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VIDEO: Purchase pieces of Victoria pumpkin history in Oak Bay sale

Longtime pumpkin display includes icons such as The Beatles and Archie comic characters

Oct 11, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

SOOKE HISTORY: Sooke's Wickaninnish connections

Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino named the No. 1 Resort in Canada and the U.S. by Conde Nast

Oct 11, 2024 12:43 PM Read more >

Navy trainees have a blast detonating explosives off Vancouver Island

As part of their first course, new boatswains learned to detonate C-4 at Bentinck Island

Oct 10, 2024 11:51 AM Read more >

PHOTOS: Souper Bowls tackles hunger among Victoria's vulnerable youth

Souper Bowls of Hope has raised more than $1.3 million, helping generations of youth since 1998

Oct 10, 2024 11:20 AM Read more >

Beefs & Bouqets

Have a compliment to pay for a kind person you encountered? Got a gripe about something? Share your Beefs and Bouquets with us by emailing editor@sookenewsmirror.com.

Oct 10, 2024 8:01 AM Read more >

Victoria boasts banana-growing weather, but don't eat the fruit

Victoria banana tree stretches 17 feet, won't bear fruit

Oct 10, 2024 5:40 AM Read more >

SOOKE HISTORY: Throup House a fixture from days gone by

Jonas Throup, a stonemason from Yorkshire, arrived in Sooke in 1868, building the family's first primitive cottage near the beach

Oct 10, 2024 5:29 AM Read more >

Sooke Community Calendar

The submission deadline for Bulletin Board is noon Friday. Bulletin Board items are published as space permits. Email editor@sookenewsmirror.com.

Oct 9, 2024 1:14 PM Read more >

Sooke's Grand Parade takes big step in fundraising

Sept. 21 Grand Parade raised $27,000 for Sooke Gathering Place

Oct 8, 2024 4:15 PM Read more >

Sooke ATV club collects 1,000 kilograms of trash from Otter Point

Sooke ATV Club members collected enough trash in the Butler Road/Young Lake Road area to fill an industrial-sized bin

Oct 8, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >