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West Shore & Sooke

City of Langford, official community plan

Langford OCP survey open to 11:59 pm April 6

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Sunday April 6, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The City of Langford's Official Community Plan (OCP) has been under development nearly two years by the current Mayor and Council...
campaign signage, Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidate campaign signage around town

esquimalt saanich sooke, map, federal

Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke all candidates event coming up April 13

city of langford, public input

Langford seeks public input on Transportation, Active Transportation and Parks &...

Health & Safety

mvi, single vehicle, crash

Single-driver car crash into hydro pole in Metchosin

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Thursday March 27, 2025 | METCHOSIN, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends On Wednesday evening March 26 around 7:56 pm, West Shore RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of a single vehicle...
Josie Osborne, Nina Krieger, Lee Sundquist

Health Minister Osborne tours new women’s recovery centre

mill bay fire department, helmet

Lajeunesse & Parmar commend funding boost for west shore fire departments

sooke fire department, equipment, hoses

Sooke Fire Rescue gets BC funding for new hoses and racks

Environment & Sustainability

prime minister mark carney

Carney on tariff challenge: do things faster and at a different...

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Thursday March 20, 2025 | EDMONTON, AB by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Today in Edmonton, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the federal government will eliminate the GST for first-time homebuyers on...
Mark Carney, Edmonton

Re-elected Liberal government will drop GST for first time homebuyers

Jasper National Park

Carney announces $187 million to help rebuild Jasper National Park

BC Hydro, billing rate, step 1, step 2

BC Hydro residential billing shifting to blended flat rate

Greater Victoria / CRD

Liberal Leader Mark Carney rallies the party faithful in Victoria

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Sunday April 6, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends This evening Liberal Leader Mark Carney showed up for a Victoria crowd of Liberal party loyalists and some community-active onlookers at...
esquimalt saanich sooke, map, federal

Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke all candidates event coming up April 13

Laurel Collins, incumbent, Victoria

Victoria NDP incumbent Laurel Collins on the 2025 re-election campaign trail

esquimalt, by election, date

Esquimalt by-election offers voters a range of options

Politics

Liberal Leader Mark Carney rallies the party faithful in Victoria

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Sunday April 6, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends This evening Liberal Leader Mark Carney showed up for a Victoria crowd of Liberal party loyalists and some community-active onlookers at...
premier david eby, rose garden

BC Premier: Softwood lumber duties are an attack on forestry workers

campaign signage, Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidate campaign signage around town

esquimalt saanich sooke, map, federal

Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke all candidates event coming up April 13

Education

children, child care

770 more child care spaces in BC at $10 per day

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Monday March 24, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends More child care spaces are coming in BC. "We're focusing on high-growth areas and communities that are not yet served," said...
steve mackinnon, trades

$67 million for green skills training projects

dr philip steenkamp, royal roads, langford campus

Pacific Economic Development Canada issues $677,800 to Royal Roads

students, high school, cowichan

Collaborative development of new high school in Cowichan Valley

Business & Economy

premier david eby, rose garden

BC Premier: Softwood lumber duties are an attack on forestry workers

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Saturday April 5, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Today Premier David Eby released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce announcement that it plans to raise...
prime minister mark carney

If the United States no longer wants to lead, Canada will,...

Jagmeet Singh, Ottawa

NDP rolls out “Investing in Canada” economic strategies

prime minister, mark carney

Carney on Trump’s tariff announcement: fundamentally changing the international trading system

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

produce, eggs, plants, sooke seedy saturday

Big turnout expected for Sooke Seedy Saturday 2025

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Friday March 28, 2025 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Sooke Seedy Saturday draws a big crowd each year. The annual event held at Sooke Community Hall on Saturday March 29, 2025...
lisa beare, jenna sudds, school food programs

BC school food program gets $39.4 million in federal funding

liquor, restaurant

BC restaurants encouraged to proactively adjust liquor offerings

seedy saturday, west shore

Seedy Saturday in the west shore

Housing

rent supports announcement, Kahlon, Levitt

BC boosts rental assistance programs for low-income seniors & families

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Friday April 4, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends More people will now benefit from enhancements to the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) and the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER)...
jagmeet singh, campaign

NDP proposes CMHC-issued homebuyer loans among suite of new economic directions

bc secondary suites, housing

BC Housing Minister ends further intake to secondary suite pilot program

bcgeu, logo

Worker support & capital reinvestment will build productivity says BCGEU

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