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Community Leadership Calendar
BIG PICTURE:
- BC Legislative Assembly | Fall Session Parliamentary Calendar: Mon Nov 20 to Thurs Nov 23 | Mon Nov 27 to Thurs Nov 30
- BC Provincial Election – October 2024 | Federal Election – October 2025
Community Leadership Calendar – Autumn 2023:
November 21 to December 14 – Children and Youth with Support Needs – Series of six online speaker presentations, Nov 21, 28 and 30, Dec 2, 5 & 14. Hosted by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development. | Register online.
November 25 & 26. Biggest little Christmas craft fair – in Sooke.
Monday November 27 to Thursday November 30. Last week of the Legislative Assembly Fall 2023 Session. | Parliamentary Calendar | Then breaking in December.
Monday November 27 . Langford Urban Forest Management Plan – ONLINE SURVEY open Nov 8 to 27, 2023. | Article about the November 15 meeting at city hall.
Tuesday November 28. Sooke School District 62 Public Board Meeting. 7 pm. Agenda/livestream.
Tuesday November 28. City of Langford Community Advisory Committee. 7pm. Meeting link.
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Holiday season in Sooke | Nov 21 to Dec 27. Festival of Trees at SEAPARC Leisure Complex, Phillips Road, Sooke.
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December 1. SEAPARC Leisure Complex Winter Guide will be available.
Saturday December 2. Breakfast with Santa. At the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 54 Sooke. 9 am to 11 am. Hosted by the Sooke Lions.
Saturday December 2. Kids Creative Craft Fair at SEAPARC Leisure Complex in Sooke. 10 am to 1 pm. Free to the public (for kids). Vendor registration required.
Saturday December 9. South Island Harmony A Cappella Chorus concert. 2 pm at Mary Winspear Center, 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney. Tickets.

Sunday December 10. Sooke Santa Parade. 5 pm. Along Highway 14 (Sooke Road) from Sooke Elementary School over to Townsend Road. Organized by the Sooke Lions.
Thursday December 21. Solstice Lantern Walk, in Sooke. Starts 6:30 pm at Sooke municipal hall. Walk through John Phillips Memorial Park and Stickleback Trail. Organized by Friends of Sooke Parks.
Sunday December 24. Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve Skate at SEAPARC Leisure Complex in Sooke, 1 to 2:30 pm.
Monday December 25. Christmas Day. Merry Christmas! Peace on Earth.
Tuesday December 26. Boxing Day.
Sunday December 31. New Year’s Eve.
Community Leadership Calendar – 2024:
January 2024. Sooke School District 62 – new Superintendent, Paul Block.
Sunday March 3, 2024. 13th annual Goddess Run in Greater Victoria.
September 2024. SD62 School Calendar for 2024-2025.
September 2024. Royal Roads University West Shore Campus, 798 Goldstream Ave, Langford. The new campus is set to open in September 2024. Check out continuing news: Groundbreaking for Royal Roads west shore campus (Aug 3, 2022) | Base slab concrete pour (Feb 1, 2023)
October 19, 2024 | Premier David Eby says he’s sticking to the scheduled 2024 BC provincial election date (article November 18, 2022). | New BC Cabinet announced by David Eby on December 7, 2022 (analysis)
September 22 to 26, 2025. Woodrise International Congress mass-timber construction convention, in Vancouver, BC.