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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/deep-dive-a-riding-by-riding-analysis-the-island-spine/77568</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Juan de Fuca-Malahat under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Sooke and East Sooke west on Hwy. 14 through Jordan River to Port Renfrew, with Juan de Fuca Provincial Park and the edge of Pacific Rim National Park inside the lines. Sooke Lake sits inland. Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill come in on the north end, taken from Cowichan Valley. Langford-Highlands is the neighbour on the east. Cowichan Valley is north. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is to the northwest. Washington is across the strait. Sheet scale 1:370,000. Inset A covers the north end at Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Cowichan Valley under the 2023 redistribution. Cowichan Lake, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and Caycuse sit on the west. Duncan, North Cowichan, Chemainus, Crofton and Maple Bay sit on the east, with the Cowichan River between them. Thetis Island and Penelakut Island are inside the lines. Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill sit on the Juan de Fuca-Malahat sheet, south of this line. That riding is the southern neighbour. Ladysmith-Oceanside is north. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is west. Salt Spring Island, in Saanich North and the Islands, is across the water. Sheet scale 1:305,000. Inset A covers Cowichan Bay, Cherry Point and Koksilah.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Langford-Highlands under the 2023 redistribution. The riding takes the Langford grid, Happy Valley, Luxton and Braemar Heights, and the rural Highlands north of them. Goldstream Provincial Park, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, Mount Work and Thetis Lake sit inside the lines. Finlayson Arm and the Saanich Inlet are the northwest wall. Hwy. 1, Millstream Rd. and Veterans Memorial Pkwy. cross the district. Juan de Fuca-Malahat is the neighbour on the west and the south, including Metchosin. Esquimalt-Colwood is to the east. Saanich South is to the northeast. Sheet scale 1:77,000.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Ladysmith-Oceanside under the 2023 redistribution. The riding runs from Qualicum Beach, Parksville and Nanoose Bay south through Cassidy to Ladysmith and Saltair, and takes Lasqueti Island in the Strait of Georgia. Coombs, Errington and the Englishman River sit inland. Hwy. 19 is the spine. Nanaimo-Lantzville is the neighbour on the east. Nanaimo-Gabriola Island meets it at Cedar and Yellow Point. Cowichan Valley is south. Mid Island-Pacific Rim is west. Sheet scale 1:410,000. Inset A covers the Lantzville edge. Inset B covers Ladysmith, Cassidy and Yellow Point.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Nanaimo-Gabriola Island under the 2023 redistribution. The riding takes south Nanaimo, Chase River, South Wellington, Cedar and Cinnabar Valley, and the islands to the east: Gabriola, Mudge and De Courcy. Valdes Island sits outside the line. The Nanaimo River crosses the south. Nanaimo-Lantzville is the neighbour on the north, through Departure Bay and Northfield. Ladysmith-Oceanside is west and south. Cowichan Valley is across the water to the southeast. Sheet scale 1:130,000. Inset A covers the Northfield edge. Inset B covers Yellow Point and Cedar. A third box shows the offshore extents.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Island spine. Left to right: Stephanie Higginson, NDP, Ladysmith-Oceanside; Debra Toporowski, NDP, Cowichan Valley; Dana Lajeunesse, NDP, Juan de Fuca-Malahat; Ravi Parmar, NDP, Langford-Highlands; George Anderson, NDP, Nanaimo-Lantzville. The Malahat and the Strait of Juan de Fuca behind them. Western Standard photo illustration.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/pringle-the-high-cost-of-climate-alarmism-co2-is-not-the-enemy/77700</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Carbon Capture]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T14:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/calgary-zoo-warns-visitors-about-fraudulent-ticket-websites/77627</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Calgary zoo turns invasive shrubs into giraffe snacks with NCC

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<lastmod>2026-10-11T14:00:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/wagner-pierre-trudeau-broke-our-british-roots-a-bc-premier-tried-to-stop-him/77531</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ W.A.C. Bennett and Pierre Trudeau]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T13:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/news/most-mind-boggling-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2026/77517</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Main divisions of the brain]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Black hole and a launching jet]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Health Brain vs Alzheimer's Brain w/amyloid plaques]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Cortex of the brain]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Brain, space, black hole]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T13:00:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/mason-emotion-nostalgia-and-faux-patriotism-shouldnt-decide-your-vote-on-question-10/77689</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Alberta Referendum]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T12:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/edmonton/edmonton-housing-market-sees-slow-september/77574</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Edmonton City Hall ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T12:00:00.000Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-the-unlikely-alliance-quebec-can-be-albertas-greatest-ally/77676</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Quebec Flag]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-11T11:30:00.000Z</lastmod>
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