Sooke council rejects provincial housing mandate
Dec 3, 2024 · Missed deadline may trigger enforcement, override bylaws. Sooke council is refusing to comply with provincial regulations under Bill 44, rejecting the tight timeline set by the B.C. government to implement zoning and infrastructure changes required by …
Closer, not close: union reacts to latest Canada Post framework for ...
Dec 3, 2024 · The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says a new framework for negotiations that Canada Post presented over the weekend moved closer to the union’s position on some issues, but that it remains far from what members could ratify.
New secretary-treasurer joins Sooke School District
Dec 3, 2024 · Sooke School District has announced who will be stepping into the shoes of current secretary-treasurer Harold Cull, who will be retiring at the end of the year after 12 years of service.
Time to 'put my health first' says resigning Esquimalt-Saanich …
Dec 5, 2024 · A new year means a new face for residents of the federal Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding as MP Randall Garrision took the time to say his official adieus in the House of Commons Tuesday (Dec. 3).
LETTER: Push for housing puts Sooke's NDP MLA in a bind
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David Allen Boon - Obituary - Sooke - Sooke News Mirror
October 27, 1937 - November 11, 2024. In Loving Memory ~ On November 11, 2024, our beloved husband and father peacefully took his last flight. Born on his parents' farm in Belbutte, Saskatchewan, Dave was the eldest of five children.
LETTER: Saanich could be part of solution for affordable housing
3 days ago · As a parent of two kids in their early 30s who would someday like to live in a residence that they own and is not a condo, I got to thinking... First of all, most “kids” like mine would have to partner up; one average income is not going to cut it. If two people with average incomes pooled their ...
2024 a 'typical' year for earthquakes in B.C.: Victoria seismologist
2 days ago · With 325 years between coastal B.C. and its last subduction or megathrust earthquake, typical best describes 2024, says a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada. Southwest B.C., where tectonic plates collide, is Canada’s hotspot, seeing more than 1,200 earthquakes last year. Several were felt ...
Sooke celebrates T'Sou-ke culture with new 2025 street banners
Dec 14, 2024 · New seasonal street banners will adorn the streets of Sooke in 2025. Featuring the iconic Sitka tree set against the changing phases of the moon, the art celebrates the rhythm of the seasons and embodies the community’s essence as a place 'Wild by Nature'—a tourism slogan born during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Source of murky water in Oak Bay's Bowker Creek remains a mystery
Dec 10, 2024 · The source of grey water spotted in Bowker Creek last week remains a mystery. A photo of the contaminated stream posted to an Oak Bay Facebook group on Dec. 3 caused a stir, with many frustrated that the waterway, which the Friends of Bowker Creek Society has worked hard to protect, had been polluted.. Eldan Goldenberg, a Friends of Bowker Creek Society volunteer, who leads the organization ...