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West Shore & Sooke

city of langford, budget

City of Langford 2025 Budget Survey online to Feb 9

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Tuesday January 21, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The City of Langford Budget for 2025 and their five-year financial plan for 2025-2029 is already under discussion. A public input survey...
city of langford, council

Langford gets early start on Budget 2025

traffic, goldstream and peatt road

Downtown Langford traffic delays: Goldstream & Peatt Rd on Jan 22

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Island Social Trends editor & publisher Mary P Brooke receives coronation...

Health & Safety

josie osborne, nov 2024

Health Minister Josie Osborne’s long mandate letter

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Sunday January 19, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Nearly three months after the 2024 BC provincial election, this past week Premier David Eby issued his mandate letters to...
bc ambulance, paramedic

Op-Ed: BC Conservative critic’s view on current health-care system

sooke road, highway 14, map

Serious injuries in two-vehicle head-on Hwy 14 crash

baby swap, sooke library

Community invited to donate baby & toddler items

Environment & Sustainability

camping, tent

BC Parks campsite reservations now open for 2025 season

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Monday January 20, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends BC Parks campsite reservations can be made to prepare for the 2025 spring camping season. This was announced on January 13 in a...
woodpile, house

FireSmart program available in View Royal

forestry jobs, logging

BC forestry jobs protection through capital projects & planning

langford council, jan 13, 2025

Langford council approves six-acre land purchase for natural park

Greater Victoria / CRD

IMPACT, award winners, destination Greater Victoria

Destination Greater Victoria 2025 IMPACT Awards

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Thursday January 16, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Two IMPACT Awards will be presented at the 2025 IMPACT SUMMIT in Victoria on Sunday January 26. The IMPACT SUMMIT: Sustainability Travel...
town of view royal

View Royal welcomes new director of finance

uptown, transit hub

Uptown transit hub completion expected in summer 2025

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Expanded bus service in Greater Victoria

Politics

premier david eby, port of vancouver

BC Premier calls Trump tariff threat ‘bizarre’, announces BC task force

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Tuesday January 21, 2025 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends "I don't understand why the president's doing this, I think it's bizarre. It's not a fight we wanted, it's not...
dominic leblanc, david mcGuinty, Melanie Joly

Canada’s preliminary response to Trump’s inauguration statements

trump, vance

US presidential inauguration of Trump on cold day in Washington

josie osborne, nov 2024

Health Minister Josie Osborne’s long mandate letter

Education

kindergarten, kids

SD62 Kindergarten registration in January 2025

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Tuesday January 7, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Public education in the west shore region of Greater Victoria is delivered by the Sooke School District (SD62). SD62 has announced their...
cendra beaton, allison watson

SD62 launches 2025 with new board leadership

alexander elementary, SD79

New Year’s eve fire outside Alexander Elementary in Duncan

sd62, 2025-2029 strategic plan

SD62 opens up 2025-2029 strategic plan input to broader community

Business & Economy

premier david eby, port of vancouver

BC Premier calls Trump tariff threat ‘bizarre’, announces BC task force

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Tuesday January 21, 2025 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends "I don't understand why the president's doing this, I think it's bizarre. It's not a fight we wanted, it's not...
dominic leblanc, david mcGuinty, Melanie Joly

Canada’s preliminary response to Trump’s inauguration statements

signing documents

Funeral-related expenses may be exempt from GST

logs, forestry, equipment

BC timber sales review will lead to forestry sector action

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

luxton table, environmental expo

Community shows up for high school Environmental Expo

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Sunday January 12, 2025 | COLWOOD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends About 150 people dropped by to tour a one-day Environmental Expo in Colwood yesterday. Organized by Grade 12 Belmont Secondary School...
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Environmental Expo in west shore Jan 11

farm worker, peaches, bc

Annual pay increase on Dec 31 for farm workers who hand-harvest...

canned food, goldstream food bank

Steelworkers Humanity Fund donates to 129 food banks including eight on...

Housing

bc, short term rental

Short-term rental operators must register by May 1

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Monday January 20, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends B.C.'s Housing Ravi Kahlon today announced the launch of a new B.C.-wide registry for short-term rentals. The registry is part of...
apartment building, victoria

Higher thresholds in 2025 for BC Renter’s Tax Credit & Homeowner...

triplex, multi-unit housing

BC home flipping tax revenues will be applied to building affordable...

bc budget 2025, housing

Housing will be a priority in BC Budget 2025 says Kahlon

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