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The fifth annual ArtSea Festival begins Oct. 17 with the Sidney Fine Art Show and runs until Oct. 26. Coverage begins on page 11
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014
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District to pay $1.17m for Flats
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The Peninsula Eagles Bantam T2 squad opened the Eagle Cup tournament Friday afternoon Oct. 10 against Juan de Fuca T1. Tournament play ran over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Watch for results in the PNR this week.
Local election candidates all in Steven Heywood News staff
Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. was the deadline for mayoral, councillor and school district trustee candidates to make their intentions known. After all the rumours
about who might be running, the PNR has gleaned a list of all of the official candidates in the Nov. 15 local elections. There are plenty of incumbents in the municipalities the PNR will be covering during the campaign — as well as a lot of challengers. In the editions leading up
to election day on Nov. 15, the PNR will offer readers profiles of the candidates and a series of questions and answers on some of the election issues on the Saanich Peninsula. PLease see: Who’s running, page 3
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The District of Central Saanich will proceed with conditional plans to purchase 25 acres of land in Maber Flats after a public open house was held last month. A report written by the District’s Director of Engineering and Public Works was received for information at last week’s regular meeting of council during which two motions pertaining to further investigation into the purchase price and further public consultation were turned down. The District of Central Saanich entered into a conditional land sale and donation agreement to acquire the 25 acres of land in August. A donation by Brentwood Developments Ltd. (the current property owners) could see the purchase price set at $1.17 million. The land is expected be used to construct an agricultural drainage facility in the HaganGraham watershed. Reports and reviews in support of the project were received from the Healthy Watershed Committee, Peninsula Streams and the Peninsula Agriculture Commission, among others, but of note was a report received in opposition to the project from the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC). The report cites several issues the AAC has with the project, including concerns about the purchase price of the land being too high and that any project undertaken should be careful to mitigate any adverse impacts on neighbouring farms. PLease see: Coun. Cormier asks, page 4
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