Victoria, BC

From the YouTube description:

(0:05) Prior to the current alignment separating north and southbound traffic via the Blanshard extension (1978), Highway 17 started on Douglas Street near Carey Road. Before the highway was officially numbered in the 1960s, it was called East Saanich Road along a large portion of the route.
(0:10 – 0:16) In 1966, McKenzie Avenue was a small rural street with no connection to Highway 1. Highway traffic travelled alongside the Swan Lake/Christmas Hill area, then across McKenzie Avenue, towards Royal Oak. If you look closely, you can see school children along either side of the highway, possibly heading to Pacific Christian School nearby.
(0:32) Quadra Street joins up with the highway on the right. The Quadra Street overpass, connecting with the Royal Oak shopping area won’t be built until the 1970s.
(0:36) Junction of Highway 17 and 17A (also known as West Saanich Road). This route accessed the famous Butchart Gardens, as well as the ferry across the Saanich Inlet to Mill Bay. 17A was a formal alternate route through the peninsula. Highway 17A was designated in 1962, but lost its designation in 2000.
(0:45-0:53) Before the divided highway of today, Highway 17 ran directly in front of Beaver Lake Park, along what is now called Elk Lake Drive.
(1:00) Haliburton Road on your right
(1:16) Sayward Road Intersection
(1:40) Keating Cross Road exit
(1:42) East Saanich Road continues off to the left
(1:48) Island View Road intersection
(2:07) Mt. Newton Cross Road intersection
(2:40) McTavish Road intersection
(2:58) Beacon Avenue Intersection and Sidney
(3:07-3:37) Road widening work to and from Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal
(3:27) Wain Road intersection

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Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams performed a GREAT sold out show in Victoria at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Saturday September 9, 2023.

I found this on the subreddit but created a higher res screenshot from the source material.

You can also do Watershed Tours!

With the B.C. Ferries fleet having reached capacity, I think it’s time to accelerate the plans to purchase new vessels for the major routes. To help to make them more future-proof, I think the new vessels should be at least 200 metres long, preferably a good deal longer.

As well as increasing the capacity, plus enabling greater efficiencies by transporting more people and vehicles at a time, it would allow for the greater possibility of changes being made to on-board amenities over the coming decades.

It would also allow for improvements over the current ferries, such as more dining options, a larger shop and a very large kids play area.

Unlike some people, I love getting the ferry. With improvements to onboard amenities, I believe that other people would, too, and would look forward to that part of the journey.

When the route between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay takes one hour and 35 minutes, plus waiting time beforehand, it is hardly a route that daily commuters can take.

Instead, let’s adopt a different philosophy, of providing comfort, relaxation and enjoyment, rather than a bare-bones platform to be transported on.

Matthew Cousins

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Because reasons?

Hey folks -

I always forget to make these until it's like three days before haha. BC Day is coming up next weekend. Have you got any plans for the long weekend? What are some events that are going on around the CRD?

“Total haul from the Superior Street bike lane today, 43 screws and nails found lying in the middle of the bike path, and only on the bike path".