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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Ocean Boulevard (Esquimalt Lagoon road) future access - open or closed" in forum "Urban Design".
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An online survey about the future of Colwood's Ocean Boulevard is asking whether the scenic roadway by Esquimalt Lagoon should be closed.
The decision to gauge public opinion grew out of the COVID-19 prevention measure of shutting the road to discourage large gatherings, said Colwood Mayor Rob Martin.
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Of the more than 500 people who have responded to the survey so far, one-third support closing the road, one-third support a full opening and one-third back the "hybrid" idea of things such as periodic closures, Martin said.
Among those in support of keeping the road open are people who live in the area and work in Victoria, and make the "purposeful choice" to go over to Ocean Boulevard on the drive home, Martin said.
"They choose to go down Ocean Boulevard because that's an opportunity for them to unwind before they arrive at home," he said. "I completely understand that approach, as well."
Others consider the boulevard to be an important traffic outlet as density increases. Roadwork is currently blocking access via the north end of the peninsula.
To take part in the survey, which closes June 15, go to letstalkcolwood.ca/oceanboulevard (http://letstalkcolwood.ca/oceanboulevard).
https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/keep-open-close-or-partially-close-road-along-esquimalt-lagoon-1.24142453 (https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/keep-open-close-or-partially-close-road-along-esquimalt-lagoon-1.24142453)
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Victoria Watcher posted topic Pubs - what's open/closed during pandemic w/updates
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Pubs - what's open/closed during pandemic w/updates" in forum "Victoria Pubs, Bars and 19+ Venues".
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we might as well keep a registry somewhere.
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we might as well keep a registry somewhere.
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Saturday, May 2, 2020
Mike K. posted topic Asian Giant Hornet discovered in Washington State
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Mike K. has just posted a new topic entitled "Asian Giant Hornet discovered in Washington State" in forum "Urban Issues".
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.amp.html (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.amp.html)
BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit.
"I couldn't wrap my head around what could have done that," Mr. McFall said.
Only later did he come to suspect that the killer was what some researchers simply call the "murder hornet."
With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young. For larger targets, the hornet's potent venom and stinger — long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit — make for an excruciating combination that victims have likened to hot metal driving into their skin.
In Japan, the hornets kill up to 50 people a year. Now, for the first time, they have arrived in the United States.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.amp.html (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.amp.html)
BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit.
"I couldn't wrap my head around what could have done that," Mr. McFall said.
Only later did he come to suspect that the killer was what some researchers simply call the "murder hornet."
With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young. For larger targets, the hornet's potent venom and stinger — long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit — make for an excruciating combination that victims have likened to hot metal driving into their skin.
In Japan, the hornets kill up to 50 people a year. Now, for the first time, they have arrived in the United States.
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