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Day 5 closure for London Drugs due to cybersecurity challenge

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Thursday May 2, 2024 | COLWOOD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends After five days of London Drugs stores being closed while the retail chain dealt with a cybersecurity attack on its IT...
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London Drugs phone lines re-open after 4-day cybersecurity challenge but stores...

langford mayor, westhills

Westhills staff celebrate 1,000 homes & 1,000 more to come

london drugs, retail

London Drugs stores still closed for a third day

Health & Safety

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Allied health & clinical support workers key to health-care system functionality

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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...
brain injury

Bill C-277 gives brain injury a higher profile

ravi parmar, mayors, goodmanson, kobayashi, Marie-Térèse Little

MLA Parmar & west shore mayors attend Mobile Integrated Crisis Response...

drug users, hallways

Drug use in public spaces now illegal in BC

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

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Princess Royal on Vancouver Island this weekend

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Thursday May 2, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, will visit British Columbia during May 3 to...
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Sooke Skate Park concept design workshop May 6

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Destination Greater Victoria awards to two long-time Victorians

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Six more CRD municipalities to get housing targets

Education

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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...
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

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BC rolls out cost profile for seven FIFA World Cup 2026...

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Thursday May 2, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Two of the seven World Cup Games 2026 will feature Team Canada. Much of the rest for five other games is...
mitzi dean, bc legislature

Child care in BC contributes to social & economic fabric

brain injury

Bill C-277 gives brain injury a higher profile

john rustad, bc cconservative

BC Conservative leader brings motion about gender in sport

Business & Economy

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Day 5 closure for London Drugs due to cybersecurity challenge

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Thursday May 2, 2024 | COLWOOD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends After five days of London Drugs stores being closed while the retail chain dealt with a cybersecurity attack on its IT...
fifa, workd cup 2026, vancouver, benefits

BC rolls out cost profile for seven FIFA World Cup 2026...

london drugs, retail

London Drugs phone lines re-open after 4-day cybersecurity challenge but stores...

mitzi dean, bc legislature

Child care in BC contributes to social & economic fabric

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

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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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Eby & Kahlon: Build a secondary suite & get up to...

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Thursday May 2, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Outdoors today at the noon hour, Premier David Eby got out of his official entourage van and took a moment...
langford mayor, westhills

Westhills staff celebrate 1,000 homes & 1,000 more to come

langley mayor, eric woodward, ravi kahlon, david eby

Another step for BC Builds: builders portal

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Celebrating 1,000 homes at Westhills

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