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[Mike K.]

Indeed, that is odd.

[max.bravo]

It makes sense to me. Close to panorama, the airport, mctavish park and ride, kelset school, a church, etc.

Apart from the town of Sidney, that’s probably the busiest section of North Saanich, with the best connection to Victoria via bus routes. And not too many SFHs that will feel bothered.

[Victoria Watcher]

It makes sense to me. Close to panorama, the airport, mctavish park and ride, kelset school, a church, etc.

Apart from the town of Sidney, that’s probably the busiest section of North Saanich, with the best connection to Victoria via bus routes. And not too many SFHs that will feel bothered.

It’s just so far the opposite of what is there now.

[max.bravo]

Isn’t that the point of these OCPs? They always seem aspirational.

[Mike K.]

What’s up with that one property on the coast?

[max.bravo]

That’s already a multi unit residential apartment. It’s the building right beside the mctavish roundabout.
https://maps.app.goo...iirfeQwKwSA6fa7

[Barrister]

It might stay aspirational for a long time since we might be entering a period of almost no population growth. Seems like there is a sudden awareness that unemployed might be spiked really high with Trump.

[Victoria Watcher]

Still no TC story on the McTavish proposal or the UVic one.

[Victoria Watcher]

During the public participation period of the North Saanich council meeting on May 11, I rose to address a bill that had previously been voted down 4-3 by council, but was put back on the published agenda of that night’s meeting.

When referring to the defeated bylaw, I used the term “zombie bill,” which, as a ­journalist, I’ve used many times.

It’s a common political phrase that defines a bill that has been defeated and sent to the ­legislative graveyard, but then rises from the dead to be debated again. It is not a ­pejorative phrase that comments on the bill’s author.

And yet it caused an uproar that brought the council meeting to a halt and jeopardized the rest of the meeting’s financial ­business.

The bill on the May 11 agenda was an officers’ bylaw that had been proposed by the chief administrative officer and defeated on Dec. 15, 2025.

The online video of the Dec. 15 council meeting makes it apparent why councillors voted the bylaw down.

Coun. Irene McConkey asked a question of the CAO that ­highlighted the crux of the issue.

She asked if, under the ­proposed bylaw, responsibility for discipline and dismissal of some district officers “would be taken away from council … and be solely at your discretion, is that correct?”

 

https://www.timescol...alypse-12302805

[Mike K.]

The CAO just got up and walked out.

[Victoria Watcher]

That rallying was payback for Lumberworld’s commitment to the community, as the company supported many causes, including the Compassion Resource Warehouse, which collects and ships donated goods and equipment to charities around the world.

 

Flaig expressed his gratitude to the municipality of Saanich and its mayors and councillors over 50 years for supporting the business. “Lumberworld entrusted millions of dollars in property taxes, and you have used those tax dollars to improve the lives of this community,” said Flaig.

 

The original partners of Park Pacific built Dean Park Estates in North Saanich. That landmark development brought hundreds of homes to families and contributed to the creation of the Panorama Leisure Centre, which was donated to the municipality as part of the development process.

 

https://www.timescol...rworld-12370123