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Sooke School District budget cutbacks will bite

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Tuesday April 23, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Sooke School District (SD62) Education Committee tonight heard about proposed budget cutbacks for the 2024/25 school year. The polite word...
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Volunteer recruitment for 2024 Sooke Fine Arts Show

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Sooke uses remaining COVID fund to boost community grant allocations

district of sooke, council

Knowing a community through the municipal grants process

Health & Safety

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Business plan approved for new cancer centre in Nanaimo

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Tuesday April 16, 2024 | NANAIMO, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The business plan for the new BC Cancer centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) has been approved. Health Minister Adrian Dix...
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Know your zone: tsunami preparedness hikes on Vancouver Island

doctor, patient, clinic

BC gains 708 net-new family doctors but there’s still a shortage

mother, daughter, senior, caregive

National Caregiver Day: recognizing their work & commitment

Environment & Sustainability

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Elizabeth May gunning for 5th term in Saanich-Gulf Islands

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Wednesday April 24, 2024 | SIDNEY, BC Political notes by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Elizabeth May is for many Canadians a household name. She has been leader of the Green Party of...
elizabeth may, angela davidson, rainbow eyes

Fairy Creek protester gets 48 more days jail time

justin trudeau, jagmeet singh, april 2024

NDP explores pre-election strategies: critic shuffle & distance on carbon pricing

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Vehicle tires get recycled in BC

Greater Victoria / CRD

award winners, charlayne thornton-joe, geoff dickson

Destination Greater Victoria awards to two long-time Victorians

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Thursday April 25, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Tourism gets boosted in many ways. A lot of people contribute to that success. Tomorrow Destination Greater Victoria will honour two well-known...
development, multiplex

Six more CRD municipalities to get housing targets

hwy 1, bridges, burnside, colquitz

Hwy 1 bridges over Burnside Rd getting bus lanes & environmental...

youth, teens, group

Westshore-Sooke gets youth Foundry services

Education

sd62, prioritizing people

Sooke School District budget cutbacks will bite

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Tuesday April 23, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Sooke School District (SD62) Education Committee tonight heard about proposed budget cutbacks for the 2024/25 school year. The polite word...
trudeau, beech, hall

Budget 2024: Trudeau highlights university research funding with visit to UVic

ubc

UBC expanding by 778 tech seats over six years

allan cahoon, royal roads

Former Royal Roads president Allan Cahoon remembered

Politics

elizabeth may, house of commons

Elizabeth May gunning for 5th term in Saanich-Gulf Islands

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Wednesday April 24, 2024 | SIDNEY, BC Political notes by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Elizabeth May is for many Canadians a household name. She has been leader of the Green Party of...
elizabeth may, angela davidson, rainbow eyes

Fairy Creek protester gets 48 more days jail time

devon black, colin plant, ndp candidate

NDP sees Saanich-Gulf Islands as ‘vulnerable’

justin trudeau, prime minister, victoria

Trudeau pushes ahead while Premiers still want federal funds without encroachment

Business & Economy

award winners, charlayne thornton-joe, geoff dickson

Destination Greater Victoria awards to two long-time Victorians

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Thursday April 25, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Tourism gets boosted in many ways. A lot of people contribute to that success. Tomorrow Destination Greater Victoria will honour two well-known...
district of sooke, council

Sooke uses remaining COVID fund to boost community grant allocations

alistair macgregor, fishing

MacGregor supports Port Renfrew recreational fishing petition

district of sooke, council

Knowing a community through the municipal grants process

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

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Food-growing keeners show up for Soil Quality workshop

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Wednesday April 10, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends It was outdoors on a busy Saturday that a good handful of folks turned up for the Soil Quality Workshop in...
porcher park

Public engagement about Porcher Park development in central Langford

soil quality, april 6, event

April 6: Soil quality workshop for backyard gardeners

food, school

Liberals deliver on NDP push for national school food program in...

Housing

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Six more CRD municipalities to get housing targets

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Tuesday April 23, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke, Editor | Island Social Trends Today four more Greater Victoria municipalities have been targeted to deliver more homes. Six municipalities within the Capital Regional District...
airbnb, vrbo

New short-term rental rules start May 1, 2024

leonard krog, mayor, nanaimo

Nanaimo Mayor: Canada should have had a national housing strategy over...

mass timber

VICA applauds high-rise mass timber but expects uptake lag

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