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17 Mile House opens its doors to children

The 17 Mile House will now welcome children into their premises.

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Letter: Community Centre built with future in mind

Our community hall is being looked at by some as being old and outdated, which is far from the truth.

Kevin Albers in the kitchen of a unit at the Hope Centre.

New Hope Centre set to open in September

A new affordable housing unit is set to open this September in Sooke.

Kevin Albers in the kitchen of a unit at the Hope Centre.
A new decal promotes the drive for new volunteer firefighters.

Local fire truck features new faces

A fire truck in Sooke features three new faces on a new decal.

A new decal promotes the drive for new volunteer firefighters.

Raging ‘hero’ debate is linguistic in nature, not personal

Intelligent people recognize that many words have sometimes subtle and sometimes drastically different meanings to each individual.

This tugboat

The swashbucklers and the pedens

In 1943 this tugboat, newly converted from steam to diesel, rested at the Scott and Peden wharf on Victoria’s waterfront.

This tugboat

Letter: Question grant to SAFARS

It is difficult having compassion for Ms. Dominquez and her supporters after reading letter after letter.

Alison Sudlow

Sooke girls go for gold in the North American Indigenous Games

Three girls from Sooke participated in the North American Indigenous Games on Team BC.

Alison Sudlow

Letter: Feeling unsafe

Sooke is still a beauty, spiritual place to live and love, but I don’t feel safe for the first time in my life.

Three Sooke players participate in the BC Summer games

BC Summer Games brings home a bronze in lacrosse

A parent gives his perspective on the three Sooke players who participated in the Lacrosse competition in the BC Summer games.

Three Sooke players participate in the BC Summer games

Letter: Be of service

We appreciate the men and women who volunteer their time in the community.

Letter: Waste of police time

I’m a metal detectorist, it’s my hobby and I clean my gear when I’m done hunting.

New website provides free training to identify, treat and prevent concussions in young athletes

Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Parents, Players, and Coaches now available at Cattonline.com

Dwayne Kalynchuk from Victoria caught this 19.5 pound chinook salmon at the Consultant’s Invitational 9th Annual Fishing Derby

Great catches, great day for fishers

250 fishers braved the fog and came home with lots of salmon

Dwayne Kalynchuk from Victoria caught this 19.5 pound chinook salmon at the Consultant’s Invitational 9th Annual Fishing Derby
Nanaimo's Melissa Tolsma won the Reno Me! with FortisBC contest last year.

Something old, something new

Reno Me! with FortisBC winner Melissa Tolsma continues her renovation.

Nanaimo's Melissa Tolsma won the Reno Me! with FortisBC contest last year.
In no particular order

Bantam boys rank fifth overall at the BC Summer Games

Sooke's Bantam boys baseball team cam in fifth overall at the BC Summer Games

In no particular order
Sooke’s atom Seahawks attended their first-ever Victoria Allstars camp.

Local grid-iron warriors sharpening their skills to hasten their quest for an Island Championship

Local grid-iron warriors sharpening their skills to hasten their quest for an Island Championship

Sooke’s atom Seahawks attended their first-ever Victoria Allstars camp.

SECHS to manage Ayre Manor Lodge

Seniors' residence and care facility now being operated locally

Pre-atom Seahawks wrap up season with disappointing loss, and many personal wins

While they may have lost the game, the Sooke pre-atom football players played exceptionally well throughout the season.

Amy Chwojka of the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society along with society president Rob Gamache were signing up interested contenders for the 11th annual Chinook Salmon Derby coming up this August 2 and 3.

Fishing remains consistent around Sooke

Ron Neitsch writes about the fishing action in Sooke waters

Amy Chwojka of the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society along with society president Rob Gamache were signing up interested contenders for the 11th annual Chinook Salmon Derby coming up this August 2 and 3.