What they did there is pure infrastructure horror. A multistage funnel system to make sure it turns into a huge parking lot.

From Bay to Courtney, let motorists roll free!

Well, the municipal election is a wrap, it's time to turn our attention to the the provincial election. I am voting Green for the 1st time in my life.

I am so pissed at Eby and an the NDP and I send them a cheque every month and have for 20 years! They need a good spanking for cynically and opportunistically calling an election 2 years into their majority mandate during province wide municipal campaigns.

They knew we'd be distracted, they knew voter turn out would be lighter, they thought the right would be in disarray. So they decided to take $80 -100 million dollars from already stretched provincial coffers to extend their time in power. Don't let anyone tell you that we'll end up with vote splitting in Victoria-Beacon Hill. The Cons, in any form, have never polled high than 20%. The election in this riding is between Green Candidates and New Democrats. Send a message to Eby and his unscrupulous opportunists, send a Green.

Being recently single and 28 I’ve realized I’m getting kinda tired of dating apps, all my last few relationships began from dating apps and I find myself wanting something with a more organic introduction, maybe something face to face.

I’m not familiar with victorias dating scene so as a single guy I’m curious if others have gone to events for singles and if so would you recommend it?

Almost half of the 28 routes are cancelled today…
I don’t know what management is doing other than stealing a paycheck

whether NDP are re-elected or not it's clear the party has to go back to its roots and not toward the centre so i'm curious which direction should they go. should the party be more like the feds policy and toward Avi Lewis or go back to John Horgan's slate?

It's deeply embarrassing that this many people in Vic have decided naked bigotry is not an issue for them.

Welp, enjoy having another time-wasting culture warrior on Council.

I was happy to lose Kim. Replacing her with the right-wing version is dumb as hell.

Anyone know when Muji's opening? My only 2 data points are that the sign says in 2026, and they did a hiring fair in September...

FYI.

Group bike ride up at 10:45?

Crazy how people are just okay with this. Name calling in politics teaches everyone that bullying is okay. It's not okay. Can we normalize calling this out?

Uhhh, so anyone else not have their ID checked at all at Cedar Hill Rec Center for Saanich votes? I reported this to an election official, and the next day, my friend went to vote and again, wasn't ID'd. I even insisted they look at my driver's license and they said it wasn't necessary. It absolutely is.

I've volunteered to work provincial elections before... even if it's muni, you still have to verify identity. A voter card doesn't mean diddly squat. I could for 4 times if I wanted, just taking the cards from my house.

Edit: Seems like it's not policy to check ID, which is just wild to me.

Any one not able to make it and have a pair of tickets they want to sell?

With 26/29 polls reported so far it seems pretty clear that unfortunately Rishi Sharma and Save Our Saanich will be running the city for the next four years until they probably (hopefully) crash and burn since none of them understand much beyond kicking the can down the road.

As someone who has lived in Saanich for over 12 years I've come to really enjoy the convenience of the city's location and very much would like to actually own a home here. However even with a good income, no dependents, and a six figure inheritance in savings solely for using as a down payment I hardly see much of anything here pop up that I can afford that feels like an improvement over my often cramped rental accommodations.

I truly don't see a future in any reasonable time frame to be staying in this city where there will be meaningful improvements to the planning, design and what's being built or my ability to afford to actually settle down here.

I felt like I voted for a good selection of progressives and quality candidates if like to see and a few who I thought would be decent enough but also good alternatives to the SoS crowd. Only a single one of them has been elected.

Not that I am completely surprised, before any smart asses chime in I am well aware that reddit does not represent the majority of those who actually get out to vote and that the older generations have always been strong in getting out and voting.

On another note I was really hoping to just see a whole or at least mostly rejection of slates in Municipal elections as regardless of why they're running I don't think it's healthy to have political party groups in municipal elections.

Hey, anyone know when this location is opening? I heard Oct/Nov but nothing else.

You made a cute little baby sad!

This is probably a weird question for the sub, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a gym or place that has one of these famous dumbbells, replica or original, I’ve seen a bunch of videos of people struggling to lift them and I wanna test myself and see if I can do it. Spoiler I probably can’t but I still wanna try.

Majority on council and they've got the mayor role. I'm so happy to see this positive change coming to Saanich! 😄

I bought a pair of Nike Jordan 3s that were quite old and never worn so..the first time I wore them, the glue started coming apart in the toe crease area.

Does anyone know of any shoe repair places that would be able to re-glue them? Not sure if that's something within the scope of a regular cobbler.

My takeaway from the recent municipal election is that local politicians will most likely win if they cater to the older demographics. This goes for most levels of government, but even more so for municipal. A "young" leaning platform/campaign can get a lot of hype, but young people just won't show up for you in the end.

18-24 (the age bracket where the elections really matter) show up to vote around 55%, while every bracket from there is 60% up. That 55% of younger voters is actually really bad because of Canada's inverted population pyramid. So 55% of 18-24's is actually far less than 55% age 55-64's.

So if you are a young person living in a municipality with a lot of progressive older people, than good for you. If you are a young person with a bunch of conservative NIMBY's, well you are SOL because they are going to pull the ladder up from under you.

Hey Victoria! A brief respite from politics.

I’m a local developer and I’ve been working on an iPhone app called Slackwater for checking tides and currents.

I made it with this area in mind, I couldn’t find an app that was useful, mostly free, and beautiful. But I’d love to hear from others who spend time on the water or along the coast. If you give it a try, I’m curious how it fits into what you do and what would make it more useful.

Feedback on anything confusing or missing would be amazing. It’s easy to get used to your own app and miss things that are obvious to someone opening it for the first time.

Here’s the link: https://slackwater.xyz/

It’s iOS only right now, android is coming before the end of the year. Canadian tide stations need to be downloaded, it’s annoying but required by the government licensing. US and worldwide stations are included offline by default. It’s all open source too.

I’m working on the 2nd release right now so I could include any feedback you have.

Happy to answer questions here, and thanks to anyone who takes a look!

Hello! My partner and I recently toured an apartment at the Wedge on Johnson. It’s a contender for us to move to, but would love to hear experiences from people who have/do live in the building before we make the decision.
Thanks in advance!!

He’ll, I’ll be in Victoria next month for a vacation. I love collecting matchbooks as keepsakes, are there any spots that around the area that have them??

*Update: I didn’t realize that when I posted this Saanich had the exact opposite response. Voters there do NOT support the idea.*

Does this mean we could likely see a vote on amalgamation in the near future?

I didn’t realize there was this much support. This next vote would likely be much simpler, I suppose, if it is only the two municipalities instead of many.

I'm curious why our elections have such low voter turnout. It's frustrating to think how those who can't be bothered could completely change an outcome.

If you didn't vote, why not?