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 [...]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today is a just a little bit brighter
Why? Yesterday gay and lesbian couples in Iowa finally got to enjoy the many benefits of marriage, something that similar couples here in Canada and a select few other countries (and a few states in the US) can enjoy. It feels like the wind has changed. It is, as NYTimes Frank Rich says, The Bigots [...]
