2005

Fish returns at Georgia Basin salmon spawning streams have been abysmal and fish traps in View Royal that once netted 250 to 300 fish have netted just two coho and one chum this year. A volunteer with the Goldstream Hatchery says if the rate continues for two or three years in a row, the run will essentially be gone B次元官网网址� and if it wasnB次元官网网址檛 for the efforts of the hatchery it would already be gone.

Also making news the week of Dec. 4, 2005:

It may not be the prettiest stretch of pavement in the West Shore, but Colwood residents may soon find themselves slowing down to take a better look at the gravel pit on Metchosin Road. Colwood council votes in favour of reducing the speed limit there from 60 km/h to 50 km/hour.

And, Royal Roads University is going to great lengths in long distance learning with a new agreement with China. The Colwood-based university signs an agreement with two overseas schools, a deal that will see undergraduate students from China complete the first two years of their program there and attend RRU for the final two years. It marks the first time a western university has embarked on such a venture, says Royal Roads president Rick Skinner.

1995

A student at Pearson College receives a rude awakening early one morning when a tree crashed into the side of her dorm building. Angus Matthews, the collegeB次元官网网址檚 director of development, said it ripped away the emergency exit which was built into the structure, ripping boards out that were approximately a metre from the studentB次元官网网址檚 head. No one was hurt, but the fallen trees cause $10,000 in damage.

Also making news the week of Dec. 4, 1995:

Figures released by the Education Ministry show students will suffer if school districts are amalgamated, Sooke superintendent Leo Chaland says at a board meeting. B次元官网网址淢ost people think itB次元官网网址檚 unloading the big boys like me,B次元官网网址� he says. B次元官网网址淚n fact, itB次元官网网址檚 taking money from things like special education.B次元官网网址�

And, new computers will cost the City of Colwood upwards of $100,000. City hall, the fire department and the public works yard will have their IT systems overhauled, to the tune of $115,853. The city will get 21 new computers, all linked through a network used by city staffers.

1985

Rick and Ann Smith and their two-year-old son Wesley can do nothing but stand and watch as their home on Sooke Road burns to the ground in less than 15 minutes. Rick had been using a blow torch in an attempt to unfreeze water pipes in the basement when the flames caught the plumbing and raced between the walls.

Also making news the week of Dec. 4, 1985:

The on-again, off-again compensation issue for an East Sooke woman who lost 11 prize sheep to a pack of dogs might now be headed to court. In a vote that Capital Regional District board chairman Howard Sturrock calls undemocratic, four electoral area directors reverse their own committee decision and opt to pay Marilyn Young only $978 in compensation rather than the $4,600 they previously agreed on.

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