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West Shore & Sooke

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View Royal shifts council meeting times to support public participation

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Saturday July 5, 2025 | VIEW ROYAL, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Things shifted at the Town of View Royal council meeting on July 2, 2025. The start time for all Council and...
trucks, skid marks, belmnt market, drivers

Impaired drivers issued driving prohibitions after burning-out tires in Belmont Market...

West shore RCMP, info booth, parks

Summer 2025: West Shore RCMP community unit in parks

langford council, june 16

City of Langford adopts new Official Community Plan

Business & Economy

BC premier david eby, BC Ferries

Eby continues to hammer away at better federal ferry funding

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Monday July 7, 225 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke, Editor | Island Social Trends Today the BC Parliamentary Press Gallery media took another round at asking Premier David Eby about the BC Ferries shipbuilding...
pesticides, plants, greenhouse

Agricultural worker pesticide exposure lawsuit now with Health Canada

tax cut

Middle class tax cut delivered in time for Canada Day

BC premier david eby, BC Ferries

BC Premier still aiming for federal funding of coastal ferries

Health & Safety

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Island Health lay-offs and executive role mergers

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Tuesday July 8, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Island Health has made moves to deal with the efficiency of organization and costs. Now that COVID-level overhead and the business...
hormones, menopause

Free menopause hormone replacement starts March 2026 in BC

tailgating, driving, road safety

Tailgating is risky but avoidable

pesticides, plants, greenhouse

Agricultural worker pesticide exposure lawsuit now with Health Canada

Environment & Sustainability

off road trail, fund

$400,000 for off-road vehicles community projects

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Saturday June 28, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Island Social Trends Almost $400,000 has been issued to off-road trail organizations to maintain existing trails, build new ones, as well as to promote safe and responsible use...
BC Transit, electric bus

BC Transit announces 125 electric buses with 62 destined for Victoria

Langford community wildfire resiliency plan

Langford wildfire resiliency plan leans to community, firefighters, vegetation management

urban forest plan, town of view royal

View Royal to host open house on draft urban forest strategy

Greater Victoria / CRD

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View Royal shifts council meeting times to support public participation

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Saturday July 5, 2025 | VIEW ROYAL, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Things shifted at the Town of View Royal council meeting on July 2, 2025. The start time for all Council and...
homeless tents, pandora, quadra, downtown victoria

City of Victoria makes bold funding shift to deal with homelessness...

happy canada day

Canada Day 2025 community events on south Vancouver Island

Will Greaves, Liberal MP Victoria

Liberal MP Will Greaves emerges in Victoria political scene

Politics

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NDP launches 2025 election campaign review

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Tuesday July 8, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC Political analysis by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends A federal campaign review and renewal process has been launched by the federal ND. The party which saw defeat in...
pierre poilievre, jenni Byrne

Byrne factor and how Canadians still want to believe in politics

BC premier david eby, BC Ferries

Eby continues to hammer away at better federal ferry funding

bc green party, logo

BC Greens leadership race underway in summer 2025

Education

Dave Strange, SD62

Dave Strange retires from Sooke School District 62

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Sunday July 6, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC Notes by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends As this school year ends after grad season and the arrival of summer break, the Sooke School District (SD62) has...
opening, royal roads, langford

Royal Roads University Langford campus named after the late John Horgan

ruth king, playground, event

Play day for a playground at Ruth King Elementary in Langford

david eby, bowinn ma

Streamlining infrastructure development in BC as population rapidly grows

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

pesticides, plants, greenhouse

Agricultural worker pesticide exposure lawsuit now with Health Canada

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Friday July 4, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke. B.Sc. | Island Social Trends A large workers union has launched a lawsuit against Health Canada over pesticide safety failures, it was announced in...
bc, farmers market, nutrition coupons

BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon program now full for 2025

water bottles

Include ample water in your emergency kit

Porcher Park Community Garden

Porcher Park Community Garden supports Langford household resilience

Housing

Ravi Kahlon, George Harvie, Brenda Locke

BC incentivizes housing developers with staggered cost charges

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Wednesday July 2, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends To inject more confidence into the decision-making of housing developers, the Province of BC has announced that only 25% of...
The Beachlands, sales centre

The Beachlands: bringing 2,850 homes to Colwood over 15 years

Mark Carney, FCM

Prime Minister Carney this week: parliament, King, municipalities

City of Langford, logo

City of Langford statement on BC housing targets assessment

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