Daylight Savings Time continues in 2024 - Island Social Trends
Sunday March 10, 224 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Daylight Saving Time has happened again in 2024. This morning Sunday March 10 at 2 am clocks were turned forward by one hour. The idea is to extend after-work hours for outdoor recreation and evening activities; this is driv..
Mitzi Dean announces more $10-a-day child care spaces - Island Social Trends
Saturday February 10, 2024 | COLWOOD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends More affordable child care spaces were announced this week by Minister of State for Child Care, Mitzi Dean. More families in British Columbia will save thousands of dollars every year as more than 700 child care spaces ..
Province gives $11 million boost to BC Rent Bank - Island Social Trends
Friday February 2, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends A reminder to renters about the BC Rent Bank was held as a media session on January 31. That came along with a $11 million funding boost announcement for the organization that helps keep people in homes that they might [&..
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BC pauses international student enrolment for 2 years - Island Social Trends
Monday January 29, 2024 | VANCOUVER, BC & OTTAWA, ONT by Mary P Brooke, Editor | Island Social Trends The international student system in BC “has not been working as well as it should”, said Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary and Future Skills, in a media session this mornin..
Smartphones off 'from bell to bell' in BC classrooms - Island Social Trends
Saturday January 27, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Cellphones, the internet and social media help us connect with each other, but they also present risks that can harm kids. “That’s why we’re taking action to protect kids in BC from online predators,” says B..
HPV tests at home may help boost patient-doctor attachment - Island Social Trends
Tuesday January 9, 2024 | VANCOUVER, BC [Updated 11:13 am] by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends A shift in the process of screening for cervical cancer will likely open up testing to more women in BC. The program of self-testing for HPV at home or without a visit to a primary care [&hellip..
Barbie movie displaces Kenneth as baby name - Island Social Trends
Monday January 1, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke, editor | Island Social Trends Kenneth has been given as a first name to baby boys in BC a total of 13,767 times in the past 100 years (1924-2023). Interestingly it appears that Kenneth was given as a baby’s first name in every year [&hell..
BC school library funding: operating grants & fundraising - Island Social Trends
Monday December 11, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Funding for BC school libraries is acquired out of the operating budgets of each school district. That includes the books and the staffing to manage the libraries. There are 60 school districts in BC. Here on south Vanco..
Christine Sinclair’s final match a big bash Dec 5 in Vancouver - Island Social Trends
Tuesday December 5, 2023 | VANCOUVER, BC [Last update 9:29 pm] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Click here for December 1 game coverage (final score 5:0 for Canada’s win at Starlight Stadium in Langford). Dec 5 Game coverage: Kick off at 7 pm, in front of a sold-out crowd of over 45,000..
Matthew Perry dead at 54 - Island Social Trends
Saturday October 28, 2023 | LOS ANGELES, CA [Updated 9 pm] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Reader comments welcome. Actor Matthew Perry has sadly passed away at the age of 54 after an apparent drowning, it was announced around the world tonight through social media. For anyone who is a fan o..
Fun time at Langford Fire Rescue Open House 2023 - Island Social Trends
Sunday October 1, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Under sunny skies after a week of rain, over 800 people came to have fun at the annual Langford Fire Rescue Open House. Held on this Sunday October 1 at Fire Station #1 on Peatt Road, there were fire truck […]
Big turnout for 2023 Sooke Apple Festival - Island Social Trends
Sunday September 24, 2023 | SOOKE, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends | FOOD SECURITY NEWS The Sooke Apple Festival is back in full swing. Organized by the Sooke Region Food CHI Society, the 2023 event was outdoors at Sunriver Community Orchard today, seeing over 800 people show up over five..
Dropping GST on rental construction will help ease housing crisis - Island Social Trends
Friday September 15, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC [Updated 9:42 am September 16, 2023] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced yesterday that GST (5%) will be removed on new rental construction, effective immediately. Federal Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Min..
Mask mandate debate is perplexing - Island Social Trends
Sunday September 10, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC Editorial analysis by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends | COVID NEWS SECTION | HEALTH NEWS SECTION For some reason the discussion of wearing protective face masks in BC hospitals has come up again this fall. Here’s the news bit: Health profess..
School in rural west shore Metchosin finally gets a crosswalk - Island Social Trends
Friday August 18, 2023 | METCHOSIN, BC [Updated August 19, 2023] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends After 18 years of stirring the pot to get a crosswalk on Rocky Point Road in rural Metchosin, the dream has finally been realized. Current Metchosin Mayor Marie-Térèse (elected in October 2022) g..
Metchosin gets provincial grant for public notification planning - Island Social Trends
Wednesday August 9, 2023 | METCHOSIN, BC [Updated 5 pm] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The District of Metchosin is receiving $30,000 in provincial funding for public notification planning. “People in Metchosin will be kept safer in emergency situations thanks to provincial fundi..
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SD62 and City of Langford launch North Langford all-weather field - Island Social Trends
Thursday July 6, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC [Updated 6 pm] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Today an artificial turf field in North Langford was officially opened. Under the hot morning sun, the event was hosted by Sooke School District 62 (SD62), together with speeches from the City of Langford and..
Upbeat Canada Day event draws a crowd in Langford - Island Social Trends
Sunday July 2, 2023 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The 2nd annual Canada Day event in Langford was a free community-wide event for locals to enjoy. Flowing through the on-ground areas at Starlight Stadium from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday July 1 there were pancakes, music, perfor..
Two-year rerouting of BC cancer patients to USA for radiation treatments - Island Social Trends
Tuesday May 16, 2023 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends It’s about ensuring that people have continued access to life-saving radiation treatment, but sending BC residents to the United States for radiation treatments is a stark sign of the stresses on BC’s hea..
Blast of a celebration for skatepark opening - Island Social Trends
Sunday May 14, 2023 | COLWOOD, BC [Updated 1:35 pm] by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Celebrated by West Shore Parks & Recreation (WSPR) as the host, the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the Thrifty Foods Skatepark was celebrated by mayors and community leaders from around the west shor..
BC takes strident regulatory action on pharmaceutical front - Island Social Trends
Thursday April 20, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | Island Social Trends The Province is enacting a new regulation effective immediately to ensure that diabetes patients in BC do not experience a shortage of the diabetes drug semaglutide, known widely as Ozempic. The announcement was ma..
