PENINSULA
NEWS REVIEW
NDP leader visits Peninsula
Haranguing over Hovey
John Horgan tours area manufacturers, talks up benefits of small business, page 9
Central Saanich extends big truck ban to seek more time on resolving dispute, page 3
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Friday, March 25, 2016
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CRD INVESTIGATIVE SERIES:
Money, science continue to hold readers’ attention Tens of millions of dollars have been spent on the Capital Regional District’s sewage treatment program since 2006, but not all of those expenditures are easily accounted for. And taxpayers have since 2013 been contributing to the CRD’s sewage fund, designed to help defray the final cost of the treatment, but the $30 million so far put into that account has been exhausted. In today’s third instalment Don Descoteau, of our five-part series, Sewage in the CRD, we look at Black Press what’s been spent and what project leader taxpayers are projected to pay for the option currently on the table. In recent days, we’ve also heard from many letter writers who have implored us to address the science behind the need to treat – or not. We hear from a pair of former University of Victoria marine environment specialists about Victoria’s unique ocean characteristics and describe the various types of treatment communities can undertake. We appreciate the feedback so far and encourage readers to talk about the subject with their family and friends, as well as engaging the politicians who represent them at the CRD board table. See pages 14 and 15
Egg-cellent! Steven Heywood/News staff
Easter egg hunters Marlon and Evan explore the pond at Dominion Brook Park during a recent Peninsula Celebration Society’s Easter egg hunt. The family event returns this Sunday. See page 11 for the story.
Gateway land appeal pending Development could proceed while ALC sorts out appeal response Steven Heywood News staff
An appeal of the decision to free up 4.4 hectares of agricultural land for commercial
development could take until May — or even longer — to be reviewed by the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). North Saanich resident Springfield Harrison filed a
request for reconsideration (appeal) on February 24, stating the ALC used erroneous information on which to base its decision to remove the property from the Agricultural
Land Reserve (ALR). The land is on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway, across from Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre. PlEasE sEE: Appellant hopes ALC, page 5
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