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Langford-Highlands BC Conservatives candidate Mike Harris chats at Poncho’s

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Saturday October 5, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 15 of 28 Political campaign news coverage by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Your 28-day voter’s guide for BC Election 2024 Local Langford folks dropped by to...
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Ravi Parmar BC NDP meet-and-greet in Langford

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Revitalized mural on Heritage Row in Sooke

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Langford-Highlands candidates to meet folks at local cafe

Health & Safety

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ShakeOut BC ramping up for 13th annual October drill

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Saturday October 5, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends It's not about if 'the big one' will happen, but when. Every year in October, people in British Columbia coastal areas are...
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Man found unresponsive at Langford construction site

chris mccrea, deputy fire chief, sooke fire rescue

Chris McCrea moves up to Deputy Fire Chief in Sooke

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Potential Hepatitis A exposure at Dairy Queen in Courtenay

Environment & Sustainability

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Water supply main break impacts Sooke, East Sooke & Kemp Lake

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Friday September 27, 2024 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends This morning the Capital Regional District (CRD) responded to a break in the water supply main leading to the Sooke...
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BC Greens would increase consumer carbon tax rebate

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IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference coming up January 2025

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Nice warm weather for Metchosin Community Day 2024

Greater Victoria / CRD

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Six days of advance voting in BC Election 2024

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Thursday October 3, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 13 of 28 Posted Island Social Trends Your 28-day voter’s guide for BC Election 2024 Elections BC offers six days for advance voting in the 2024 BC...
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Victoria is Conde Nast #1 Small City in the World

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Water supply main break impacts Sooke, East Sooke & Kemp Lake

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Victoria Swan-Lake residents explore top issues with NDP & Green candidates

Education

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BC Greens: schools need more funding for youth drug education &...

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Tuesday September 24, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 4 of 28 Political feature interview by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Your 28-day voter’s guide for BC Election 2024 "It is shameful that school districts...
jenna sudds, grace lore, ece, camosun

More $10-a-day applications open to child care providers

smart phones

Digital Literacy Secretariat would be set up by BC Greens

ruth king elementary, school, langford

Achieving reliable SD62 student enrollment numbers

Politics

bc conservative, candidate, mike harris, langford-highlands

Langford-Highlands BC Conservatives candidate Mike Harris chats at Poncho’s

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Saturday October 5, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 15 of 28 Political campaign news coverage by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Your 28-day voter’s guide for BC Election 2024 Local Langford folks dropped by to...
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Eby announces expanded role for midwives in BC

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Ravi Parmar BC NDP meet-and-greet in Langford

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Langford-Highlands candidates to meet folks at local cafe

Business & Economy

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Repaving on Highway 1 Malahat starts Oct 4

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Tuesday October 1, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends A 3.5-km stretch of Highway 1 in the Malahat stretch near Goldstream will be repaved starting October 4 through to month-end. That's...
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Victoria is Conde Nast #1 Small City in the World

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Well-attended WorkBC jobs fair in Langford

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NDP promise: more trades training for job creation & housing crisis...

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

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Sooke Harvest Festival 2024 draws a crowd

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Monday September 30, 2024 | SOOKE, BC by Island Social Trends There was a good turnout for this year's Sooke Harvest Festival at the Sunriver Community Orchard on Sunday September 29. In previous years the event has...
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Food, people and fun at the Luxton Fall Fair

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Urban food-growing as part of emergency preparedness

UFRIS, urban food panel, july 24 2024

Mid-summer UFRIS panel explores urban food growing, emergency storage

Housing

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Densification is key to more housing in BC

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Sunday September 22, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC Political analysis by Mary p Brooke | Island Social Trends During this Fall 2024 BC Election campaign the BC NDP are promoting their plan to deliver 300,000 middle-class homes...
premier david eby, ubcm

Premier Eby takes media questions at UBCM: infrastructure, carbon tax revenue,...

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Premier Eby addresses BC municipal leaders in Vancouver

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BC Housing Minister opens 97-unit rental building in James Bay

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