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Getting to know the Peninsula’s fire and police services and staying safe, page A15
A group of Central Saanich citizens is petitioning the district to create a path into Brentwood Bay, page A3
Friday, October 5, 2012
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Delay denied North Saanich council majority holds off challenge to development process Steven Heywood News staff
A majority of councillors in the District of North Saanich are fed up with roadblocks being thrown up against residential development proposals and said as much in a vote at the most recent council meeting. Mayor Alice Finall raised a motion on Monday, Oct. 1 to halt any action on density issues — including hearing development proposals — in order for council to complete its public consultation process. It was an attempt, said some councillors, to put the brakes on the municipality’s approvals process and in the end did not pass. “The mayor is trying to stall what we are trying to do,” said councillor Ted Daly, recalling his previous cries for a review of the official community plan, which failed at the time, but would have addressed the current issue of housing density. “We’ve had this discussion before,” added coun. Dunstan Browne, saying by statute, the district has enough meetings to hear from the public on these issues. “The problem with this motion … is that it’s wording … means nothing gets done.” Finall’s motion, “that council complete the public consultation process prior to considering or taking any further steps with increases in density,” is about public input, she said. PLEASE SEE: Dramatic density change, page A4
Steven Heywood/News staff
Sidney North Saanich RCMP cordon off a portion of Tulista Park Wednesday morning after a body was discovered in a parking area near the Anacortes Ferry terminal.
Foul play ruled out in death B.C. Coroner’s Service discovered cause of death of man found in Sidney park Steven Heywood News staff
A man’s body was found Wednesday morning, Oct. 3 in a parking area at Sidney’s Tulista Park. A large portion of the north end of the park, near the Anacortes Ferry terminal, was cordoned off by police for about four hours that morning, to allow their forensics section and B.C. Coroner’s Service to investigate the scene. Police at the scene reported that the Sidney North Saanich RCMP had received calls in the early morning about the possibility of a deceased person in the park.
Sgt. Wayne Conley said the body was discovered next to a parked motor home. He added police were looking into whether the person and the vehicle were connected, and said later that they were. The man had apparently parked the motor home in the lot in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Oct. 3. The body was not that of 54-year-old Gordon Henderson, who had been reported missing Oct. 1 and has since been found (see page 2 of today’s paper). Conley said the investigation revealed that there was no foul play involved in what was termed a sudden death. The man was not from the area and his next-of-kin, who live in another province, have been notified. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com