VRRT), I came across a whole pile of web fail:
As of this morning, the BC Transit press release which must have gone out wasn’t listed on their main page listing all press releases or the VRRT project’s website News [...]
Things to do this weekend
The Victoria Francophone Society is hosting St. Jean Baptiste Day in Willows Park this Saturday the 20th. The event runs from 12pm-5pm with lots of free music and dance all afternoon long, kids’ entertainment including giant games, bouncy castles, sumo suits & crafts, as well as poutine & treats on sale for all. Cost is [...]
Community Association is holding plant swaps at Estevan Market
Spring is here and many people have excess plants from their vegetable or flower gardens. Thankfully the Oak Bay Community Association has a solution for you. They are planning on holding plant swaps starting June 25th at the Estevan Food Roots Pocket Market, which runs every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm.The swap itself will only [...]
Oak Bay Tea Party parade with no camera
Today is the Oak Bay Tea Party Parade, an event I remember fondly from my youth. Sadly, I ended up having to run down to a friends house and thus I had no camera to take pictures. I did notice a few things, however:
Ronald McDonald House had a Hummer H2 pulling a small trailer. How [...]
Vancouver embraces open standards, data and open source
A few days ago Vancouver was considering becoming an open city, embracing open source, open standards and open data. This week, that idea became a reality as Vancouver City Council adopted Andrea Reimer’s proposal.
What does this mean in the short term? Likely not much. We are in the middle of a recession, which means there [...]
Random links from the provincial election
The internet is a wonderful thing. You can spend hours looking up all kinds of things about people, especially those who are involved in politics in any way. So without further ado, a random collection of interesting, odd and obscure links I stumbled across today while googling the Oak Bay-Gordon Head candidates.
Ida Chong has a [...]
Tidal current vs. paddlers
On my way to a friends place last night, I was treated to the sight of two different boats filled with paddlers do battle with the strong in-rushing tide at the Tillicum Narrows. This part of the Gorge is famous for its fast currents, which used to cause a tidal waterfall until a local citizen [...]
