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West Shore & Sooke

Langford, mayor, child care building

Langford asset: child care centre & art studio building breaks ground

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Friday April 10, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The City of Langford officially broke ground yesterday on construction of a new building that will provide a new child...
Sarah Beckett Memorial Run, April 13 2019

6th Sarah Beckett Memorial Run marks 10 years

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

Business & Economy

softwood lumber

BC Forests Minister: no change to softwood lumber duties

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Friday April 10, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Charges on the export of Canadian softwood lumber products into the United States will continue at high rates for now. "There...
sooke, municipal hall

Sooke Budget 2026 open house on April 8

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

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

wind blowing, wind warning

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

highway 17, keating

Keating X Rd on-ramp to Hwy 17 closed for a week

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Sunday April 12 2026 | CENTRAL SAANICH, BC Posted by Island Social Trends The southbound on-ramp from Keating Cross Road to Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway) will be closed to traffic for one week, beginning this...
playground, slide

Victoria Police make playground arson arrest

wind blowing, wind warning

Windy Easter Monday afternoon & overnight into Tuesday

Spirit of Vancouver Island, vessel

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

Technology

artemis, parachutes

Artemis II splashdown, four astronauts home!

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Friday April 10, 2026 | SAN DIEGO, CA by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends On schedule and with full success, the four Artemis II astronauts arrived back to Earth precisely on time and...
nasa, artemis, orion, earth view

Day 10: Artemis II crew on their way home

artemis II, jeremy hansen, livestream

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen on mission funding & just doing your best

Artemis II, computers, astronauts

Artemis II: Computers, iPhones & email

Lottery News

lotto max, april 10

Lotto Max April 10 draw numbers, new game kicks in

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Saturday April 11, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The winning numbers for the April 10, 2026 Lotto Max draw are: 01, 11, 16, 20, 28, 32, 45....
Lotto Max, winning numbers, April 7, 2026

$75 million April 7 Lotto Max jackpot winner in Penticton

iphone, gambling

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

Maxmillion, april 3

Lotto Max April 3 MaxMillion winner in Logan Lake

Politics

mark carney, convention

Liberals 2026: Uniting the big tent & selling the big vision

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Saturday April 11, 2026 | MONTREAL, QC Political news analysis by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The three-day Liberal Party of Canada Convention in Montreal April 9 to 11 was the usual event...
NDP Leader, Avi Lewis

NDP begins rebuilding process: affordability focus, critic roles

mark carney, marilyn gladu

The Gladu surprise: another Conservative MP crosses to the Liberals

map, middle east, iran, israel

Canada and European nations welcome US-Iran ceasefire

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

seafood, orca seafoods, salmon

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

gregor robertson, mark carney

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

Langford, mayor, child care building

Langford asset: child care centre & art studio building breaks ground

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Friday April 10, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The City of Langford officially broke ground yesterday on construction of a new building that will provide a new child...
mark carney, juno awards

Carney dazzles at Junos with tribute to Joni Mitchell

sooke fine arts show, 2026, header

Sooke Fine Arts Show 2026 celebrates 40 years

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