Sooke woman captures Photographer of the Year title in international competition - Sooke News Mirror

Sooke photographer Pascale Isabelle Navarro has brought home an impressive collection of awards, including the title of 2026 Photographer of the Year. Navarro, who teaches photography through her business, Foto Rando, entered the Exposure One Awards, an internationally recognized, specialized competition for black and white photography.

Residents, health professionals and community organizations gathered Saturday to reflect on a decade of health and wellness work in the Sooke region and identify priorities for the years ahead. The Sooke Region Communities Health Network hosted its health summit on Sept. 26 at Sooke Community Hall, 10 years after the first summit, which was held in May 2016.

A new vision for regional health care in Sooke is taking shape as T’Sou-ke Nation moves forward with a business case for a potential health care campus on Nation land. The proposed Campus of Care, Learning and Innovation Hub would explore bringing together primary and allied health care, education, research, traditional healing, virtual care and emergency planning under a Nation-led regional model.

People in Sooke are one step closer to a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC), thanks to an innovative partnership between the District of Sooke, Catalyst Community Development, Island Health and BC Housing’s BC Builds program Patients can expect urgent access to primary care services from a team including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals

A graveyard shift in a Toronto factory pushed him into the classroom. Now, 22 years into his education career, Mike Manhas wants a seat at the decision-making table. Seeking election as a School District No. 62 trustee, Manhas wants to address ‘staff burnout, a lack of educational assistants, and a growing disconnect between the board and the classroom’.