Belmont secondary

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP and NDP agriculture critic Alistair MacGregor speaks at a town hall meeting about supply management in the Canadian agriculture industry at the Cobble Hill Hall (File photo)

MP Alistair MacGregor hosts a clean energy town hall in Belmont Secondary

The free March 13 drop-in event and Facebook livestream runs 6 to 8 p.m.

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP and NDP agriculture critic Alistair MacGregor speaks at a town hall meeting about supply management in the Canadian agriculture industry at the Cobble Hill Hall (File photo)
Langford resident Rob Edwards shares a musical connection with Led Zeppelin that dates back to 1970. Rick Stiebel/News staff

Langford musician shares legendary link

Retired music teacher played in 1970s rock band Troyka

  • Nov 25, 2018
Langford resident Rob Edwards shares a musical connection with Led Zeppelin that dates back to 1970. Rick Stiebel/News staff
Raven Dancer, a 37-foot-long cedar Coast Salish canoe, retired from the water in 2014. The canoe now sits in Belmont Secondary School’s community garden and is a gift to the school from Hulitan Family and Community Services. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

From ocean to garden, Coast Salish canoe will continue to teach at a Langford high school

Raven Dancer made a final journey to Belmont Secondary School’s community garden

Raven Dancer, a 37-foot-long cedar Coast Salish canoe, retired from the water in 2014. The canoe now sits in Belmont Secondary School’s community garden and is a gift to the school from Hulitan Family and Community Services. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
Belmont Secondary’s class of ‘68 is having their first high school reunion at Royal Colwood Golf Club, the same place they had their graduation celebration 50 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Linda Boon (Kenyon))

Belmont Secondary’s class of ‘68 to have first high school reunion

The reunion is being held where they had their high school graduation celebration 50 years ago

Belmont Secondary’s class of ‘68 is having their first high school reunion at Royal Colwood Golf Club, the same place they had their graduation celebration 50 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Linda Boon (Kenyon))
Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)

Belmont Secondary fire alarm pulled after gas smelled in school

The fire department determined the gas was coming from a sewage pipe as a result of renovations

Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)
Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)

Belmont Secondary fire alarm pulled after gas smelled in school

The fire department determined the gas was coming from a sewage pipe as a result of renovations

Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)
Former Grade 10 Belmont student, Dorrian Wright, passed away Sunday. His best friend wants him to be remembered as an energetic, fun-loving person who would help anybody who needed it. (Photo courtesy of Kurtis Newell)

Belmont student who died of suspected overdose remembered as reliable and funny

Teen’s best friend said Dorrian Wright was not a drug addict

Former Grade 10 Belmont student, Dorrian Wright, passed away Sunday. His best friend wants him to be remembered as an energetic, fun-loving person who would help anybody who needed it. (Photo courtesy of Kurtis Newell)
A Belmont Secondary school student has died of a suspected drug overdose, said the Sooke School District. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)

UPDATED: Grade 10 Belmont student dies from suspected overdose

Sooke School District asks parents, guardians to speak with their children about drugs and alcohol

A Belmont Secondary school student has died of a suspected drug overdose, said the Sooke School District. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)
Belmont Secondary students Dylon Wilson (left to right), Gabby Lindsay-Dickson, Eleric Woodward, Austin Turner, Tia Cable, and Zack Fischer show off the green and yellow ribbons they made to support victims of the Humboldt Broncos crash. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)

Belmont students raising money for Humboldt Broncos families

Class selling green and yellow ribbons by donation

Belmont Secondary students Dylon Wilson (left to right), Gabby Lindsay-Dickson, Eleric Woodward, Austin Turner, Tia Cable, and Zack Fischer show off the green and yellow ribbons they made to support victims of the Humboldt Broncos crash. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)
Belmont athlete Gracie May will attend the U19 FIVB World Championship Tournament in Toronto this year. The winners will go on to represent Canada at the world championships in China. (Contributed photo)

Beach volleyball a personal game for Belmont athlete

Local sponsors pave the way for Gracie May

Belmont athlete Gracie May will attend the U19 FIVB World Championship Tournament in Toronto this year. The winners will go on to represent Canada at the world championships in China. (Contributed photo)
Trudy Court, library assistant at Belmont Secondary school, shows off the Victory Medal. The medal was found by a Sooke resident years ago and now Court hopes to find the owner of the long-lost World War One medal. (Kendra Wong /News Gazette staff)

Belmont High School seeks owner of long-lost medal

Victory medal belongs to a Pt. G.A. Doty who served in WWI

Trudy Court, library assistant at Belmont Secondary school, shows off the Victory Medal. The medal was found by a Sooke resident years ago and now Court hopes to find the owner of the long-lost World War One medal. (Kendra Wong /News Gazette staff)
Grade 12 Belmont Secondary student Benjamin Clarke is one of 32 Canadians who have been selected to take part in the RCMP Youth Engagement Week Nov. 6 to 10 in Regina. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)

Langford teen to experience life as RCMP officer

Benjamin Clarke will take part in youth engagement week Nov. 6 to 10

Grade 12 Belmont Secondary student Benjamin Clarke is one of 32 Canadians who have been selected to take part in the RCMP Youth Engagement Week Nov. 6 to 10 in Regina. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)
Belmont students help runner in distress

Belmont students help runner in distress

Sacha Watson-Deegan and Wilma Heitmann received a DNF for the race

Belmont students help runner in distress
Gracie May attacks the ball while Jocelyn Sherman attempts to block her, the two local squads went head-to-head in a semi-final match at the B.C. Beach Championships earlier this month. (Photo contributed)

Belmont girls net two out of three medals on the beach

Calibre of players bodes well for the future

  • Sep 4, 2017
Gracie May attacks the ball while Jocelyn Sherman attempts to block her, the two local squads went head-to-head in a semi-final match at the B.C. Beach Championships earlier this month. (Photo contributed)