It's extremely upsetting to see someone walk up my front path and snap an entire branch off of one of my dahlia plants. The audacity.

If you know this person, please tell them to do better.

Someone did Victoria a Favour.

After telling CTV that “The challenge in responding to these accusations is that there are also many fake posts attributed to me, generated by people looking to attack me” Wendy Bowkett has now deleted her X account, effectively scrubbing the evidence.

Snapshots from the now deleted account can be found here:
https://victoriacouncillorfyi.substack.com/p/wendy-bowkett-for-victoria-city-council

(the perma.cc links are true snapshots that can't be modified)

CTV article:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vancouver-island/article/petition-urges-victoria-councillor-elect-to-resign-over-social-media-posts/

Sign the petition here if you believe Wendy should resign:
https://www.change.org/p/wendy-bowkett-should-resign

Edit: I’m not the creator of the petition. Just spreading awareness.

So many clouds...but there were a few spaces between them.

How did it pass fire inspections? Were there working sprinklers? And since it is now demolished so soon after, I'm assuming there will still be an investigation as to cause. Firefighters took a defensive position, understandable, but what about news reports of missing person?

Robin Kimpton is in Van now. Will he be investigated? I hope. I've met him, and he is an ornery man with little care for others. He was renting suites illegally. Was the city aware of this? And no, this was never a supportive housing site. Just a vacant hotel owned and run by a slum lord.

It’s like seeing Victoria through fresh eyes.

I was interested in attending the Slow Burn Dating event at the Royal BC Museum last week but wasn't able to make it.

For those who went, how was it? Was it well organized? What kinds of activities were there? Was attendance fairly balanced between men and women?

I'm also curious about the age range, whether most people attended solo or with friends, and whether you'd go again in the future.

We whistled and chirped up the rest of the gang, then celebrated with dog treats 🥰

It seems they having been trying to constantly rent their appartments for 6+ months and their website is offering 2 months free.

I have to know if anyone is currently living there and can confirm if it is a ghost town or if it is filling up?

I'm sure you haven't heard of more than half of these or you heard of some but never watched. It's not as big of a list compared to Vancouver shot movies and tv shows but of the ones that did film here that you did watch, did you like any of them? I personally liked White Chicks, 2012, Final Destination, Deadpool, Scary Movie, Maid, Outer Limits and now Yaga

Movies:

Convicted

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Son of Lassie

Vixen!

Five Easy Pieces

Harry in Your Pocket

The Changeling

Dawn of the Living Socks

The Glitter Dome

Hot Pursuit

Backfire

Bird on a Wire

Knight Moves

Digger (1993)

Intersection

Little Women

Masterminds

The Duke

Final Destination

Scary Movie

Cats & Dogs

Ripper

Black Point

Excess Baggage

X2

White Chicks

Fierce People

The Core

The Mermaid Chair

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men: The Last Stand

In The Land Of Women

Mulligans

2012

Kid Cannabis

Descendants

The Boy

Pup Star

Monkey Up

Pup Star Better 2Gether

Pup Star World Tour

Deadpool

Puppy Star Christmas

Sailing Into Love

Sidelined: The QB and Me

Lucid

The Bryce Lee Story

Emile

Meat Market

Year of the Dragon

Hunting Matthew Nichols

Girl In The Photographs

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Fishing For Love

Rescued By Ruby

TV Shows:

A Morning

A News

Alienated

Burning Log

Canada's Next Top Model (Reality Tv)

Crew Girl

Gracepoint

Impact

Maid

The Outer Limits

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Private Eyes West Coast

Spooksville

Terminal City

Yaga

Then there's a whole bunch of Hallmark and Lifetime movies that got filmed here. This isn't a complete list

Just In Time For Christmas

The Bridge

A Rose For Christmas

A Taste of Christmas

Christmas Bells Are Ringing

Puppy Star Christmas

The Christmas House

If I Only Had Christmas

Christmas She Wrote

Deliver by Christmas

A Mrs. Christmas Miracle

You, Me & the Christmas Trees

A Kismet Christmas

To All A Good Night

Sorority Wars

A Perfect High

Ring Of Fire

V.C Andrew Series

All That Glitters

Photo from Cadboro Bay Gyro Beach this morning October 25th, 2026

And they only took out a few wires and trees branches.

hi all, wrote this one today in response to conservative voters

I think this one will be the next to Burn. It is at the corner of Douglas at Chatham.

Hey folks- I just tried to make an appointment for Nov 7th, after we were supposed to move to StandardTime, and the calendar (the one with Rogers/Shw webmail) wouldn't let me!! It wants me to reset my time zone to something it recognizes, as the warning says "we are unable to identify the time zone in your area. Please choose one from the list...."

Anybody else run into this and how did it work for you?

BTW- I wonder what Microsoft has in store for the million or so Windows PCs affected by this decision.

You've seen my photos, here's a recent one of the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405), shot from my backyard in narrowband.

I'm setting up the C12 on Halloween for the neighborhood kids. Definitely doing the Moon, Saturn, maybe M31 (Andromeda).

Free, no sign-up, just show up.

I'm looking for suggestions on WHERE to set up somewhere safe for kids, easy foot access, good southern/southeastern horizon for Saturn (it's low this time of year), but also not lit up like a mall parking lot. Oswald or Cedar hill park? Also thinking about time dusk to maybe 9 PM? Open to ideas.

If you've done sidewalk astronomy with kids before, what targets got the best reactions? Moon always kills, Saturn blows their minds, maybe a big galaxy like M31? Ring Nebula (M57)?

What would be a good place to set up? Normally i go to cattle point for sidewalk astronomy, but thats not a great trick or telescope location.

If I can get a good location, I can probably recruit some other astronomers for a Fright Light sidewalk astronomy session.

Island bus requires booking a day in advance, so I guess I'm just stuck up here for another day. If we aren't going to get a train, we at least need to get reliable bus route, this is absurd.

Not stuffy old lady place.. any thoughts, anyone have someone in any of the seniors homes, independent living I guess, that aren’t like grandmas house?

Costco had me eating 3/5 meals as tacos thanks to these bomb-ass corn tortillas (the good, restaurant kind, not the too-big, too-processed grocery story trash) but they are no longer available so I ask to you--no, I plead--where in our great area can I find some downright straight up authentic Mexican yellow corn tortillas so I can get back on that taco train. I will not accept any big ol' white/flour heresy.

I thought I heard Esquimalt had a place?

Anyone know what the incredibly loud droning sound is off Quadra near the Shell station? Quadra and Falmouth/Palmer? It’s almost midnight and it has been going on for at least half an hour. It sounds like construction noise, like jackhammering or an incredibly loud car staying in the same spot.