Install
We at the Sooke News Mirror are proud to present to you, Sooke News. We are your local community resource for events happening in Sooke BC.
- 144articles · 30d
- 16+ hour agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
- 94%with images
- 306avg words
- News 35
- Sensitive Subjects 29
- Disaster, Accident & Emergency Incident 27
- Crime & Law 21
- Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Media 20
- Sports & Fitness 19
- Politics 18
- Sports 18
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
5 former B.C. Conservative MLAs to form new party, leadership vote to be held
1+ week, 2+ day ago (921+ words) Published 7:18 am Friday, September 4, 2026 Five former B.C. Conservatives are banding together to form a new party ahead of the fall legislative session. Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird, Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman and Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus announced Friday…...
Defections continue as Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA McInnis quits B.C. Conservatives
1+ week, 4+ day ago (561+ words) Published 1:12 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Scott McInnis is quitting the B.C. Conservative caucus, becoming the second MLA to leave on Wednesday and the ninth to go in less than a month as dissatisfaction with party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay grows....
B.C. Conservative Leader Findlay names former MLA as new chief of staff
1+ week, 4+ day ago (82+ words) Published 12:58 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 B.C. Conservatives Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has a new chief of staff after Chris Delaney resigned from the role. Findlay announced Thursday (Sept. 2) that Delaney had offered his resignation and she has accepted. Reann Gasper, former Abbotsford-Mission MLA,…...
B.C. NDP preparing for fall session, doesn't rule out snap election: Eby
1+ week, 5+ day ago (297+ words) Published 4:32 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Premier David Eby is refusing to rule out calling a snap election amid the exodus of MLAs from the B.C. Conservative caucus. “We’re preparing for the fall session … I understand that the Conservatives are in significant chaos,…...
Evacuation orders, alerts downgraded for Cariboo's Big Bar Complex wildfire
1+ week, 6+ day ago (245+ words) Published 7:17 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 By Jen Zielinski/Black Press Evacuation orders and alerts are being downgraded to all clear for areas affected by the Pear Lake wildfire. At 4 p.m. Monday (Aug.31), the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) rescinded evacuation orders and alerts…...
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA??'a:l??ya Warbus latest to quit Findlay's B.C. Conservatives
1+ week, 6+ day ago (463+ words) Published 9:22 am Monday, August 31, 2026 Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus announced Monday morning she is leaving the B.C. Conservative caucus, posting a scathing letter to social media detailing why she won’t work with new Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. The final…...
Ottawa and B.C. putting up $106.5M to help recover salmon stocks
3+ week, 3+ day ago (205+ words) Published 3:55 pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 B.C. is teaming up with the federal government to provide $106.5 million over the next five years to aid in the conservation of wild Pacific salmon and boost the local fishing industry. Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announced…...
Potential for aggressive behaviour at Brunswick Complex fire in Fraser Canyon
3+ week, 4+ day ago (610+ words) Published 8:42 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UPDATE Aug. 19 8:35 p.m. Warmer and drier weather conditions anticipated over the next few days will result in increased activity across the Brunswick Complex that remains out of control, says BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). In the latest update…...