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West Shore & Sooke

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Langford economy could see broad positive changes: survey to April 26

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Friday April 24, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC Urban development analysis by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Over the past year or more, the City of Langford has been working alongside the community to develop...
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West Shore RCMP: weekend road incidents in Colwood, Langford & View...

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Langford holds back two RCMP hires pending community engagement on public...

emergency preparedness week

BC strengthens emergency support for evacuees

Business & Economy

AVICC, forestry panel, april 2026

Sustainable forestry would support industry, jobs and ecosystems

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Sunday April 26, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Forestry continues to be a challenged sector in British Columbia. For too long the sheer muscle of cutting timber and...
hotel types, greater victoria

Hotel development recommendations issued by Destination Greater Victoria

Angus reid, AVICC

Soft prediction on BC NDP fate by Angus Reid lead

economic development, strategy, survey, Langford

Langford economy could see broad positive changes: survey to April 26

Health & Safety

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West Shore RCMP: weekend road incidents in Colwood, Langford & View...

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Wednesday April 22, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Active policing by West Shore RCMP this past weekend covered a wide range of activity. The West Shore RCMP Traffic Unit and Frontline officers...
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Langford holds back two RCMP hires pending community engagement on public...

Dr Henry, Josie Osborne

BC toxic drug overdose crisis continues after 10 years

house fire, sooke

One person deceased in Sooke house fire Easter morning

Environment & Sustainability

AVICC, forestry panel, april 2026

Sustainable forestry would support industry, jobs and ecosystems

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Sunday April 26, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Forestry continues to be a challenged sector in British Columbia. For too long the sheer muscle of cutting timber and...
Elizabeth May, house of commons

Elizabeth May: environmental education returning to its roots

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BC Transit: Ride the bus free on Earth Day

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Ocean Wise shoreline clean up report shows single-use plastic progress, more...

Greater Victoria / CRD

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Hotel development recommendations issued by Destination Greater Victoria

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Saturday April 25, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Destination Greater Victoria has released a new report highlighting what they assess to be a time-sensitive opportunity to address hotel...
AVICC, convention, 2026

AVICC 2026 convention in Victoria this weekend

bc transit, bus

BC Transit: Ride the bus free on Earth Day

bay street bridge, traffic

Bay St Bridge night closure Thursday April 16

Technology

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutrk heads to International Space Station this fall

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Sunday April 26, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk will head to the International Space Station orbiting laboratory this fall. Kutryk will be a...
Steven MacKinnon, house of commons

Canadian Space Launch Act: regulatory certainty, support investment, meet international obligations

jet, aircraft

Reversing the Ontario Premier’s jet purchase is a mistake

gas meter

FortisBC upgrades to wireless gas meters in Metchosin within province-wide project

Lottery News

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April 24 Lotto Max sees five MaxPlus winners

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Saturday April 25, 2026 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Friday night April 24, 2026 Lotto Max draw saw a few winners, but not for the biggest prizes. The winning numbers...
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Someone in Malahat BC won a $100,000 MaxPlus

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Complete scratch for new MaxPlus so far, why bet?

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$1 million 649 Lotto gold ball winner in Ontario

Politics

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Trump addresses media after Washington press dinner shooting

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Saturday April 25, 2026 | WASHINGTON, DC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The annual Washington Press correspondents dinner tonight was marred by a shooter approaching the ballroom. It happened around 8 pm ET. The...
Angus reid, AVICC

Soft prediction on BC NDP fate by Angus Reid lead

Pierre Poilievre, ottawa

Poilievre steps into Canada’s Asia-Pacific trade issues

AVICC, convention, 2026

AVICC 2026 convention in Victoria this weekend

Education

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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

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Royal Roads launches partnered program in Calgary

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

Artificial Intelligence

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AVICC 2026 convention in Victoria this weekend

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Thursday April 23, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The 77th Annual General Meeting and Convention of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) is taking place...
Mark Carney, Stubb

Canada & Finland make joint statement on shared security & economic...

Carney, norway

Canada & Norway: strategic Arctic defence, economies, technology

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

student food bank

Post-secondary food security grant supported by Vancouver Island municipal leaders

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Sunday April 26, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends A resolution addressing student affordability and food insecurity was supported by delegates at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities...
seafood, orca seafoods, salmon

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

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...

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, public input, arts and culture

Last chance for input to Langford’s Arts & Culture strategy

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Wednesday April 15, 2026 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The City of Langford's Arts and Culture Strategy is in the last phases of public input. The online survey is open until...
Langford, mayor, child care building

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

mark carney, juno awards

Carney dazzles at Junos with tribute to Joni Mitchell

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