Christine van Reeuwyk

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The Bowker Road view of the proposed new development on Cadbury Bay and Bowker roads.

Council defers Bowker development discussion

Council plans to revisit proposed four-storey building March 20

The Bowker Road view of the proposed new development on Cadbury Bay and Bowker roads.
Rifflandia regular Big Little Lions slides into an Oak Bay venue Friday night.

Big Little Lions ‘play it by ear’ at Upstairs

Rifflandia regular Big Little Lions slides into an Oak Bay venue Friday night at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre

Rifflandia regular Big Little Lions slides into an Oak Bay venue Friday night.

Proposed HCA garners another designation

1605 York Place is poised to be next on the Oak Bay Community Heritage Register

Municipal services set to recoup costs

Oak Bay expects to address a handful of bylaws to better reflect the costs of providing municipal services

CRD Chair Barbara Desjardins announces the new joint dispatch centre before local chiefs of police, including Oak Bay Police Chief Andy Brinton, far left.

Region’s police announce joint dispatch centre

CRD-owned, state-of-the-art post-disaster facility will serve as the first point of contact for 9-1-1 for the region's policing agencies

CRD Chair Barbara Desjardins announces the new joint dispatch centre before local chiefs of police, including Oak Bay Police Chief Andy Brinton, far left.
Mayor Nils Jensen

Council News in Brief

Wall of Fame, Cookie blitz and more from Oak Bay council

Mayor Nils Jensen
Pam Bavington, with husband and business partner Graham, continually develop Hee-Haw HorseRad!sh.

Women in Business: The brake that balances the gas

Good food, friends and conversation inspire Hee-Haw Horserad!sh

Pam Bavington, with husband and business partner Graham, continually develop Hee-Haw HorseRad!sh.
Oak Bay artist Pat Martin Bates at the annual Bowker Creek Brush-Up.

‘Lady Print’ honoured for a lifetime in the arts

Pat Martin Bates earns Oak Bay's inaugural Acorn Arts Award

Oak Bay artist Pat Martin Bates at the annual Bowker Creek Brush-Up.
Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle recommends council stay the course on prohibiting beach fires.

Murdoch reignites beach fire talk

Oak Bay councillors opt to back the current beach fire ban

Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle recommends council stay the course on prohibiting beach fires.
The Kiwanis Pavilion, home to 122 residents, is modelled after a home-like environment for the comfort of residents, many who have complex care needs from conditions such as dementia.

Women in Business: Pavilion Foundation offers care with compassion

Oak Bay News Women in Business honours the work of the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation

The Kiwanis Pavilion, home to 122 residents, is modelled after a home-like environment for the comfort of residents, many who have complex care needs from conditions such as dementia.
In her second musical theatre appearance, Sarah Bjelde plays the lead role of Elle while Emmett Hodgins plays, funny enough, her love interest Emmett. Legally Blonde runs in the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre Feb. 24 to 26 and March 1 to 4 with tickets available at the school. In her second musical theatre appearance, Sarah Bjelde plays the lead role of Elle while Emmett Hodgins plays, funny enough, her love interest Emmett. Legally Blonde runs in the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre Feb. 24 to 26 and March 1 to 4 with tickets available at the school.

Lead goes blonde for senior musical

Oak Bay High students performs Legally Blonde to March 4

In her second musical theatre appearance, Sarah Bjelde plays the lead role of Elle while Emmett Hodgins plays, funny enough, her love interest Emmett. Legally Blonde runs in the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre Feb. 24 to 26 and March 1 to 4 with tickets available at the school. In her second musical theatre appearance, Sarah Bjelde plays the lead role of Elle while Emmett Hodgins plays, funny enough, her love interest Emmett. Legally Blonde runs in the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre Feb. 24 to 26 and March 1 to 4 with tickets available at the school.
Oak Bay Breakers player Fiona Headen drives past Dover Bay Dolphins opponent Taylor Matsuo during Saturday’s Vancouver Island senior AAA basketball final at Nanaimo’s Dover Bay Secondary School gym.

Breakers dominate Islands

Oak Bay senior girls basketball team takes on the provincial competition March 1 to 4 in Langley

Oak Bay Breakers player Fiona Headen drives past Dover Bay Dolphins opponent Taylor Matsuo during Saturday’s Vancouver Island senior AAA basketball final at Nanaimo’s Dover Bay Secondary School gym.

Housing priority decision pushed two weeks

Council opts to wait for full representation for housing discussion

Retiring Oak Bay Police Deputy Chief Kent Thom, right, marks Pink Shirt Day with Chief Andy Brinton in 2015. Thom has served the district for more than a dozen years. Thom retires from OBPD Feb. 28.

Thom takes to travelling as retirement looms

After more than a decade in Oak Bay, travel, family and humanitarian work shine on retirement horizon

Retiring Oak Bay Police Deputy Chief Kent Thom, right, marks Pink Shirt Day with Chief Andy Brinton in 2015. Thom has served the district for more than a dozen years. Thom retires from OBPD Feb. 28.
Jodi Appleton blends her career in animation and recreation at her new Playful Pencil Art Studio in Oak Bay.

Get the lead out for new art studio

Oak Bay's new Playful Pencil studio honours the fun side of art exploration

Jodi Appleton blends her career in animation and recreation at her new Playful Pencil Art Studio in Oak Bay.
Bijoux du Bayou get feet moving in the Upstairs Lounge during a Mardi Gras celebration Friday.

Costumes encouraged for Mardi Gras Oak Bay

Bijoux du Bayou returns for dance party Friday at the Upstairs Lounge

Bijoux du Bayou get feet moving in the Upstairs Lounge during a Mardi Gras celebration Friday.
Ladies of the newly-named Monterey Recreation Activity Association, Maureen Hodgetts (left) Jill Garnett and Camille Wood, start to sort items for the rummage sale. Donation drop off runs Monday to Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to noon with the sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Prep for spring with a rummage

Donate starting Monday for the Monterey Recreation Activity Association rummage sale

Ladies of the newly-named Monterey Recreation Activity Association, Maureen Hodgetts (left) Jill Garnett and Camille Wood, start to sort items for the rummage sale. Donation drop off runs Monday to Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to noon with the sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Oak Bay artist Sherry Tompalski prepares to unveil her boxers, inspired by Afghan female athletes, during her first show as a Gage Gallery artist collective member.

Boxers debut with Beauties at Gage Gallery

New collective artists collaborate in portraiture showcase

Oak Bay artist Sherry Tompalski prepares to unveil her boxers, inspired by Afghan female athletes, during her first show as a Gage Gallery artist collective member.
Eileen Grant keeps a go bag, car kit and fire extinguisher in her trunk. She suggests residents be ready beyond the bag, with tools, equipment and insurance as well.

Add resiliency to day-to-day tasks, says Oak Bay emergency program co-ordinator

Oak Bay hosts emergency preparation workshop Feb. 21

Eileen Grant keeps a go bag, car kit and fire extinguisher in her trunk. She suggests residents be ready beyond the bag, with tools, equipment and insurance as well.
InspireHealth’s Rachel Mark (left) and Genevieve Stonebridge flank member Pat Pearce under one of the Rain Walk branded umbrellas that will dot the Oak Bay landscape for the inaugural Victoria Rain Walk to raise funds for programs for those living with cancer across the region.

Liquid sunshine inspires inaugural health walk

The first Victoria walk is slated for Willows Park on March 12.

InspireHealth’s Rachel Mark (left) and Genevieve Stonebridge flank member Pat Pearce under one of the Rain Walk branded umbrellas that will dot the Oak Bay landscape for the inaugural Victoria Rain Walk to raise funds for programs for those living with cancer across the region.