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Westhills staff celebrate 1,000 homes & 1,000 more to come
Tuesday April 30, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
On a bright brisk Monday afternoon, the Westhills ownership and operational community celebrated the sale of the 1,000th home in...
Health & Safety
Allied health & clinical support workers key to health-care system functionality
Wednesday May 1, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Health-care personnel who work as skilled technicians and lab support workers are in many ways the lynch pin of the modern...
Environment & Sustainability
Elizabeth May gunning for 5th term in Saanich-Gulf Islands
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...
Greater Victoria / CRD
Sooke Skate Park concept design workshop May 6
Thursday April 25, 2024 | SOOKE, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
A new skate park in Sooke is in the works.
The community is invited to participate in developing the concept design for...
Education
Sooke School District budget cutbacks will bite
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...
Politics
Bill C-277 gives brain injury a higher profile
Wednesday May 1, 2024 | NATIONAL (via LANGFORD BC)
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Brain injury is an increasingly important challenge within health-care in Canada.
Today private member's Bill C-277 National Strategies on Brain...
Business & Economy
Eby talks up business crowd in lead-up to election
Tuesday April 30, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
With a backdrop screen display of 'Leading to Election' BC Premier David Eby addressed about 300 business and political leaders gathered...
Food Supply & Healthy Eating
Food-growing keeners show up for Soil Quality workshop
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...
Housing
Westhills staff celebrate 1,000 homes & 1,000 more to come
Tuesday April 30, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
On a bright brisk Monday afternoon, the Westhills ownership and operational community celebrated the sale of the 1,000th home in...
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