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City of Victoria
Free Emergency Preparedness Workshops are scheduled for:
May 4 Victoria City Hall Antechamber
May 6 Fairfield Community Association, 1335 Thurlow
Sept 21 Victoria City Hall Antechamber
Sept 23 Oaklands Community Centre
Register by calling 250-920-3373
Spring and Summer Keep-Fit
The Spring Summer 2015 Active Living Guide is available at City Hall as well as online. Activities include summer camps, swimming lessons, tennis programs for all ages. Call the Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre, 250-361-0723, for more information or to register.
The Annual Victoria Book Prize
Submissions are now being accepted from Greater Victoria authors and illustrators
for the $5000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and the $5000. Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize. Books must have been published between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. The deadline is May 31, 2015
Capital Regional District
Workshops
The CRD is sponsoring the following events and workshops. Please call 250.479.0211 for location, details and to reserve a spot:
May 3 Grow a Native Plant Gardening Workshop
May 6 Earthquake Preparedness Workshop
May 10 Witty’s Hike at Low Tide, Guided Adult Hike
May 23 Sandy Shore Explore, Guided Walk, all ages
May 31 Coast Trail – Guided Adult Hike
June 7 Sandy Shore Explore, Guided Walk, all ages
June 14 The Beach Rocks, All ages Guided Walk
June 20 Coast Trail, Guided Adult Hike
June 20 Sensational Seaweeds – Guided Walk
Progress Report
Our Newest Cycling / Pedestrian Trail
The first phase of the E&N Rail Trail – Humpback Connector includes construction of 6.6 kilometres of trail along the E&N railway corridor as well as paving 2.5 kilometres of the Galloping Goose.
Phase 2 includes further upgrades and new construction from the E&N Trail to Burnside. CRD has budgeted $19 million for these initial phases.
Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Upcoming Events:
April 30 to May 3 Victoria Harbour Boat Show
May 3 Hike for Hospice (Fisherman's Wharf)
May 15 Opening Day – Sailpast
May 23 - 25 Swiftsure International Yacht Race
June 4 Race to Alaska
Public Board meetings of the GVHA Directors are held quarterly on the third Thursday at 5:30 pm. Meetings locations are posted at least one week in advance.
Our Working Harbour
The yacht Zenith, registered in the Cayman Islands has a gross tonnage of 461 and was built in 2012. Despite being harboured here for most of the past two years she is recorded as having George Town as her home port.
She was the dream of a US businessman who had her constructed to the very highest of Lloyds standards at a cost of $41 million. The owner, unfortunately, passed away just prior to launch.