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West Shore Local

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Food Security booth by Island Social Trends

Thursday March 25, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends Island Social Trends covers Food Security news on Vancouver Island, with an eye to what's being done in BC and...

Health & Safety

Environment & Sustainability

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Environment Canada interactive weather map

Thursday March 23, 2023 | NATIONAL by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends Environment Canada is enhancing their interactive weather map. Starting this spring, Environment Canada will display radar imagery and alert information simultaneously, meaning...

Greater Victoria / CRD

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Colwood Traffic: Delays through Colwood Corners March 21

Monday March 20, 2023 | COLWOOD, BC by Mary P Brooke, Editor | Island Social Trends As traffic advisories go, this is a biggie for commuters to and through the west shore. Though schools are...

Education

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More K-12 school maintenance & bus funding

Wednesday March 15, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends As part of Budget 2023, the BC Government is providing $261.1 million in 2023-24 for school maintenance projects. That includes $41...

Politics

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Harsh economic realities at the mercy of political leadership

Thursday March 23, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC Editorial commentary by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The way things are and the way things used to be. And how did that transition happen? Today NDP Leader...

Business & Economy

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Public libraries get boost from 2022-23 surplus

Friday March 24, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Public libraries in BC are getting a boost of $45 million from the provincial government's 2022-2023 budget surplus. Funds in...

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

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Food Security booth by Island Social Trends

Thursday March 25, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends Island Social Trends covers Food Security news on Vancouver Island, with an eye to what's being done in BC and...

Housing

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Building permit centralization aiming to speed up housing construction

Monday January 16, 2023 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends What BC calls a 'new permitting strategy' was announced today, as part of Premier Eby's NDP government hoping to help build...
 
 

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