The first meeting will be held Friday, November 4, 2011 from 7 to 9 pm in the Garry Oak Room at the Monterey Recreation Centre, 1442 Monterey Avenue.

The second meeting will be held Tuesday, November 8 from 7 to 9 pm in the Sanctuary at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road. Doors open at both events at 6:4pm.

The moderator will be Mr. Jamie Chicanot a partner in ADR Education. These meetings are sponsored by the Community Association of Oak Bay and the North Henderson Residents’ Association.

“Our Associations are pleased to sponsor these events. We hope these meetings will help voters make up their minds when choosing between two candidates for Mayor and among eleven candidates for six Council positions”, says spokesperson Jill Croft of the Community Association of Oak Bay.

We meet at Willows Beach Kiwanis Tea Room  and will work together to clean the beach of  hundreds of cigarette butts, bits of plastic, and all kinds of other surprises that you don’t want on your beach, in your ocean, or eaten by sea life.

Bring gloves, and bags for all the garbage and recycling collected.

Everyone welcome!

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

5:00 – 7:00PM Potluck Dinner
7:00 – 7:30 Family Entertainment by Oak Bay’s Stuart Nemtin as the famous Major Conrad Flapps

Oak Bay United Church, Lower Hall
1355 Mitchell Street, Oak Bay

Bring friends, neighbors and family and a favourite food dish with serving utensils, your own plate(s), cutlery and cup(s).

Join in the Harvest Bounty Exchange Table! Bring seeds, plants, recipes to share and exchange.

Show off the best of your garden and have it judged by the Community Association Executive!

Hosted by the Community Association of Oak Bay

Your Community Association wants you to join us with your bicycles, wagons, or even just your feet. We would love to see members out to have fun, and which will of course, draw new members. And you know how that works…the more, the merrier!

We are going to keep it simple again this year, with a no-emissions float…okay, small exception…we are keeping up the tradition of bubbles!  We ride our bikes or walk together, bubble wands in hand (which the kids watching seem to LOVE), we laugh, we carry our banner and we have a great time, all while raising our community profile.

The Annual Tea Party Parade is an Oak Bay tradition. If you’re just out to watch, it begins on Saturday at 10:30AM from Windsor Park. The 45 minute parade winds through the streets of Oak Bay, ending at Willows Beach Park.

To RSVP, please email to sustainability@saanich.ca.

For more events like this, please visit the Saanich Climate Change Schedule of Events.

“The best way to get to know a neighbourhood, is to walk it.”
- Jane Jacobs

The weekend of May 7th and 8th, there will be a number of Jane’s Walks throughout the region. You’ll get a little exercise, fresh air, and learn some things you likely never knew about the history of your neighbourhood, or even some of the issues facing it today.

If you’re looking for one nearby, check out the Shelbourne Valley Jane’s Walk.

View Earth Day Celebration Walk or Bike Routes in a larger map

For our part, the CAOB is leading a bike ride from UVic to Cattle Point via a route we like to call The Educational Corridor. The route starts from our University, passes Camosun College, Carnarvon Park (Preschool/Daycare), Oak Bay High School, SMU Jr. School, and Glenlyon Norfolk School, and lands us at Cattle Point where we’ll finish up with a picnic with the Friends of Uplands Park.

View Earth Day Celebration Bike Route in a larger map

The Friends of Uplands Park are planning plenty of activities to participate in and enjoy all day!

Schedule of Events

9:00am —- Bird Walk at Cattle Point

11:00am —- Earth Day Bike Ride along the Oak Bay “Educational Corridor” starting at UVic, visiting Willows School, Oak Bay High, Monterey School, gathering riders at each school along the way.

11:00am —– An Earth Day Walk starting from UVic to end at Uplands Park.

12:00 Noon —- Picnic & Music: Walkers and bike riders and other participants arrive at Uplands Park for family & friends picnic

12:15 (or so) —- Official Welcome

1:00 —- Guided Nature Walks (1 walk will be at Cattle point; 1 walk will be along the trails in Uplands Park)

2:15 —- Guided Nature Walks (1 walk will be at Cattle point; 1 walk will be along the trails in Uplands Park)

Noon – 3:30: Other activities include:
———– Music by The Bald Eagles
———– Face Painting
———– Treasure Hunt
———– Bubbles
———– Uplands Park Map Display
———– GOERTS and HAT displays
———– Invasive Species Removal

3:30 —- Official Closing