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West Shore & Sooke

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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...

emergency preparedness week

BC strengthens emergency support for evacuees

Langford, housing strategy

Langford housing strategy survey open to May 3

Business & Economy

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Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit starts with one-time top-up on June...

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Tuesday April 21, 2026 | NATIONAL by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB) will replace the GST/HST credit in July 2026. As part of the transition, an...
dominic leblanc, mark carney

New Advisory Committee on Canada-US Economic Relations gets rolling April 27

eagle, bc coast

Exclusive Vancouver Island venues best accessed via private terminal

BC Lions, football, donation

BC Lions donate $358,659 to amateur football

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...
langford, west shore rcmp

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

Elizabeth May, house of commons

Elizabeth May: environmental education returning to its roots

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Wednesday April 22, 2026 | SIDNEY, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends "We are back to where we started," says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. She's talking about the movement to inform people...
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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...

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BC Premier & Environment Minister on Earth Day 2026

Greater Victoria / CRD

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BC Transit: Ride the bus free on Earth Day

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Wednesday April 22, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends BC Transit for the sixth year is providing free ridership on their buses on Earth Day today, April 22. Earth Day highlights...
bay street bridge, traffic

Bay St Bridge night closure Thursday April 16

highway 17, keating

Keating X Rd on-ramp to Hwy 17 closed for a week

playground, slide

Victoria Police make playground arson arrest

Technology

Steven MacKinnon, house of commons

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

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Tuesday April 21, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Canadian Space Launch Act introduced today woud bring in changes to aeronautics legislation, allowing Canada to do its own...
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

samsung, canada soccer

Samsung Canada lands exclusive TV and mobile partnership with Canada Soccer

Lottery News

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Someone in Malahat BC won a $100,000 MaxPlus

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Tuesday April 21, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The winning numbers for the April 21, 2026 Lotto Max draw are: 02, 12, 16, 19, 24, 29 and 48....
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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

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New Lotto Max: no big winners in new-game April 14 draw

Politics

Elizabeth May, house of commons

Elizabeth May: environmental education returning to its roots

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Wednesday April 22, 2026 | SIDNEY, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends "We are back to where we started," says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. She's talking about the movement to inform people...
grocery benefit

Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit starts with one-time top-up on June...

dominic leblanc, mark carney

New Advisory Committee on Canada-US Economic Relations gets rolling April 27

premier david eby

Hardest file for Premier Eby, issues statement with First Nations Leadership...

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

royal roads, mount royal

Royal Roads launches partnered program in Calgary

classroom, instructor, Vancouver Community College

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

Artificial Intelligence

Mark Carney, Stubb

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

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Wednesday April 15, 2026 | OTTAWA, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The first visit of a Finnish president in 12 years happened yesterday in Ottawa as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with the...
Carney, norway

Canada & Norway: strategic Arctic defence, economies, technology

mark carney, australia

Carney’s trade mission in Australia: speeches & gains

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

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

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Wednesday March 18, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Agriculture and Food Minister Lana Popham joined BC seafood businesses last week in Boston at Seafood Expo North America to...
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...

mark carney, prime minister

Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit replaces GST rebate to help Canadians...

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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