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Fentanyl death laced with regret: When you don’t get to say I love you

Sooke PocketNews Posted on December 23, 2018 by Britt SantowskiDecember 21, 2018

–by Britt Santowski [SPN], all photos from Doug Brown; pictured is his deceased son, Talon Darion Brown. This article is being re-published at the request of Doug Brown. In an update to SPN, Brown noted “I recently found out that … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski, fentanyl, naloxone

Strong advocacy and willing practitioners put Sooke at the front of the healthcare crisis line

Sooke PocketNews Posted on September 7, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 7, 2018

–by Britt Santowski [SPN] More doctors, more health practitioners, and a team-based healthcare approach is coming to Sooke—all in short order, promises Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Health. If it comes to pass as envisioned, this should significantly reduce the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski, healthcare in Sooke

Fentanyl death laced with regret: When you don’t get to say I love you

Sooke PocketNews Posted on September 4, 2018 by Britt SantowskiDecember 26, 2018

–by Britt Santowski [SPN], all photos from Doug Brown The last time he saw his son alive, they were having an argument. It was a typical fight, like all the others they’ve ever had before. Dad laid down the law … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski, fentanyl

Sooke firefighter Josh Schmidt tells of fighting fires near Vanderhoof

Sooke PocketNews Posted on August 31, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018

–by Britt Santowski, SPN Sooke firefighter Josh Schmidt was among the crew on a Metchosin engine sent to the Vanderhoof vicinity for a 10-day shift in August this summer. This was Schmidt’s second fight against forest fires this year, as he was … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski

Opinion: If people won’t pay for hyperlocal news, it will disappear

Sooke PocketNews Posted on August 27, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018
By Lee Bey from Chicago, U.S. of A - Newsman, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4533623

Sooke PocketNews recently covered Canada Post’s ceasing parcel delivery service to the East Sooke general store. People who left comments on the article were outraged and frustrated that Canada Post would not pay a fairer fee for service (note, SPN … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Britt Santowski

Gallery: Canada Day 2018

Sooke PocketNews Posted on July 1, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018

Some of the faces celebrating Canada Day at the Sooke River Campground. All photos by Britt Santowski, SPN. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs | Tagged Britt Santowski

Woot! SPN readers have accessed articles over 4 million times!

Sooke PocketNews Posted on May 8, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018

Apparently, Sooke PocketNews crossed this very significant milestone yesterday, clocking our 4,000,000 article read! Yeah, we’re pretty proud, 4 million article reads from a community of 13,001 is pretty freaking awesome. What exactly are our article-read stats, you ask? Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski

Do-or-Die Fundraiser campaign update: SPN’s new mandate is DO!

Sooke PocketNews Posted on March 27, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018

The Sooke PocketNews Do-or-Die fundraiser has achieved it’s $10,000 target. The mandate is now a definitive DO! “It was a hold-your-breath month for me,” gasped Britt Santowski, SPN founder and publisher, drawing her first breath in three weeks, “But we … Continue reading →

Posted in Breaking | Tagged Britt Santowski

Opinion: After a 10 year pay freeze, an increase for municipal politicians is long overdue

Sooke PocketNews Posted on January 22, 2018 by Britt SantowskiJanuary 29, 2019

–Britt Santowski Sooke politicians get extremely low pay, and their remuneration has been frozen for a decade. The current elected body had an opportunity to talk about this, but because of a debate-killing motion (met by general spinelessness in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 2018 municipal election, Britt Santowski, January 15 2018, remuneration

How property taxes are calculated

Sooke PocketNews Posted on January 5, 2018 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 2, 2018
Pixabay image by Alexander Stein licensed CC0 from https://pixabay.com/en/home-money-euro-coin-coins-167734/

–Britt Santowski, SPN Wanna do some math? As announced on January 2 on SPN, property values from BC Assessment have been mailed out. In most cases, property tax values are up. In Sooke, property values are up an average of 17%; … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Britt Santowski, property taxes

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