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Winter-Spring 2010 -
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MapleLine Magazine has a new home at
the MapleLine Business Centre, 6707 West Coast Road, Sooke.
Try our meeting space for your next group meeting!
The Health & Wellness issue
is popular.
Health is a hot topic for today's
modern readers. Features articles in our
Winter-Spring issue include
heart
health,
grocery stores in Sooke,
health issues
in 2010 (by John Horgan, MLA),
reflection in relationships,
21st-century parenting,
Sooke Consciousness Cafe, and more.
Online exclusive: understanding
health policy in Canada.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
These and other events are
posted on our 'breaking
news' page. |
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Thurs. Mar. 4 |
SOOKE CONSCIOUSNESS
CAFE
Open Forum
Discussion about topics of interest to the
attendees. At the Reading Room Cafe. 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
$2 meeting space donation.
Info.
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Stories |
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Fri. Mar. 5 |
SEAPARC LEISURE
COMPLEX
Free Swim
Coast Capital free swim. Everyone welcome. SEAPARC,
2168 Phillips Rd., Sooke. 5:00 to
7:30 pm.
Info. |
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Sat. Mar. 6 |
WOMEN'S WELLNESS SHOW
Women's Evening Event
Evening
of relaxation and wellness. Samples, presentations,
displays. at Sooke Family Resource Centre, 2145
Townsend Road, Sooke. 5:00 to 8:00 pm. $12. Info:
250-642-5152 |
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Sun. Mar. 7
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JAPANESE MINI TRUCK &
CAR SHOW
Truck & Car Show
Anyone
with a mini Japanese car or truck can participate.
In the parking lot at Sooke Centre Mall, 6661 Sooke
Road. 8 am to 10 am.
Info. |
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Tues. Mar.9 |
DISTRICT OF SOOKE
Sign Bylaw Review Committee
Public
welcome to present signage issues. Regular meeting
of the sign bylaw committee.
Sooke Municipal Hall. 7 pm. |
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Wed. Mar.17 |
AWARENESS FILM NIGHT
& SOOKE FOOD CHI
Gardening & Farming Gala
"Dirt! The Movie". Booths from local farms and
gardening groups. Child-friendly event.
Refreshments. 7 pm. Edward Milne Community
School, 6218 Sooke Rd. Admission by donation. |
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Sun. Mar.21 |
DISTRICT
OF SOOKE
Volunteer Recognition Awards
Ceremony open to the public. At Sooke
Community Hall.
Now Mar. 21.
Previously advertised as Mar.7. Details tba.
Info. |
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Sun. Mar.28 |
THE WELL
FOUNDATION
Symposium
Awakening the Dreamer/Changing the
Dream - being part of the solution for environmental
sustainability, social justice and spiritual
fulfillment. 10 am to 4:30 pm, Clubhouse of
the Meadows, 10520 McDonald Park Rd., Sidney. $20
includes refreshments.
Info &
Registration. |
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BEYOND SOOKE |
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Largest TV audience.
CTV-TV reported on March 1, 2010 that
22 million people -- about two-thirds of the
Canadian population -- were watching when
Sidney
Crosby scored in overtime in the Canada-USA hockey
game on the last night of the 2010 Winter Olympics
in Vancouver. It is now deemed the most-watched
television broadcast in Canadian history. Nearly
half of all Internet users in Canada visited CTVOlympics.ca . See:
2010
Olympics Media Stats |
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INSIGHT: Read the
details |
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NEWS from
MapleLine |
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Olympic fever!
Sooke was a hit at the OZone, says
Mayor Janet Evans.
Story.
How
the Olympics changed Canada.
Commentary. |
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Words alive! Sooke Literary Association (SLA)
takes up regional tourism. Sooke Literacy
Project delivers financial training.
Stories |
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Sooke Harbour to East Sooke by boat.
Story |
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SOOKE IN PICTURES |
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Early Sunday morning.
At Jock's Dock in Sooke (Feb.21/10).
Copyright 2010 MapleLine Magazine.
Local education
news |
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Top marks for local university
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Royal
Roads University, located 20 minutes
from Sooke town centre at 2005 Sooke Road,
"delivers the highest level of academic
challenge" and "the most active and
collaborative learning environment" among 57
Canadian universities that participated in a
national student survey published in the
Feb.22 edition of Maclean's Magazine.
HST
SEMINAR
Learn how the
new 12% HST tax will work for business.
Seminar on Tues. March 9, 12 noon, by
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA),
at Village Food Markets lunchroom. Call the
Sooke Region Chamber
of Commerce by noon on Mar. 8 to book the $12 lunch.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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of the SUMMER 2010
"Environment: Inside & Out" issue -
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