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Filed daily from Victoria. See you at 7.

Hand-drawn panorama of Victoria's Inner Harbour — lighthouse and cherry blossom on the left, a ferry on the water, Parliament and the park on the right.
Issue 1,276 · Friday, July 17, 2026PrivacyTermsEthics© Capital Daily Media Ltd. Victoria, BC
🌳 Neighbourhood · ~18,200

Oak Bay.

Its own municipality, technically. Tweed jackets, sea-walled gardens, and the most stubborn village high street in the region.

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Filed from here

Recent stories from this neighbourhood.

Community · The Capital Daily team

What's coming up in Victoria this July

Caribbean carnival on the harbour, Pride across the city, Kinky Boots at the Royal, collector cars down Oak Bay Avenue, and Pacific FC under the lights. Your month, mapped.

2m · Monday

Housing · Robyn Bell

Province orders Oak Bay to change bylaws to meet housing targets

The municipality is one of two in BC to be called out by the housing minister for slow progress.

3m · Wednesday

Housing · Mark Brennae

Oak Bay townhouse proposal perturbs some in the neighbourhood

A community open house has been scheduled for April 15, from 6pm to 8pm at the Oak Bay United Church.

5m · Wednesday

The fabric

What holds Oak Bay together.

The places, organizations, and venues that make this neighbourhood itself.

Oak Bay Avenue

The tweed-and-tea spine of the village — independent everything.

Willows Beach

A protected swimming beach with a long view of the Trial Islands and Mount Baker.

Uplands Park

A Garry oak meadow that becomes wildflower-purple in May.

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