Tim Collins

Sooke byelection results confirmed by audit

Sooke byelection results confirmed by audit

All 1,447 votes cast accounted for after audit, says chief electoral officer

Sooke byelection results confirmed by audit
RCMP, B.C. Ambulance and Juan de Fuca Ground Search and Rescue all responded to a serious motorcycle accident on Hwy 14 Sunday night. (file photo)

Motocyclist killed after plunging down embankment near Port Renfrew

Juan de Fuca Ground Search and Rescue called out to help in recovery efforts

RCMP, B.C. Ambulance and Juan de Fuca Ground Search and Rescue all responded to a serious motorcycle accident on Hwy 14 Sunday night. (file photo)
RCMP are asking for help in identifying a man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in Sooke on Sept. 29. (File)

RCMP seek suspect after woman sexually assaulted in Sooke

Sept. 29 attack took place in the SunRiver area

RCMP are asking for help in identifying a man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in Sooke on Sept. 29. (File)
Judicial review not ruled out due to civic vote irregularities in Sooke

Judicial review not ruled out due to civic vote irregularities in Sooke

Voting procedures have the potential to lead to provincial court involvement

Judicial review not ruled out due to civic vote irregularities in Sooke
Questions about voting procedures have been raised following the outcome of Sooke’s byelection. (file photo)

Questions circulate on Sooke voting irregularities

The process relies largely on the voters telling the truth, says official

Questions about voting procedures have been raised following the outcome of Sooke’s byelection. (file photo)
Vancouver Island’s bear patrol is watching your garbage

Vancouver Island’s bear patrol is watching your garbage

Leaving out unsecured garbage will get you a $230 fine

Vancouver Island’s bear patrol is watching your garbage
The Royal Canadian Legion is seeking permanent property tax relief in B.C. A similar exemption was recently passed in Ontario. (Contributed)

Royal Canadian Legion seeks permanent property tax relief

“Land-rich, cash-poor” branches face a patchwork of tax situations

The Royal Canadian Legion is seeking permanent property tax relief in B.C. A similar exemption was recently passed in Ontario. (Contributed)
Sooke Mayor, Maja Tait has been acclaimed as the president of the UBCM. (File)

Vancouver Island mayor chosen to head Union of BC Municipalities

Sooke Mayor Maja Tait touts organization as a forum to tackle common challenges

Sooke Mayor, Maja Tait has been acclaimed as the president of the UBCM. (File)
A billboard-size highway sign that highlights the province’s rich Mi’kmaq heritage stands along the Trans-Canada Highway near Amherst, N.S. on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

OPINION: The smoke and mirrors of indigenous acknowledgments

We want action, we get nothing more than box-ticking

A billboard-size highway sign that highlights the province’s rich Mi’kmaq heritage stands along the Trans-Canada Highway near Amherst, N.S. on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Shawn Driver, right, and Matt Blasco work on the final engine tweaks prior to their trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)

Wet conditions put the brakes on Vancouver Islander’s speed record bid

Sooke car enthusiast Sean Driver heading back to Bonneville in October

Shawn Driver, right, and Matt Blasco work on the final engine tweaks prior to their trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)
RCMP have won the right to unionize and that could bring a more equitable wage for officers. (file photo)

Unionized RCMP spells increased costs for municipalities

Communities ponder the possibility of higher policing costs as a result

RCMP have won the right to unionize and that could bring a more equitable wage for officers. (file photo)
Darrel McLeod will be in Sooke to read from his award-winning memoir. He will also host a memoir writing workshop. (File)

Award-winning Vancouver Island author comes home

Darrel McLeod will give a reading and host a workshop in Sooke

Darrel McLeod will be in Sooke to read from his award-winning memoir. He will also host a memoir writing workshop. (File)
COLUMN: We shouldn’t need a program to speak to our elders

COLUMN: We shouldn’t need a program to speak to our elders

Society has forgotten the value of speaking to those who have lived through adversity

COLUMN: We shouldn’t need a program to speak to our elders
Shawn Driver, right, and Matt Blasco work on the final engine tweaks prior to thier trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)

Sooke’s Shawn Driver likes going fast, really fast

Driver putting pedal to the metal for his third trip to Bonneville Salt Flats raceway

Shawn Driver, right, and Matt Blasco work on the final engine tweaks prior to thier trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)
COLUMN: Language police are annoying but necessary

COLUMN: Language police are annoying but necessary

The English language is suffering a decline

COLUMN: Language police are annoying but necessary
The reticence of some residents to evacuate a building that was involved in a fire incident put both themselves and firefighters at risk. (file photo)

‘Stubborn residents’ put firefighters at risk in Sooke house fire

Refusing to evacuate both foolish and dangerous, says fire chief

The reticence of some residents to evacuate a building that was involved in a fire incident put both themselves and firefighters at risk. (file photo)
The Sooke Potholes Regional Park is a favourite destination for visitors and locals. (TJ Watt photo)

CRD holding off repairing Sooke Potholes viewing area after winter landslide

Area likely to experience continued failure of slope, officials say

The Sooke Potholes Regional Park is a favourite destination for visitors and locals. (TJ Watt photo)
A conservation officer says a cougar spotted in Sooke was behaving “pretty much like a cougar is supposed to act.” (File)

Numerous cougar sightings confirmed in Sooke, but no need to panic: official

Conservation officers say behaviour is normal

A conservation officer says a cougar spotted in Sooke was behaving “pretty much like a cougar is supposed to act.” (File)
Ian Maxwell scoffs at the idea that he’s a ‘self-made’ man. He credits the thousands of people who have contributed to his success. (File)

Passion for the harbour fuels Victoria waterfront entrepreneur

Purchase of Esquimalt Drydock is the latest example of what drives Ian Maxwell

Ian Maxwell scoffs at the idea that he’s a ‘self-made’ man. He credits the thousands of people who have contributed to his success. (File)
A serious collision sent a Port Renfrew man to the hospital when the motorcycle he was riding was hit head-on by a van. (File)
A serious collision sent a Port Renfrew man to the hospital when the motorcycle he was riding was hit head-on by a van. (File)