1 – Watch the Swiftsure International Sailing Classic set off Saturday morning
Racing starts at 9 a.m. adjacent to Clover Point. The 74th annual event runs May 25 to 29 and features several races in one event. Swiftsure hosts will broadcast live at Clover Point explaining the race start procedures and tactics.
2 – Find the ArtsAlive sculptures for 2017. There are 13 dotting the landscape in the same sites as previously, with a couple of new ones. A bronze cougar will prowl Hanes Park near the junior campus of Glenlyon Norfolk School as part of ArtsAlive 2017. Ghost Cat, by Fred Dobbs, is one of 13 sculptures that will dot the landscape in the year-long public art showcase. The wind-driven work Bodhi Frog by Doug Taylor will take a second new place at Willows Beach.
3 – Get out your camera and participate in the Oak Bay Archives community project Then and Now. Peruse image at oakbayarchives.ca then find a similar theme in the community today. Submit photos and stories to obarchives@oakbay.ca by July 31. Selected photos and stories will appear in the Oak Bay News and exhibited by Oak Bay Archives.
4 – Participate in the MS Walk at Willows Beach on Sunday. Victoria Scotiabank MS Walk at Willows Beach on Sunday, May 28,
The Scotiabank MS Walk raises funds in support of the fight to end MS. Participants can choose from varying route lengths, including a wheelchair accessible route for participants using mobility aids. More information is available online at: mswalks.ca. Check-in time 12:30 pm; Start time 2 p.m.
5 – The family friendly World Partnership Walk returns to the University of Victoria campus on Sunday, May 28. The walk started in Vancouver 32 years ago by a group women with a goal of raising money to help to end global poverty.
“It’s an open walk for all to participate in,” Zen Tharani, WPW chair for Victoria. “It’s also a celebration for us as it’s the end of our fundraising campaign, which started in March. Now wecelebrate the work and efforts of our volunteers and ambassadors and their money raised, and it’sone more opportunity to raise money.”
The free event meets at the fountain in front of the McPherson Library at 10 a.m. and there is a 2.5-kilometre or five-km walk. Both routes are family friendly and there several activities afterwards.
