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Sooke News Mirror API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Sooke News Mirror publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 325 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

New ZealandEnglish#6,379 by volume

Four ways to pull sookenewsmirror.com

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from sookenewsmirror.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=sookenewsmirror.com&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=sookenewsmirror.com&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=sookenewsmirror.com&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=sookenewsmirror.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

What this outlet covers, by share of its recent output:

crime 30%health 20%sport 20%

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Sooke News Mirror headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=sookenewsmirror.com&size=5"
325
articles indexed
325
in the last 30 days
28
median per day
1
languages
29 min
median crawl lag
25.08 → 07.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 14 days. The busiest hour is 12:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-08-25: 28 articles2026-08-26: 32 articles2026-08-27: 28 articles2026-08-28: 35 articles2026-08-29: 17 articles2026-08-30: 6 articles2026-08-31: 25 articles2026-09-01: 28 articles2026-09-02: 39 articles2026-09-03: 37 articles2026-09-04: 22 articles2026-09-05: 19 articles2026-09-06: 8 articles2026-09-07: 1 articles08-2508-2708-2908-3109-0209-0409-0609-07
bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=sookenewsmirror.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Sooke News Mirror actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 325 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 140001: 50102: 50203: 30304: 10405: 80506: 10607: 60708: 30809: 80910: 111011: 221112: 331213: 81314: 111415: 131516: 221617: 321718: 231819: 221920: 182021: 152122: 282223: 1323
Mon: 26MonTue: 56TueWed: 71WedThu: 65ThuFri: 57FriSat: 36SatSun: 14Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 30% of their articles.

SectionArticles
crime97
health97
sport97

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish325100.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Sooke News Mirror articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

PHOTOS: Victoria Classic Boat Festival celebrates B.C.’s maritime history
2026-09-07 00:20 UTC
Dozens of classic boats, from dinghies to wooden cruisers, joined Victoria’s 47th festival
Stand-up comedian return to Victoria after finding humour in life’s setbacks
2026-09-06 21:00 UTC
Shawn Hitchins is returning to the stage exploring themes of love, loss and the human experience
Greater Victoria residents invited to support annual Thanksgiving food drive
2026-09-06 19:00 UTC
The BC Thanksgiving Food Drive operates in more than 86 communities across the province
2 injured in single-vehicle highway crash near Parksville
2026-09-06 17:54 UTC
Northbound lane closed
LETTER: Who can stomach an Americano?
2026-09-06 17:30 UTC
Send your letter to the editor to [email protected]
More than 45 local artists set to headline Saanich Peninsula studio tour
2026-09-06 12:30 UTC
The free, self-guided event spans from Central Saanich to North Saanich on Oct. 3 and 4.
VIJHL: Storm, Bombers earn wins in season openers
2026-09-06 07:03 UTC
Alberni defeats Oceanside 5-2
‘The comeback was on’: Young Oak Bay golfer shoots sizzling 66 to win national title
2026-09-05 21:35 UTC
Liam Chang posted a two-day total of 139 to claim his age groups national title by four strokes
‘I’ll never stop shooting’: Former UVic star returns to the hardwood in Brazil
2026-09-05 19:00 UTC
Diego Maffia made his debut with Esporte Clube Pinheiros on Aug. 27
B.C. police watchdog investigating RCMP-involved shooting near Salmo
2026-09-05 17:52 UTC
A man was seriously injured during the execution of a search warrant
Educator targets staff shortages and mental health in Sooke trustee bid
2026-09-05 17:30 UTC
Local teacher Mike Manhas seeks seat on SD62 school board
Sobriety one day at a time for Campbell River peer support advocate
2026-09-05 17:00 UTC
Over the past five years in Campbell River, Jennifer Joseph says that she had to use Naloxone 27 times on others.
Vancouver Island wildlife rescue warns of hazard birds face when migrating
2026-09-05 16:30 UTC
In Canada, it is estimated that 16 to 42 million migratory birds are killed annually from collisions with windows
Duncan’s HoneyBee Lane offers up close bee experience
2026-09-05 12:30 UTC
Honey for every season, 2 types of bee tours until September
QUIZ: A tasty celebration of food
2026-09-05 11:30 UTC
Canada has a rich and delicious food culture
Cougars, Bucs And Wolves take VIJHL openers
2026-09-05 05:44 UTC
Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League scores for Friday, Sept. 4, 2026: Victoria 6 Saanich 5 (OT) Second star Dalton Toma’s second goal and third point of the night at 5:
B.C. Lions see 5-game win streak end in 37-30 loss to Montreal Alouettes
2026-09-05 02:49 UTC
Teams will clash again Sept. 12 in Vancouver

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=sookenewsmirror.com&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=sookenewsmirror.com&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Sooke News Mirror marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

0%
dates from JSON-LD
0%
articles with a byline
30%
articles with sections
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 29 min at the median, 1689 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Sooke News Mirror have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 325 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Sooke News Mirror publish per day?

28 on a median day, measured across 14 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.