Tim Collins

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Jillian Lanthier is appealing to the community through a GoFundMe page to raise the funds to leave B.C. for medical care for her son. This photo, from the GoFundMe page shows the single mother and her family. (GoFundMe Photo)

Sooke mom launches GoFundMe campaign to get medical treatment for son

Single mother has two children facing medical challenges

Jillian Lanthier is appealing to the community through a GoFundMe page to raise the funds to leave B.C. for medical care for her son. This photo, from the GoFundMe page shows the single mother and her family. (GoFundMe Photo)
Test reveals fentanyl creep into south Island heroin supply

Test reveals fentanyl creep into south Island heroin supply

Fentanyl made up 20 per cent of sample recently analyzed in Sooke

Test reveals fentanyl creep into south Island heroin supply
Putting some real teeth into the kindness of strangers

Putting some real teeth into the kindness of strangers

Otter Point Dental donation fills cavity left by toothless government policy

Putting some real teeth into the kindness of strangers
Sooke RCMP have released this sketch of the suspect alleged to be involved in the sexual assault. (Contributed)

Sooke Mounties still searching for suspect weeks after sexual assault

RCMP have been unable to identify any suspects

Sooke RCMP have released this sketch of the suspect alleged to be involved in the sexual assault. (Contributed)
An RCMP badge was stolen from an off-duty RCMP officer, out for a hike at Sombrio Beach. (file photo)

Police badge stolen from off-duty officer’s car near Port Renfrew

Officer was not from the Sooke detachment

An RCMP badge was stolen from an off-duty RCMP officer, out for a hike at Sombrio Beach. (file photo)
EMCS principal, Laura Fulton, is responsible for the safety of students at the Sooke’s high school. (Dawn Gibson/Sooke News Mirror)

RCMP issue appeal for real information regarding school lockdown

Online posts only frustrate the investigation

EMCS principal, Laura Fulton, is responsible for the safety of students at the Sooke’s high school. (Dawn Gibson/Sooke News Mirror)
The lockdown at Edward Milne Community School has been lifted. (file photo)

Sooke school lockdown lifted after RCMP arrest suspect

RCMP say one suspect in custody after reports of planned major incident

The lockdown at Edward Milne Community School has been lifted. (file photo)
Chopping skills are much harder than they look, according to Darren Dean, owner of West Coast Lumberjack Shows. (contributed)

Sooke getting lumberjacks back, and that’s okay

Logger sports making a return 16 years after the demise of iconic All Sooke Day show

Chopping skills are much harder than they look, according to Darren Dean, owner of West Coast Lumberjack Shows. (contributed)
This property at 5179 East Sooke Road recently set a record when it sold for $6.5 million. (Sotheby’s)

Sale of luxury Vancouver Island oceanfront property sets record

Sale of East Sooke 5,672-square-foot home is the second highest in history of Sooke Region

This property at 5179 East Sooke Road recently set a record when it sold for $6.5 million. (Sotheby’s)
This killer whale seems to be posing for the camera. A group of about 40 whales were spotted in the waters near Race Rocks on Monday. (Paul Pudwell/Sooke Whale Watching)

60 whales spotted feasting together in Juan Fuca Strait

About 20 humpbacks and 40 orcas seen feeding and frolicking at Race Rocks

This killer whale seems to be posing for the camera. A group of about 40 whales were spotted in the waters near Race Rocks on Monday. (Paul Pudwell/Sooke Whale Watching)
Cindy Larson and son Issac got their own reflective stickers on Monday from RCMP Staff Sgt. Brett Stinden, Const. Sam Haldane, second from left, and ICBC road safety coordinator Colleen Woodger. The stickers are part of ICBC’s road safety initiative. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)

Pedestrian injuries spike this time of year

Visibility key to road safety, say ICBC and police

Cindy Larson and son Issac got their own reflective stickers on Monday from RCMP Staff Sgt. Brett Stinden, Const. Sam Haldane, second from left, and ICBC road safety coordinator Colleen Woodger. The stickers are part of ICBC’s road safety initiative. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)
One Sheringham Point lighthouse keeper seems to have stayed on, even after death. (file photo)

Hauntings characterize Vancouver Island’s treacherous south coast

Halloween stories of a ghost ship and a haunted lighthouse

One Sheringham Point lighthouse keeper seems to have stayed on, even after death. (file photo)
The Tillicum travelled around the world, but accounts of the journey were not true – until now. (File)

Twisted nautical tale set right by Vancouver Island author

The story of the Tillicum has been wrong for a century

The Tillicum travelled around the world, but accounts of the journey were not true – until now. (File)
B.|C>. Hydro crews work to maintain lines in heavily wooded areas. (Contributed)

Power outages will hit as storm season arrives

Personal preparedness is key to dealing with loss of power, says B.C. Hydro

B.|C>. Hydro crews work to maintain lines in heavily wooded areas. (Contributed)
Bill Pedneault examines the fish that will help to produce salmon fry for next spring’s release of salmon. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)

Salmon counts may indicate future fishing closures

Total numbers of chinook continue to be in decline, says DFO

Bill Pedneault examines the fish that will help to produce salmon fry for next spring’s release of salmon. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)
Let’s face it. Clowns are always scary. Everyone knows that. (File)

COLUMN: Halloween shouldn’t be a purity test

We don’t need to turn zombies into zucchinis, this holiday is a time of pretending and fun

Let’s face it. Clowns are always scary. Everyone knows that. (File)
Car break-ins were common before Park Watch founded in 2001. The organization said it eliminated break-ins whenever its staff was on duty. (File)

Guardians leaving parks on Vancouver Island’s south coast for good

Juan de Fuca Park Watch folds due, in part, to people not carrying cash any more

Car break-ins were common before Park Watch founded in 2001. The organization said it eliminated break-ins whenever its staff was on duty. (File)
Chief Planes was on hand to open his First Nation’s first commercial operation on land the T’Souke was ceded through an Incremental Treaty Agreement with the B.C. Government. (File)

T’Souke First Nation wants a return to environmental wisdom

A return to a traditional world view is critical to many issues

Chief Planes was on hand to open his First Nation’s first commercial operation on land the T’Souke was ceded through an Incremental Treaty Agreement with the B.C. Government. (File)
A composite sketch of the suspect in the alleged assault Sept. 29. (Sooke RCMP)

RCMP release sketch of Sooke sexual assault suspect, appeal for information

Anyone with information about late September incident should call police

A composite sketch of the suspect in the alleged assault Sept. 29. (Sooke RCMP)
Randall Garrison (left) engages Nathan Cullen in a discussion about the upcoming federal election. (Tim Collins / Sooke News Mirror)

Island NDP discuss push back against Singh’s ethnic background

‘The country isn’t a 60-year-old straight white guy and its disturbing that some haven’t realized it’

Randall Garrison (left) engages Nathan Cullen in a discussion about the upcoming federal election. (Tim Collins / Sooke News Mirror)