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West Shore & Sooke

Sarah Beckett Memorial Run, April 13 2019

6th Sarah Beckett Memorial Run marks 10 years

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Wednesday April 8, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends It's been 10 years since Cst Sarah Beckett went to work as a West Shore RCMP officer and never came home. Since...
sooke, municipal hall

Sooke Budget 2026 open house on April 8

3014 glen lake road, map

Playground parking lot closed during next-door child care building construction

BC Transit, Langford Transit Centre

BC Transit: Electric bus charger coming to West Shore

Business & Economy

sooke, municipal hall

Sooke Budget 2026 open house on April 8

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Tuesday April 7, 2026 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The District of Sooke is holding a public Budget 2026 Open House on Wednesday April 8. It's a drop-in event (with...
iphone, gambling

Ontario iGaming revenue surges past $4 billion as casino play leads...

bc rent bank, funding

BC Rent Bank gets more provincial funding but seeks donations

BC Ferries, passengers

BC Ferries fare increases at April 8, 2026

Health & Safety

house fire, sooke

One person deceased in Sooke house fire Easter morning

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Monday April 6, 2026 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends On Easter morning, April 5, there was a fully involved structure fire in a home in the Rhodonite Drive area...
MVI, colwood

Collision at Ocean Boulevard in Colwood on Easter Sunday

Jeremy Hansen, lunch

Artemis II: Day 3 meals & tech work

AccessBC

AccessBC celebrates 3rd anniversary of free prescription contraception in BC

Environment & Sustainability

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Windy Easter Monday afternoon & overnight into Tuesday

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Monday April 6, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC Updates: 3:16 pm - no wind/very calm | 5:45 pm - some wind starting to pick up | 6:38 pm - still clear skies and no major...
Let's Chat Langford, surveys

Got time? Three Langford surveys on Easter weekend

langford, climate resilience

Langford climate action plan survey open to April 8

highway 1, chilliwack, hope

Traffic advisory: Repairing hazardous potholes on Hwy 1 east of Chilliwack

Greater Victoria / CRD

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Windy Easter Monday afternoon & overnight into Tuesday

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Monday April 6, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC Updates: 3:16 pm - no wind/very calm | 5:45 pm - some wind starting to pick up | 6:38 pm - still clear skies and no major...
Spirit of Vancouver Island, vessel

Vessel on Victoria-Vancouver route fails again, revised Mar 31, Apr 1-8...

Spirit of Vancouver Island, vessel

BC Ferries returns repaired vessel to Victoria-Vancouver route on March 29

saanich, housing starts

Saanich housing dashboard tracks construction & development

Technology

artemis II, april 8

Artemis II crew wakes up Day 8 to ‘Under Pressure’

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Wednesday April 8, 2026 | OFF-PLANET by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends It's no soothing gentle wakeup. The wakeup music for the Artemis II crew on board the Orion space capsule that they call Integrity...
BC Transit, Langford Transit Centre

BC Transit: Electric bus charger coming to West Shore

nasa, artemis II, moon

Artemis II: Day 6 takes Orion behind the Moon

easter bunny, outer space

Artemis II: Day 5 tech talk and Easter messages

Lottery News

Lotto Max, winning numbers, April 7, 2026

$75 million April 7 Lotto Max jackpot winner in Penticton

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Tuesday April 7, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The winning numbers in tonight's April 7, 2026 Lotto Max draw are 03, 08, 15, 19, 23, 29 and 37....
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Ontario iGaming revenue surges past $4 billion as casino play leads...

Maxmillion, april 3

Lotto Max April 3 MaxMillion winner in Logan Lake

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Lotto Max March 31 MaxMillion winner in Western Canada

Politics

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Canada and European nations welcome US-Iran ceasefire

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Wednesday April 8, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Last night there was a bit of softening in US President Donald Trump's position on pursuing a resolution to the war...
gregor robertson, mark carney

Federal Communities Strong Fund delivers for Vancouver

easter eggs, outdoors

Easter 2026: statements by Prime Minister & BC Premier

stephen lewis

Former Ontario NDP Leader Stephen Lewis dies at 88

Education

camosun college, engineering buildings

Infrastructure upgrades to boost Camosun College engineering programs

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Monday March 30, 2026 | SAANICH, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Building upgrades will improve Camosun engineering technology programs say the Ministry of Infrastructure and Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills The...
UAE, RRU, building

Royal Roads closes UAE campus during Iran conflict

royal roads, mount royal

Royal Roads launches partnered program in Calgary

classroom, instructor, Vancouver Community College

Post-secondary institutions should adjust to current conditions, says Ministry

Artificial Intelligence

Carney, norway

Canada & Norway: strategic Arctic defence, economies, technology

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Saturday March 14, 2026 | OSLO, NORWAY by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Strategic cooperation between Canada and Norway is part of this country's economic trade diversification strategy as well as bolstering national...
mark carney, australia

Carney’s trade mission in Australia: speeches & gains

Dr Baidwan, BC chief coroner

BC Coroner’s inquest to review circumstances of nine Tumbler Ridge deaths

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

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BC Agriculture Minister leads BC seafood promotion at Seafood Expo North...

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Wednesday March 18, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Agriculture and Food Minister Lana Popham joined BC seafood businesses last week in Boston at Seafood Expo North America to...
Carney, Modi

Canada-India economic and political partnerships strengthened during Carney’s visit

stephanie mclean, seniors, house of commons

Secretary of State (Seniors) Stephanie McLean takes Vancouver Island interests to...

mark carney, prime minister

Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit replaces GST rebate to help Canadians...

Housing

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Federal Communities Strong Fund delivers for Vancouver

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Tuesday April 7, 2026 | BRAMPTON, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The first delivery under the federal Build Communities Strong Fund (BCSF) was announced today by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Brampton,...
bc rent bank, funding

BC Rent Bank gets more provincial funding but seeks donations

apartment building, affordable housing, langford

MLA Parmar responds to City of Langford housing concerns

Arts & Entertainment

mark carney, juno awards

Carney dazzles at Junos with tribute to Joni Mitchell

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Sunday March 29, 2026 | HAMILTON, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Prime Minister Mark Carney and Joni Mitchell couldn't possibly have swapped more mutual accolades with each other over the course...
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Sooke Fine Arts Show 2026 celebrates 40 years

arts and culture, langford, objectives

Langford Council explores new Arts & Culture development strategy

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