diff --git a/src/components/Mixins/BVToastMixin.js b/src/components/Mixins/BVToastMixin.js
index c8b58da..0d9fff5 100644
--- a/src/components/Mixins/BVToastMixin.js
+++ b/src/components/Mixins/BVToastMixin.js
@@ -1,58 +1,86 @@
+import { h } from 'vue';
 import StatusIcon from '../Global/StatusIcon';
 import i18n from '@/i18n';
-
 const BVToastMixin = {
   components: {
     StatusIcon,
   },
   methods: {
     $_BVToastMixin_createTitle(title, status) {
-      const statusIcon = this.$createElement('StatusIcon', {
-        props: { status },
-      });
-      const titleWithIcon = this.$createElement(
-        'strong',
-        { class: 'toast-icon' },
-        [statusIcon, title],
-      );
-      return titleWithIcon;
+      const statusIcon = h(StatusIcon, { status });
+      return h('strong', { class: 'toast-icon' }, [statusIcon, title]);
     },
     $_BVToastMixin_createBody(messageBody) {
       if (Array.isArray(messageBody)) {
-        return messageBody.map((message) =>
-          this.$createElement('p', { class: 'mb-0' }, message),
-        );
+        return messageBody.map((message) => h('p', { class: 'mb-0' }, message));
       } else {
-        return [this.$createElement('p', { class: 'mb-0' }, messageBody)];
+        return [h('p', { class: 'mb-0' }, messageBody)];
       }
     },
     $_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp() {
       const timestamp = this.$filters.formatTime(new Date());
-      return this.$createElement('p', { class: 'mt-3 mb-0' }, timestamp);
+      return h('p', { class: 'mt-3 mb-0' }, timestamp);
     },
     $_BVToastMixin_createRefreshAction() {
-      return this.$createElement(
+      return h(
         'BLink',
         {
           class: 'd-inline-block mt-3',
-          on: {
-            click: () => {
-              this.$root.$emit('refresh-application');
-            },
+          onClick: () => {
+            require('@/eventBus').default.$emit('refresh-application');
           },
         },
         i18n.global.t('global.action.refresh'),
       );
     },
     $_BVToastMixin_initToast(body, title, variant) {
-      this.$root.$bvToast.toast(body, {
-        title,
-        variant,
-        autoHideDelay: 10000, //auto hide in milliseconds
-        noAutoHide: variant !== 'success',
-        isStatus: true,
-        solid: true,
-      });
+      // Use global toast plugin (works with Options API)
+      // Extract text content from VNodes for display
+
+      // Extract title text from VNode
+      const titleText =
+        typeof title === 'string'
+          ? title
+          : title?.children?.[1] || title?.children || '';
+
+      // Extract body text from VNode array
+      // Each VNode (paragraph) should be on its own line
+      const bodyLines = Array.isArray(body)
+        ? body.map((node) => {
+            if (typeof node === 'string') return node;
+            // Extract text from VNode children
+            const text = node?.children || node?.props?.children || '';
+            // Ensure timestamps and other paragraphs are on separate lines
+            return text;
+          })
+        : [typeof body === 'string' ? body : body?.children || ''];
+
+      // Join with newlines to ensure timestamps appear on their own line
+      const bodyText = bodyLines.filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+
+      // Show toast via global plugin
+      if (this.$toast) {
+        this.$toast.show({
+          body: bodyText,
+          props: {
+            title: titleText,
+            variant,
+            isStatus: true,
+            solid: false, // Use light backgrounds with dark text (not solid colors)
+            // Success toasts auto-dismiss after 10s, others stay until closed
+            interval: variant === 'success' ? 10000 : 0,
+            // Note: Progress bar hidden via CSS in _toasts.scss (JS props to hide progress bar don't work as documented in Bootstrap Vue Next 0.40.8)
+          },
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Fallback: log to console
+        /* eslint-disable no-console */
+        console[variant === 'danger' ? 'error' : 'log'](
+          `[toast:${variant}]`,
+          bodyText,
+        );
+        /* eslint-enable no-console */
+      }
     },
     successToast(
       message,
@@ -65,7 +93,10 @@
       const body = this.$_BVToastMixin_createBody(message);
       const title = this.$_BVToastMixin_createTitle(t, 'success');
       if (refreshAction) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createRefreshAction());
-      if (timestamp) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      if (timestamp) {
+        body.push(' '); // Extra newline for spacing above timestamp
+        body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      }
       this.$_BVToastMixin_initToast(body, title, 'success');
     },
     errorToast(
@@ -79,7 +110,10 @@
       const body = this.$_BVToastMixin_createBody(message);
       const title = this.$_BVToastMixin_createTitle(t, 'danger');
       if (refreshAction) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createRefreshAction());
-      if (timestamp) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      if (timestamp) {
+        body.push(' '); // Extra newline for spacing above timestamp
+        body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      }
       this.$_BVToastMixin_initToast(body, title, 'danger');
     },
     warningToast(
@@ -93,7 +127,10 @@
       const body = this.$_BVToastMixin_createBody(message);
       const title = this.$_BVToastMixin_createTitle(t, 'warning');
       if (refreshAction) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createRefreshAction());
-      if (timestamp) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      if (timestamp) {
+        body.push(' '); // Extra newline for spacing above timestamp
+        body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      }
       this.$_BVToastMixin_initToast(body, title, 'warning');
     },
     infoToast(
@@ -107,7 +144,10 @@
       const body = this.$_BVToastMixin_createBody(message);
       const title = this.$_BVToastMixin_createTitle(t, 'info');
       if (refreshAction) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createRefreshAction());
-      if (timestamp) body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      if (timestamp) {
+        body.push(' '); // Extra newline for spacing above timestamp
+        body.push(this.$_BVToastMixin_createTimestamp());
+      }
       this.$_BVToastMixin_initToast(body, title, 'info');
     },
   },