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The Scouts’ walk to Colwood’s war memorial
Wednesday morning at 11, plus a pink-jersey auction and two floors of Sooke makers.
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From the school to the war memorial
Ships in Esquimalt Harbour, photographed between 1893 and 1900.
Tomorrow morning, the 7th Juan de Fuca Scouts will walk from John Stubbs School to the oak grove beside Juan de Fuca Arena. They’ve led Colwood’s Remembrance Day ceremony there since 2005. At 11 a.m., they’ll pause at the stone memorial that honours people who died in war.
If you’re joining them at the grove, aim for 10:45 a.m. Below you’ll also find where to watch the parade in Sooke and what’s open at Hatley Castle after the ceremony.
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Remembrance Day, Wednesday morning
Meet in the oak grove beside Juan de Fuca Arena, at 1767 Island Highway. The Scouts lead the ceremony, with a moment of silence at 11 a.m.
The ceremony is on the lawn outside the castle. You can visit the museum downstairs for free from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It leaves the Royal Canadian Legion hall for Veterans Memorial Park on Aldwynd Road. The ceremony starts at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome back at the hall for soup and sandwiches afterward.
Watch it leave Evergreen Shopping Centre or meet at the war memorial at 6726 Eustace Rd. for the 11 a.m. ceremony. Expect short delays on Sooke Road as the parade passes.
LOCAL HISTORY
What stood in the oak grove before the war memorial
The view from Fort Rodd Hill toward Fisgard Lighthouse at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour.
Before Juan de Fuca Arena, there was a horse racing track. In 1942, the land became part of the effort to protect Esquimalt Harbour.
The war memorial stands where a Bofors gun once stood. The gun was built to shoot at planes. It was put there after a submarine fired on the lighthouse at Estevan Point, north of Tofino. The gun was gone by 1956. The Royal Canadian Legion held a ceremony to dedicate the memorial in 1975.
At Hatley Castle tomorrow, a free film about the old Royal Roads Military College starts around 11:45 a.m. in the Grant Building. Fort Rodd Hill is free to visit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can pick up and examine objects from wartime there.
Sources · City of Colwood · Royal Roads University · Parks Canada
Make a weekend plan
More than 50 sellers, including potters and woodworkers, will be at the free craft show at Sooke Community Hall, 2037 Shields Rd. Friday noon to 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There’s an elevator between floors.
Langford residents can bring yard waste to 2955 Sooke Lake Rd. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring proof of address and keep invasive plants separate. The last drop-off is Nov. 21.
Meet at 10 a.m. by the washrooms at Lagoon Road and Ocean Boulevard. Bring gloves and a bucket. Kids can join with an adult. Check the event page that morning if there’s a storm warning.
The shoreline at Esquimalt Lagoon, where volunteers will pick up litter on Sunday.
AT THE RINK
The Wolves’ pink jerseys are going up for auction
Pink-striped Wolves jerseys hang above the auction table
The team will wear the jerseys on Nov. 21, then auction them off for Victoria Hospice.
The club says its first Pink in the Rink night raised about $8,300 in January through auctions, donations and a raffle. This year’s game starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Juan de Fuca Arena.
If you can’t make the game, you can donate or bid online. The money helps pay for care for people who are dying and support for people grieving a loss.
Sources · Westshore Wolves press release and photo · City of Langford · Westshore Wolves
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Sooke wants to hear your band
The winner gets to play at next summer’s Sooke Music & Art Festival.
You can enter on your own, too. Send MP3 recordings of three songs you wrote, a short introduction and a photo by Nov. 28. Listeners will vote on Sooke Community Radio starting in January.
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Photo credits · Esquimalt Harbour, 1893 to 1900 by Charles Macmunn · Fort Rodd Hill panorama by Matt Hall (Funurgle) (CC BY 2.0) · Esquimalt Lagoon by Andi956 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The Westshore is produced on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples (the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, whose relationship with this land continues to this day.
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