Victoria, BC
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The full article lists everything from Victoria up to Campbell River. **Victoria** >Victoria’s Canada Day brings more than 60,000 people together for a full day of musical performances and cultural programming, family activities, an international food village and the iconic Victoria’s Canada Day Fireworks. Mainstage opens at 11 a.m., with entertainment continuing until the drone show at 10:15 p.m. and the fireworks at 10:22. Inner Harbour and Legislative Precinct. Details and entertainment lineup at canadadayvictoria.ca **Saanich/Esquimalt** >The Gorge Canada Day Picnic. Fun for the whole family, including a pancake breakfast (8:30 a.m.), the Canada Day Family Parade (9 a.m.), Canada Day Show and Shine car show, Gorge on Art, lots of food trucks, voyageur canoe rides, the Canada Day Market, and much more. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. along Gorge Road West from Tillicum Road to Admirals Road. Go to gorgecanadaday.ca for more details. Sidney **Sidney** >Lions Pancake Breakfast. Don’t miss the Sidney Lions famous hot pancake breakfast with fried sausages, 8-10 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre Courtyard. More at marywinspear.ca. > >Canada Day Parade and Family Fun Fair. The annual Canada Day Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Sidney, travelling along Resthaven Drive and Beacon Avenue to Second Street, ending at Ocean Avenue. The Family Fun Fair kicks off after the parade, running from 12:30-4 p.m. at Iroquois Park, 2295 Ocean Ave., Sidney. More at peninsulacelebrations.org/events. **View Royal** >Canada Day in View Royal: Come and see some traditional Highland games, take in dance performances and live music, and enjoy the beer garden and concession. There will be face painting, a balloon clown, tours of Craigflower Manor. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Craigflower Manor, 1801 Admirals Rd. Admission is free. No on-site parking. Details at viewroyal.ca. **Langford** >Head to Starlight Stadium to celebrate Canada Day! The stadium transforms into a fun event space filled with activities like arcade games, a teen zone, game tournaments, and a pancake breakfast. Monday, July 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Find out more at langford.ca. **Colwood** >Celebrate Canada Day by the sea at Fort Rodd Hill. Live music and a multitude of special interpretive programs will be offered throughout the site, plus a grill, and ice cream and soda at the canteen. Admission is free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 603 Fort Rodd Hill Rd. Details at facebook.com/FortRoddFisgardNHS. Sooke **Sooke** >Lions Club and District of Sooke present Canada Day at the Flats. Live music, outdoor games, kids zone, food trucks, local vendors and more. 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Sooke River Campground, 2259 Phillips Rd., Sooke. Go to sookelions.com/canadaday.
> The alleged violations "demonstrate that the respondents are unwilling to refrain from the unlawful acts and are a clear case of flouting the City's bylaws," read one of four petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. > > The filings are the latest legal fights over short-term rental laws in B.C. Amala's CEO, Angela Mason, is one of hundreds of property owners and managers currently taking the provincial government to court over new laws which they say could ruin their businesses.
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>From June 18 to July 1, all southbound traffic along Shelbourne Street will be closed between Cedar Hill Cross Road and North Dairy Road. > >Then, from July 2 to 31, traffic will be closed in both directions along this same stretch of street 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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> “We did these crazy things around the harbour to encourage tourism,” Causton recalled. “I don’t remember too much about it other than Brian Smith, who was a former mayor of Oak Bay and the Attorney General of British Columbia, was in one of them, and he was smoking a pipe and he sank.”
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Personally, it seems stupid not to have a liaison in high schools. This is where teens establish "bad" patterns, and every single one they manage to save early is one less problem for decades in the future.
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Unfortunately, it looks like he's going to elected in a couple years. I just hope people remember after a term of the Conservatives cutting important environmental policies like the carbon tax, that they will have failed to make like more affordable AND fucked up the environment more. The conservative parties that won in the UK didn't manage to make things more affordable, the conservative party that won in Australia didn't manage it either, no party anywhere has managed it. This crisis isn't caused by local government zoning policies, approval red tape, or anything else that the parties are talking about. It's caused by landowners (including people who own only one property) using a home as an investment. You cannot have homes appreciate in value faster than inflation (investments) and also have affordable housing. It's impossible. That's literally just a pyramid scheme. Until the government starts implementing policies that start reducing existing home prices, this will not be fixed. Building more units doesn't do this unless you build impossibly (literally impossible) large numbers. So stop voting with your emotions and vote with your brain.
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In case anyone was wondering what happened at the grocery stores over the last couple days.
From the YouTube description: (0:05) Prior to the current alignment separating north and southbound traffic via the Blanshard extension (1978), Highway 17 started on Douglas Street near Carey Road. Before the highway was officially numbered in the 1960s, it was called East Saanich Road along a large portion of the route. (0:10 – 0:16) In 1966, McKenzie Avenue was a small rural street with no connection to Highway 1. Highway traffic travelled alongside the Swan Lake/Christmas Hill area, then across McKenzie Avenue, towards Royal Oak. If you look closely, you can see school children along either side of the highway, possibly heading to Pacific Christian School nearby. (0:32) Quadra Street joins up with the highway on the right. The Quadra Street overpass, connecting with the Royal Oak shopping area won’t be built until the 1970s. (0:36) Junction of Highway 17 and 17A (also known as West Saanich Road). This route accessed the famous Butchart Gardens, as well as the ferry across the Saanich Inlet to Mill Bay. 17A was a formal alternate route through the peninsula. Highway 17A was designated in 1962, but lost its designation in 2000. (0:45-0:53) Before the divided highway of today, Highway 17 ran directly in front of Beaver Lake Park, along what is now called Elk Lake Drive. (1:00) Haliburton Road on your right (1:16) Sayward Road Intersection (1:40) Keating Cross Road exit (1:42) East Saanich Road continues off to the left (1:48) Island View Road intersection (2:07) Mt. Newton Cross Road intersection (2:40) McTavish Road intersection (2:58) Beacon Avenue Intersection and Sidney (3:07-3:37) Road widening work to and from Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal (3:27) Wain Road intersection
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Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams performed a GREAT sold out show in Victoria at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Saturday September 9, 2023.   
I found this on the subreddit but created a higher res screenshot from the [source material](https://www.crd.bc.ca/docs/default-source/crd-document-library/maps/water-supply-area/drinkingwatersupplysystem_24x26x.pdf). You can also do [Watershed Tours](https://www.crd.bc.ca/service/public-tours/watershed-tours)!
With the B.C. Ferries fleet having reached capacity, I think it’s time to accelerate the plans to purchase new vessels for the major routes. To help to make them more future-proof, I think the new vessels should be at least 200 metres long, preferably a good deal longer. As well as increasing the capacity, plus enabling greater efficiencies by transporting more people and vehicles at a time, it would allow for the greater possibility of changes being made to on-board amenities over the coming decades. It would also allow for improvements over the current ferries, such as more dining options, a larger shop and a very large kids play area. Unlike some people, I love getting the ferry. With improvements to onboard amenities, I believe that other people would, too, and would look forward to that part of the journey. When the route between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay takes one hour and 35 minutes, plus waiting time beforehand, it is hardly a route that daily commuters can take. Instead, let’s adopt a different philosophy, of providing comfort, relaxation and enjoyment, rather than a bare-bones platform to be transported on. Matthew Cousins
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Hey folks - I always forget to make these until it's like three days before haha. BC Day is coming up next weekend. Have you got any plans for the long weekend? What are some events that are going on around the CRD?
