Land use bylaw will protect forest lands

In stark contrast to some of the previous meetings of the Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee, Tuesday's meeting at the Sooke Community Hall was anticlimactic. Over the past two years frustration, anger and resentment had built up over the passing of what some considered a repressive down-zoning bylaw (Bylaw... more

VISL correction

The Vancouver Island Soccer League div-1 soccer game between Sooke Celtic and Nanaimo United FC, listed in the Nov. 18 issue as taking place Friday, Nov. 20 in Sooke, is actually scheduled to be played in Nanaimo on Saturday, Nov.... more

• Midgets manage to triple up on hosts
• Weekend split for bantam ‘birds
• Celtic finds up-Island success

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Preserving the irreplaceable

The preservation of Muir Creek has been a long term goal the Muir Creek Protection Society has been working towards for over five years. On Tuesday, July 14, 2009, a group of community leaders that included myself, prominent members of the... more

• Secondary suites and clarification
• Who fashions our future?
• An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

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Letters

Officer speaks out I’ve been quietly reading the commentary in the wake of the RCMP’s “raid” of local sports venues and the ensuing sentiment that the local cops are not involved in the community, cannot be trusted, and should be leaving... more

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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