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West Shore & Sooke

breakfast with santa

Sooke pancake breakfast Dec 6 & Santa Parade Dec 7

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Friday December 5, 2025 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Breakfast with Santa will be held in Sooke on Saturday December 6. It's a free event for kids and families...
power outage, langford, colwood, metchosin, dec 2025

Windy day power outage impacts Metchosin, Royal Bay, south Langford

winter fest, market, Langford

Langford Lightup 2025 kicks off Winter Fest through December

FortisBC, City of Langford

Giving Tuesday: FortisBC & City of Langford support Goldstream Food Bank

Business & Economy

Mark Carney, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, FIFA

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum meet privately after FIFA announcement

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Friday December 5, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney drew the first ceremonial ball in the warmup to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final...
Prime Minister, Mark Carney, FIFA stage

Prime Minister Carney at FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw

president of mexico, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum

Carney in Washington Dec 5 for FIFA & politics

casino, Vancouver

New BC gaming control act kicks in April 13, 2026

Health & Safety

Dana Lajeunesse, NDP, MLA

Motor Vehicle Act change would revoke licence prior to reckless-driving trial

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Sunday November 30, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Reckless driving injures people and takes lives. This past week, BC NDP MLA Dana Lajeunesse introduced a private members bill that...
Gord Johns, brain injury, Bill C-206

NDP seeks national strategy on brain injuries

city of langford, donation, The Forge

Langford city and developers support The Forge – more donors wanted

DEXA scan

Body composition DEXA scanner at Camosun College

Environment & Sustainability

power outage, langford, colwood, metchosin, dec 2025

Windy day power outage impacts Metchosin, Royal Bay, south Langford

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Friday December 5, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends UPDATE: As of 7:44 pm - power back on in the Metchosin area. Power still out (for 1,078 customers) in...
colour coded, weather alerts

Environment Canada weather advisories are now colour-coded

merry christmas, xmas eve, santa, sleigh

Rhyme & reason of the holiday season

Eby, pipeline, media

BC Premier Eby responds calmly to pipeline MOU announcement

Greater Victoria / CRD

finance minister, brenda bailey

Dec 4 vigil at BC Parliament front steps for 36th Action...

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Thursday December 4, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Update after the vigil - photos: Finance Minister Brenda Bailey was a student at McGill in Montreal in 1989 when the...
2005 Sooke Road, colwood, traffic, map

Greater Victoria traffic news: Dec 1 to 7

Gordon Head, Rec Centre, Saanich

Gordon Head Rec weight room repair pushed into 2026

santa, parade, victoria

Victoria downtown Santa parade takes new route on a cold Saturday...

Politics

Mark Carney, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, FIFA

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum meet privately after FIFA announcement

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Friday December 5, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney drew the first ceremonial ball in the warmup to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final...
Prime Minister, Mark Carney, FIFA stage

Prime Minister Carney at FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw

Darlene Rotchford, Stephanie Higginson

Two new BC parliamentary secretaries to focus on armed forces and...

president of mexico, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum

Carney in Washington Dec 5 for FIFA & politics

Education

governor general, award winners

2025 Governor General’s Academic Medal awarded to three SD62 grads

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Tuesday November 25, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Governor General's Academic Award is a longstanding tradition in Canada to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in Canada. At the...
RRU, langford campus, projects

RRU sustainability grad research public presentation

grizzly bear, BC

Grizzly bear attack leaves 1 adult & 3 children seriously injured

premier, david eby

Trades training boost to support BC’s growing economy

Artificial Intelligence

carney, UAE, media scrum

Deepening bilateral engagement and economic cooperation between Canada and UAE

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Sunday November 23, 2025 | OTTAWA, ON by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Prime Minister Mark Carney met with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed...
prime minister carney, boarding airplane

Carney in UAE on continued trade mission efforts

artificial intelligence, AI, economy

Leading AI expansion in tech, business and society

Food Supply & Healthy Eating

FortisBC, City of Langford

Giving Tuesday: FortisBC & City of Langford support Goldstream Food Bank

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Tuesday December 2, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends FortisBC executives and senior staff spent a chunk of today at the Goldstream Food Bank in Langford. Together with City of...
dairy cows, Lactanet

Dairy milk testers in BC on strike over travel costs

Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program

Agricultural Water Infrastructure Program: water availability, storage, efficiency & sustainability

pumpkins, porcher park

Overflow donation of pumpkins to Porcher Park Community Garden

Housing

housing targets, District of Saanich

Saanich reports 442 net new housing units in past year

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Wednesday November 5, 2025 | SAANICH, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends A Housing Target Progress Report by the District of Saanich outlines the municipality's progress to reach provincial housing targets and support...
pierre poilievre

Conservative Leader Poilievre critiques Carney’s ‘sacrifice speech’ as failing youth

ribbon cutting, Nigel House, Saanich

Nigel House opens in Saanich for seniors, veterans & adults with...

Arts & Entertainment

Mark Carney, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, FIFA

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum meet privately after FIFA announcement

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Friday December 5, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney drew the first ceremonial ball in the warmup to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final...
Prime Minister, Mark Carney, FIFA stage

Prime Minister Carney at FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw

casino, Vancouver

New BC gaming control act kicks in April 13, 2026

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