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West Shore & Sooke

king charles, coronation medal

King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

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Saturday January 18, 2025 | COBBLE HILL, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Today Saturday January 18, Alistair MacGregor, MP (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal to 13 members of...
sooke road, highway 14, map

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

langford council, jan 13, 2025

Langford council approves six-acre land purchase for natural park

langford council

RCMP at Langford council meetings for safety of council, staff &...

Health & Safety

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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

woodpile, house

FireSmart program available in View Royal

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Saturday January 18, 2025 | VIEW ROYAL, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Town of View Royal is off to an early start with wildfire protection management in their region. As of January...
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

luxton table, environmental expo

Community shows up for high school Environmental Expo

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

bc transit, bus, route 95, rapid bus

Expanded bus service in Greater Victoria

Politics

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...
liberal leadership, carney, gould, freeland

Liberals will grapple with style vs substance in choosing next leader

king charles, coronation medal

King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

Doug Ford, Justin Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc

Canada on guard with three-part tariff strategy

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

logs, forestry, equipment

BC timber sales review will lead to forestry sector action

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Wednesday January 15, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends It's a strategy with a primary goal -- to take action. The B.C. government has launched a review of BC Timber Sales...
forestry jobs, logging

BC forestry jobs protection through capital projects & planning

canada post, stamps

Jan 13: Canada Post letter mail & parcel prices up

doug ford, premier

Ontario premier proposes AmCan strategy for critical minerals in new geopolitical...

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

apartment building, victoria

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

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Thursday January 2, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The BC Government is intending to help people with housing costs in 2025 through threshold increases for the renter's tax credit...
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

Abstract Developer, Cadence condo building

Abstract Developments will rebuild their Cadence condo project

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