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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kevin Laird

    Sooke considers $12,000 annual tax exemption for WorkLink - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 11:16 am Monday, September 28, 2026 By Final vote on permissive exemption bylaw scheduled for Oct. 8 Sooke council has voted unanimously to give a local employment service a property tax break as the organization prepares for a major funding cut next year. WorkLink Employment Society is set to lose its provincial WorkBC contract on March 31. Despite the loss, the non-profit says it plans to keep its Church Road office open on a smaller scale to offer youth employment programs, public c

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Kevin Laird

    Four motions, two ties and one $5K cheque - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 5:45 am Friday, September 18, 2026 Sooke council will contribute $5,000 to this year’s Orange Shirt Day gathering — but only after batting around four different funding proposals in a drawn-out cash debate. The money will support Walking Together 2026, scheduled for Sept. 30 from noon to 4 p.m. at Edward Milne Community School. The gathering will include a healing walk, opening and memorial ceremonies, cultural performances, story circles and a youth art exhibit. Organizers expect more

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Kevin Laird

    Kevin Pearson puts management record at centre of mayoral bid - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 5:30 pm Thursday, September 17, 2026 For more than four years, Kevin Pearson began his working week by leaving Sooke for Vancouver and ended it thinking about the trip home. “There was always that light at the end of the tunnel: Friday night, I’ll be back in Sooke,” he said. The commute was part of a 35-year career with Canada Post that took Pearson from repairing machinery as a Red Seal millwright to senior management. At one point, he was responsible for a Vancouver operation with ab

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Kevin Laird

    Tanker trouble: Sooke sounds alarm over oil pipeline plan - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 5:00 pm Monday, September 14, 2026 Sooke is sounding the alarm over a massive oil pipeline proposal that could send even more tankers — and the risk of a catastrophic spill — past its doorstep. Council voted Sept. 8 to revive and toughen a 2023 letter from Mayor Maja Tait demanding better protection for coastal communities as governments consider another West Coast pipeline. The revised letter will be sent to the federal Major Projects Office by its Sept. 18 feedback deadline, with cop

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Kevin Laird

    Tanker trouble: Sooke sounds alarm over oil pipeline plan - Victoria News (opens the original)

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    Published 5:00 pm Monday, September 14, 2026 Sooke is sounding the alarm over a massive oil pipeline proposal that could send even more tankers — and the risk of a catastrophic spill — past its doorstep. Council voted Sept. 8 to revive and toughen a 2023 letter from Mayor Maja Tait demanding better protection for coastal communities as governments consider another West Coast pipeline. The revised letter will be sent to the federal Major Projects Office by its Sept. 18 feedback deadline, with cop

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