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Sheringham Point Lighthouse

Saving a historic lighthouse

Sheringham Point Lighthouse now safe with heritage designation

Sheringham Point Lighthouse
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Another View: I learned a lot of things about Sooke

Sooke News Mirror editor leaves some parting words

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Frederique Philip.

Foreclosure not in the plans for Sooke Harbour House

Investors unroll new expansion plans for Sooke hotel

Frederique Philip.
Sooke chef Angelo Prosperi-Porta has published a new cookbook with recipes using honey

Honey is the sweetness within

Sooke chef pens new cookbook featuring liquid gold - honey

Sooke chef Angelo Prosperi-Porta has published a new cookbook with recipes using honey
Gary Petersen stands by the wall where thieves cut through gyprock to gain entrance to his store.

Brazen thieves repeat previous theft

Sooke shop owner wonders why thieves remain out on bail to rob again

Gary Petersen stands by the wall where thieves cut through gyprock to gain entrance to his store.
Tony Kost.

It’s beginning to look a lot like summer in Sooke

Lots of activity will be happening in Sooke this summer

Tony Kost.
The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Sooke is closing its doors.

Sally Ann leaves town

UPDATED--Sooke Salvation Army Thrift Store closing on June 20.

The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Sooke is closing its doors.
Win free tickets to the Sooke River Bluegrass Festival.

Do you dare to be square?

Sooke River Bluegrass Festival on Father's Day weekend

Win free tickets to the Sooke River Bluegrass Festival.
Cadillac Escalade seized by the RCMP.

Thirteen people now arrested in series of drug busts

Sooke RCMP Detachment leads the way arresting suspected traffickers

Cadillac Escalade seized by the RCMP.
Twoonie Tuesday coming up

Twoonie Tuesday

Sooke Harbourside Lions organize a day of giving for the food bank

Twoonie Tuesday coming up
Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Director Mike Hicks.

Battle for water equality in the Juan de Fuca EA

Electoral area should have same rights as municipalities

Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Director Mike Hicks.
The drug photo is a safe located in one of the searches and cut open.  Inside a large quantity of marihuana, cocaine and cash.  This is only a fraction of the drugs seized in this operation.

Twelve arrests in Sooke after drug networks dismantled

Three-month long investigation led to numerous arrests in Sooke

The drug photo is a safe located in one of the searches and cut open.  Inside a large quantity of marihuana, cocaine and cash.  This is only a fraction of the drugs seized in this operation.
Sooke Councillor Kerrie Reay

Sooke council stands by JdF director

Issue is access to safe, clean drinking water in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area

Sooke Councillor Kerrie Reay
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra's Secret Garden Tour set for June 6.

Sooke’s best kept secret… garden tour

Each year the best gardens in the Sooke area open to garden lovers

Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra's Secret Garden Tour set for June 6.

Tough decision on community grants

District of Sooke hands out semi-annual grants to local groups

Stephen Rigby, director for dam safety at BC Hydro and Chris O'Riley, Hydro's Vice-President for Generation at a meeting with Jordan River residents in December 2014.

Hydro supports camping at Jordan River

Campers are now allowed to stay overnight at popular CRD camping site

Stephen Rigby, director for dam safety at BC Hydro and Chris O'Riley, Hydro's Vice-President for Generation at a meeting with Jordan River residents in December 2014.
Frederique Philip with her husband Sinclair live a life of sustainability and promote the Slow Food movement by buying local whenever they can.

Sooke’s doyenne of sustainable living

Leadership and Sustainability Award goes to Sooke Harbour House

Frederique Philip with her husband Sinclair live a life of sustainability and promote the Slow Food movement by buying local whenever they can.

Hicks may challenge CRD sustainable strategy

Hicks claims unlawful discrimination for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area

The Sooke Community Choir performs in Sooke this weekend.

More voices for Sooke choir

Popular director draws singers to Sooke Community Choir

The Sooke Community Choir performs in Sooke this weekend.
Linda Mooney, Resource Advisor at WorkLink is there to aid clients in their job search.

Linking people with jobs

WorkLink offers wide array of services for employers and the unemployed

Linda Mooney, Resource Advisor at WorkLink is there to aid clients in their job search.