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[MichelleImbeau]

Canadian Coast Guard Day – public open house this Saturday!

 

Where:

Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 10am to 3pm

CCG Victoria Base at 25 Huron Street

Victoria, BC V8V 4V9

 

Join us for the second annual Canadian Coast Guard Day on Saturday, June 3.

 

Free family-friendly activities include:

 

•            Tour a ship, hovercraft and helicopter

•            Watch live rescue demonstrations

•            Learn about Search and Rescue, marine communications, spill response and more

•            Visit displays and meet some of our officers, crew and program specialists

•            Discover our wide range of jobs at sea and onshore

•            Games and prizes all day long

 

NOTE: Closed-toed footwear is required for vessel tours.

 

Food trucks will be on-site along with water bottle filling stations.

There are several paid parking options in the vicinity.

Bike parking (unsecured) is available on-site.

 

We hope to see you there!

 

 

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[Mike K.]

Nice!

[Victoria Watcher]

Tour a helicopter. Cool.

[Victoria Watcher]

For “games” they should have one of those claw prize games, but instead of plush toys to grab, you try to rescue capsized vessels and various people in the water in life jackets.

[Mike K.]

The whale watchers?

[Victoria Watcher]

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Grba8bB9410

 

 

 

 

 

The Lobster Zone is a cruel “game” that’s found in some bars and restaurants. The arcade-style contraption allows patrons to pluck a lobster out of a machine using a joystick-controlled crane with an attached claw. Once caught, the lobster is dropped down a chute, boiled or cut up while still alive, and then eaten. But like all animals, lobsters can feel pain, and they suffer when they are injured, cut, or boiled alive.

 

https://www.peta.org...s/lobster-zone/

 

 

 

 

 

Consider the Lobster Claw: Why a Twist on an Arcade Classic Delights and Disturbs Us

https://www.theatlan...urbs-us/273977/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 June 2023 - 06:44 AM.