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Winter-Spring 2010 -
Vol.2 No.2 |
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MapleLine Magazine has a new home at
the MapleLine Business Centre, 6707 West Coast Road, Sooke.
Get your $10 print coupon by bringing a shrub for
our flower boxes (valid to Apr.30).
The Health & Wellness issue
will be released Feb.3 in Sooke.
Features include heart
health, grocery stores in Sooke, emergency
preparedness for 7 days, new anti-cancer enzyme additive,
knitting to help minimize depression, Sooke
Integrated Health Network, relationships,
21st-century parenting, Sooke Family Resource Centre
profile, and more.
Online exclusive: understanding
health policy in Canada.
Send us your
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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UPCOMING EVENTS
These and other events are
posted on our 'breaking
news' page. |
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Thurs. Feb.4 |
CONSCIOUSNESS
CAFE
Regular Monthly Meeting
7
pm, Reading Room Cafe.
Info. |
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Thurs. Feb.4
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CAPITAL REGIONAL
DISTRICT (CRD)
Regional Growth Strategy
Public
meeting, 5:30 pm, Inn at Laurel Point, 680 Montreal
St., Victoria.
Info. |
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Sat. Feb.6 |
DISTRICT
OF SOOKE
Sooke goes to the Olympics
See Sooke's tourism-oriented presentation for the
O|Zone venue at the 2010 Olympics ~ see our
community display at
the Sooke Fire Hall, only Sat. Feb. 6 ~ 10 am to 3 pm
~ before it heads to the Olympics for Feb.12-28. |
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Sun. Feb.14 |
SEAPARC LEISURE
COMPLEX
Two for One 'Sweetie' Swim
1:00 to 5:00 pm.
Info. |
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Sun. Feb.14 |
CHARITY
FUNDRAISER
Open Your Heart to Haiti.
2:00 pm. Benefit concert for Haitian relief.
EMCS, 6218 Sooke Road. Admission by donation. Doors
open at 1:30 pm. Presented by the Sooke Community
Choir and other musical performers. |
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BEYOND SOOKE |
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MJ
Concert, the best
Michael Jackson's 1988 Madison Square
Gardens (MSG) concert voted the
All Time Greatest
MSG concert. Feb.3, 2010
Parliament skips spring break.
Prime Minister Harper cancel two
weeks of parliamentary breaks; the House of Commons
will sit Mar.15-19 and Apr.12-16 to help make up for
six weeks of work lost when Harper decided to prorogue
Parliament after Christmas. |
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INSIGHT: Read the
details |
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NEWS from
MapleLine |
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Sooke
developers start an association.
Story. |
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WorkLink's Prime Time program seeks employers to hire local 55+
workers.
Story. |
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Wellness Foundation's global issues
symposium in Sooke.
Event report. |
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YOUR AD HERE for $31.50 (stays online indefinitely)
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SOOKE IN PICTURES |
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Reflections of West Coast Road: the old building at
6707 West Coast Road on a rainy day in January as it morphs
into the new
MapleLine
Business Centre (opening Feb.15, 2010).
CRD's REGIONAL GROWTH
STRATEGY |
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The Greater Victoria region is growing
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Interactive public session, Thurs.
February 4, 2010 at the Inn on Laurel
Point, Victoria. BC.
> Regional growth strategy bylaw includes
keeping urban settlement compact, protecting
the integrity of rural communities,
protecting regional green and blue space,
managing natural resources and the
environment sustainably, building complete
communities, improving housing
affordability, increasing transportation
choice, strengthening the regional economy.
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Detailed Sub-Strategies
are available in PDF format: Travel
Choices Transportation Strategy, Regional
Housing Affordability Strategy, Economic
Development Strategy.
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MORE INFO.
HST
SEMINAR
Learn about how the
new 12% HST tax will work for business.
Free seminar on Tues. March 9, 12 noon,
Village Food Markets lunchroom.
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