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Neighbourhood association calling for more dog parks in Saanich, B.C. The Cadboro Bay Residents' Association is proposing that Saanich permit two temporary enclosed off-leash dog parks at Cadboro-Gyro park. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 04, 2021 2:18 PM PT | Last Updated: May 4 The Cadboro Bay Residents' Association is proposing that Saanich permit two temporary enclosed off-leash dog parks at Cadboro-Gyro park.(Shutterstock / Stanimir G.Stoev)

But the driver continued down the road and parked at Willows Beach, where police advised him that he was under arrest for impaired driving. After yelling that he had nothing to live for and asking to be shot, the man went into the water and swam about 50 metres offshore. He came back after speaking with officers for about 25 minutes and was taken into custody. The man was given a driving prohibition, ticketed for driving without consideration and taken to hospital for an evaluation. — Times Colonist

Article content By Joanna Cheek After a year spent counting COVID-19 cases, there’s something new spreading across my West Coast community with similar contagion: cold-water swimming. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 'Cold water, warm community': For some, winter swimming has become an antidote to pandemic isolation Back to video While COVID has disrupted many of our social lives, health, and sense of sanity, hordes of people are flocking to cold-water swimming to help them cope. If you can call it swimming. Its devotees wear bathing suits (and...

Dirk Meissner Pictures and notes in from friends and classmates make up a memorial in support and memory of Aubrey Berry, 4, and her sister Chloe, 6, during a vigil held at Willows Beach in Oak Bay, B.C., on December 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito March 07, 2021 - 1:00 AM VICTORIA - Legal experts and a mother whose ex-partner was convicted of murdering their two daughters hope changes to Canada's Divorce Act will better protect children. Changes to the law took effect at the beginning of March. They place more emphasis on the needs of children during di...

Someone spotted Jack and called animal control, who joined Sutton to chase him down. After he was seen on Mary Tod Island — also known as Jimmy Chicken Island — Sutton and animal control jumped in a boat offered by Oak Bay Marine Group to track down the dog. “Out we went and, by the time we got there, he must have already jumped in the water and swam to Willows Beach, because that’s the next place he was spotted,” Sutton said. From there, Jack was seen by a dog walker in Uplands Park, a place he has become familiar with on his daily walks, Sutton said. But the family usually dri...