A suspect has been arrested after a youth was stabbed on a wooded trail near the end of Throup Road in Sooke Thursday afternoon. Sooke RCMP were called to the scene of the stabbing at about 3:30 p.m.
SOOKE, B.C. The Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria is calling out Sooke’s mayor and council for what it says is a disgraceful move: giving themselves a 5 per cent pay increase during a pandemic. “Shame on them,” said John Treleaven, chair of the Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria. The municipality’s mayor and council voted in favour of the raise Wednesday night. “I think it’s quite disgraceful at this time, when the pandemic is still taking down businesses and creating unheard of levels of unemployment across the country,” said Treleaven. Two years ago, Sooke council gave itself a 50 per cent raise after a 10-year salary freeze. That was to allow it to catch up with other municipalities of similar size.