Sun. June 18 - The lives of Island dads

Good morning !

Happy Father’s Day, to the dads out there reading and of course to my own dad. We’ve got a roundup of Father’s Day events below, along with stories on Island fathers and the things they do for their families.

If you’re a father, or if you have a father and have a good relationship with him, how do you usually spend this day?

NEWS

The lives and legacies of Island fathers

This Father's Day, we're bringing you a roundup of some of our stories that cover the lives of dads and granddads on the Island. In these, we've looked at the things local dads have done for their kids, from charting the path of a daughter's long-lost doll to campaigning to make a son's invented word famous.

We've looked at the legacies fathers have passed on, from love of the Maple Leafs or sailing boats to the knowledge of how to speak and preserve a traditional language that could have been lost. And we've also looked at how those who have lost influential fathers have carried on, and carried their fathers' values and abilities forward.

Read those stories here.

NEWS

How to not freak out when you’re expecting: Local dad pens guide to fatherhood and mental health

From an early age, Graham Meckling always wanted to be a dad.

But when the local restaurateur’s wife became pregnant, he realized he didn’t have any real idea what having a baby would entail. Yes, there would be playing catch and reading stories down the line, but having and caring for a baby was something different. There were pre-parenthood guides out there, but he didn’t connect with their focus on the medical details.

He’d never become a doctor in a few months, he figured, and he had real doctors he could talk to. What he says he needed, and what he believes new dads in general are lacking, is a guide to managing one’s own mental health, relationship, and perspective.

It’s those things that are a focus of his new book on fatherhood, Babies Don’t Talk. Last month he sat down with Capital Daily and Tasting Victoria to talk about the book, the state of modern fatherhood, and the parallels he’s seen between parenthood and the restaurant and bar industry.

Watch and read that interview here.

Capital Bulletin

🌦️ Today's weather: Sun & cloud with 30% chance of afternoon & early-evening rain. Some wind. High 17C (14 near water) low 9. UV index 6 (high)

🫁 Air quality: Low risk today (2/10) but some smoke may waft over the Island tomorrow.

⚠️ Stay out of Island View Beach water, CRD says after nearby wastewater discharge this past week.

🚧 Sooke traffic delays at Church and Throup. 9am-2pm, tomorrow & Tue.

🔥 Cameron Bluffs fire downgraded from Being Held to Under Control.

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A car on three wheels caused a fire… then two days later, it happened again

Over the course of half-hour on Monday, a car missing a front wheel made it from Admirals in View Royal over to West Saanich Road and Quadra, sparking a grass fire and multiple calls to police on the way. Saanich Police said the driver was arrested on Glanford around 1pm, and blew double the legal limit on a breath test.

Then on Wednesday evening, an erratic driver hit a curb on Cook near Quadra, then continued on to Douglas before the minivan lost a wheel and caught fire. The driver caught a ​​90-day prohibition, and police are investigating for drug impairment.

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👟 Father’s Day walk/run: Walk and run to fundraise for the Island Prostate Centre today Vancouver Island Technology Park. Registration / pickup starts 8am. Run starts 10am.

🥞 Brunch buffet at CRAFT Beer Market: Enjoy all you can eat brunch in honour of Father’s Day today. 10am-3pm.

🍺 Father’s Day brewery tour: Get an inside look at the operations of Sidney’s Small Gods Brewing Co (which just won two Canadian Brewing Awards).12-5pm.

🚜 Father’s Day summer fair at Heritage Acres: Fair activities will include tractor tours, blacksmith and agricultural demos, and refreshments.

⚽⚾⛳ Catch some sports with Dad: Pacific FC hosts York United [Tickets], while the HarbourCats try to continue their undefeated streak of home games [Tickets]. Both games 1pm. The Royal Beach Victoria Open is also playing its final day, at Uplands Golf Club. [Tickets]

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🎈 Local Folk Fair summer market at Junction Cidery: The market will feature artisan vendors, food, and live music today. 11am-4pm.

🎺 The Island Big Band at Hermann’s Jazz: Watch the jazz band featuring saxes, trombones, trumpets, drums, and more perform at Hermann’s for the first time since before COVID. [Tickets]

🎙️ Music in the Park: The Greater Victoria Concert Band will perform today at Beacon Hill Park’s Cameron Bandshell. 1:30-3:20pm.

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📽️ Retromania at the Vic Theatre presents Pride: Today’s film stars Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton in the true story of LGBTQ activists who raised funds for the 1984 UK miners’ strike. [Details / tickets]

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In Other News

🚱 Tofino gets more funding to stop pumping raw sewage into ocean
Tofino is the last Island municipality to do so, and has been building a wastewater treatment facility to change that. But it has been delayed by COVID and by funding shortfall when the project cost was updated to $78M from $55M. The province and feds have now given another $7.5M on top of their previous $40M in 2020. [Ha-Shilth-Sa]

🍳 Pamela Anderson to film new cooking show in Cowichan Valley
Ladysmith-raised Anderson had also filmed a home renovation show when she moved back to the Island during the pandemic. [Cowichan Valley Citizen]

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In Case You Missed It

🤑 Meet the local $35M lotto winners and hear about the cross-country giving spree they have planned. Plus: a guy who just sailed 1,200km from here to Alaska, a beloved local swap-and-shop, and a suspicious fire on Douglas. [Saturday newsletter]

🛫 WestJet absorbing Sunwing: The discount vacation airline, which used to fly out of YYJ but does not do so currently, will be merged with its owner, CP reported yesterday. WestJet is doing the same to Swoop, a primarily domestic budget airline that currently flies out of YYJ.

⚾ HarbourCats 11 Yakima Valley Pippins 4: Victoria moves to 11-3, tied for the top spot in the West Coast League.

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☕ Renovated Swartz Bay cafe reopens: The ferry terminal’s Land’s End Cafe will feature new food and drink options following a three-month long renovation. Our latest ferry story looked behind the scenes at the day-to-day at Swartz Bay.

📰 Friday’s newsletter: Swartz Bay behind the scenes, local breweries win awards, police’s privacy breach, lifeguard shortages, a T-Rex exhibit, and more. [June 16]

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