This week's Greater Victoria brings astronomers setting up telescopes for solar viewing, Canada's largest traveling amusement park rolling into town, and a fearless small dog who chased an elk down a street (the video is spectacular). There's also forest bathing for those seeking calm, two gigantic community garage sales where treasure hunting is the sport, and a big outdoor adventure show.

Families can also run an untimed 1.5K together where nobody's watching the clock. Meanwhile, Royal Roads University just got ranked the world's ninth most beautiful campus, and honestly, we aren't surprised.

40+ events in this week’s Scoop. [Subscribe for free] and don’t miss the good stuff happening across all 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria.