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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Politics

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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