Your weekly Greater Victoria intel has arrived! 🎯 This week's exclusive: Our first-ever monthly ice cream investigation uncovered Esquimalt's newest obsession, plus 26 ways to win your week across all 13 municipalities.
Featured Monthly Scoop! 🍦
Greater Victoria’s ice cream scene keeps getting better, and we've volunteered ourselves for the tough job of trying them all. Someone has to do it, right?
Each month we'll do this delicious "research" to bring you our top picks.
Our SEPTEMBER SCOOP: Kid Sister Ice Cream! (Esquimalt)
Meet the delightful new scoop shop that just opened in Esquimalt. These folks have already been around as a local delight, selling dairy-free, fruit-based popsicles and pints in a variety of spots around town.
Sources say that roasted strawberry is a fan favourite, and we are here to confirm it! Although, you wouldn’t, and couldn’t, go wrong with fig + blackberry swirl or sea salt. With a rotating selection of seasonally inspired flavours, Kid Sister is sure to win over you and your tastebuds.
Ready for your next ice cream adventure? Check out Kid Sister at their brick and mortar shop - 1320 Esquimalt Road, Thurs-Sun, 1-8pm.
PS: We are already planning next month’s “research” trip. Know a local spot we absolutely must try? Let us know on our Facebook page!
26 Things to Do This Week
Festivals
Victoria: Rifflandia Festival Sept 11-14 (Thur-Sun) @Matullia Lands 2514 Rock Bay Ave
Saanich: Autumn Lantern Festival Sept 13 (Sun) @Gordon Head Rec Centre and Lambrick Park 5:30-8pm
+ Circo Osorio Circus Sept 11-22 Mayfair Shopping Centre, 3147 Douglas Street
Colwood: Lagoon Arts & Cultural Festival Sept 12-13 (Fri-Sat) @Goldfinch Arts Centre and Lagoon West Park
Arts and Cultural Experiences
View Royal: View Royal’s Got Talent – Event is Nov 15, Auditions are on Oct 25, but the Audition Sign-Up is now Live! @View Royal Community Hall, 279 Island Hwy
Langford: VIP Movie Night Under the Stars Sept 12 (Fri) - A Red-Carpet Experience 6pm @Starlight Stadium
Victoria: Bryan Adams Sept 13-14 (Sat/Sun) @Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
+ Feel Free – Free Gallery Day Sept 11 (Thur) @Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St. 5-9pm
Sooke: Frankenstein Sept 12-14 (Fri-Sat) - Community theatre @Sooke Community Hall 6218 Sooke Road
Nature Adventures
Metchosin: Road Trips to Owls at Devonian Regional Park (Guided Walk) All Ages Sept 13 (Sat) - learn about the habits, adaptions and cultural significance of owls to First Nations (*space limited, $16 fee, must pre-register here)
Highlands: Everyone Welcome Art in Nature with Power to Be (Guided Walk) All Ages Sept 14 (Sun) - no fee but must pre-register here @Mount Work Regional Park
Sports Fun
Victoria: Downtown Derby: Pacific FC vs Vancouver FC – Canadian Premier League Soccer Sept 13 (Sat) @Royal Athletic Park, 1014 Caledonia Ave, Kickoff 4pm
Sooke: Drop-In Badminton Sept 10 (Wed) - Youth FREE (Adults $5) - See link for skill level, times, and locations
+ Drop-In Basketball Sept 12 (Fri) – Cost $2, See link for skill level, times, and locations
Markets
North Saanich: Toast to the Coast Sept 14 (Sun) - a fusion of a local market and a tasting event (tickets required) @Kildara Farms, 11293 Chalet Road, 1-4pm
Sidney: Sidney Street Market Sept 11 (Thur) Beacon Avenue 5:30-8:30pm
Central Saanich: Peninsula Country Market Sept 13 (Sat) @Saanich Fairgrounds, Saanichton 1528 Stelly’s Cross Road 9am-1pm
Oak Bay: Oak Bay Night Market Sept 10 (Wed) @Oak Bay Village 4-8pm
Langford: Goldstream Farmers Market Sept 13 (Sat) @Veterans’ Memorial Park 10am-2pm
Sooke: Sooke Country Market Sept 13 (Sat) @Grass Field Above Sooke Fire Hall 10am-2pm
Metchosin: Metchosin Farmers Market Sept 14 (Sun) @4450 Happy Valley Road 11am-2pm
Esquimalt: Esquimalt Farmers Market Sept 11 (Thur) @Memorial Park 4:30-7pm
+ Gorge Farmers Market Sept 15 (Mon) @Esquimalt Gorge Park 4:30-7pm
Victoria: Bastion Square Market Sept 11-14 (Thur-Sun) @26 Bastion Square 11am-5pm
+ James Bay Market Sept 13 (Sat) @Corner of Menzies & Superior 9am–3pm
+ Ship Point Market Sept 12-14 (Fri-Sat) @Ship Point Pier
News Bites
Zeus has returned to the ocean! A BC harbour seal named Zeus who was rescued in May just had his Free Willy moment. Saanich News
Do you know someone who REALLY wants FIFA World Cup Tickets? “Patience, research and lot of luck” is what they will need. But luck favours the prepared mind. Start researching the different ways to obtain tickets for the matches taking place in Canada. Good luck! CBC Sports
Final Public Engagement on the Controversial Quadra-McKenzie Neighbourhood Plan. There is now a live public ONLINE SURVEY that you have until the end of the month to fill out. There will also be webinars and opens houses at the Saanich Municipal Hall. Times Colonist
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