FINAL POST

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As you know, the municipal general election on November 19, 2011 is closing in and it's time for me to also close this blog site, given ...

NORTH SAANICH WINS SECOND COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE AWARD IN TWO YEARS

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North Saanich won another UBCM Community Excellence Award for its Whole Agricultural Strategy, awarded at this week's Convention in Vanc...

Reaching the Right People at the Right Time

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I joined other Council members and senior staff in a communications workshop arranged by our Chief Administrative Officer Rob Buchan and May...

SEPTEMBER 12 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

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Victoria Airport Authority Unveils Master Plan In a presentation to Council, VAA's Marketing Manager Terry Stewart outlined their Master...

ONE PASSED, ONE DEFERRED

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At a September 7 Special Council Meeting to host a public hearing for two newly revised by-laws, one was approved but the new zoning by-law ...

SEPTEMBER MEETING UPDATE

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NOTE: There will be just two September regular Council meetings, September 12 and 19, so please check the District website for agenda de...

LATE INTO THE NIGHT

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With only two Council meetings during the summer, agendas get crowded and the August 22nd combined Committee of the Whole/Council meeting ...

TRIBUTE TO JACK LAYTON

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Whether you agreed or not with his politics, you must admit that Jack Layton was a class act to the end of his life. He leaves a legacy of ...

HOW SMART ARE SMART METERS?

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I spent an hour and a half yesterday with two spokespersons, one of whom is North Saanich resident Donna Robinson. She and her colleagues a...

SUPPORT FOR THE CRD AND REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY

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It's clear that since Ted Daly's comment in the August 2, 2011 edition of the Times Colonist (TC) criticizing in part the Capital Re...

COMBINED MEETINGS FOR JULY 18, 2011

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Committee of the Whole Meeting: The meeting opened with CRD Corporate Services General Manager D. Lokken who gave a brief presentation to Co...

Regional Growth Strategy

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... CAN WE LIVE UP TO ITS VALUES? I read with great interest the Times-Colonist article by reporter Kim Westad about the CRD Board's rec...

Sandown Property - Public Engagement Meeting

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SMALL COMMUNITY STANDS TO MAKE HUGE CONTRIBUTION If the North Saanich community chooses to embrace the idea of the current Sandown applicati...

Webcasting Comes to NS Council

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STAYING CONNECTED IN NORTH SAANICH Thanks to Times Colonist reporter Kim Westad for the terrific front page coverage in Sunday's edition...

March 24, 2011 Editorial - Take Big Money Out of Politics

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The following is my letter to the T/C Editor regarding campaign spending in politics and municipal elections: RE: March 24, 2011 Editorial ...