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The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved the purchase of 23.5 hectares of land in Otter Point as a new Juan de Fuca Electoral Area community park.

The City of Langford, in partnership with the Capital Regional District (CRD) and the Capital Regional District's Regional Water Supply Commission, announced the acquisition of 13-acres of land at 2955 Sooke Lake Road to expand recreation and park space in Langford.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) will contract Waga Energy, through its subsidiary Hartland Renewable Resource Group (HRRG), to design, build and operate a new CRD facility that will upgrade the biogas generated at Hartland Landfill to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).

Construction of a 420 square metre (4,500 square feet) emergency department expansion has reached a significant milestone with the concrete pour for the project's foundation footings completed.

The CRD will receive funding through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program - Rural and Northern Communities Program. The $1,989,000 in joint federal-provincial funding will enable completion of upgrades to the Maliview Wastewater System on Salt Spring Island.

The Capital Regional Hospital District (CRHD) Board has approved a capital bylaw of $6.71 million to authorize funding of healthcare minor capital and equipment projects in the region. This funding was identified in the 2022 CRHD budget which was approved in March 2022.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved the Regional Water Supply 2022 Master Plan. The Plan will guide a proposed infrastructure program to be implemented over the next 30 years.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has acquired four parcels of land totalling 9.8 hectares adjacent to Mill Hill Regional Park. These parcels contain coastal Douglas-fir forest and arbutus stands and were purchased from the Town of View Royal for $927,500.

This spring an additional 46 arts initiatives have been funded through the CRD Arts & Culture Support Service through Equity, IDEA and the April Project grant intakes, bringing allotments across all CRD Arts & Culture grant types to 94 recipients with $2.59M distributed.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) and its municipal partners are celebrating students across the region for their participation in this year's Cool It! Climate Leadership Training program.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) is inviting residents across the region to get a hands-on feel for electric vehicles (EVs), e-bikes and EV chargers at a number of community events this summer.

The CRD Board voted to support the Island Corridor Foundation's requests that the federal and provincial governments work together to protect the Island Rail Corridor.

On July 13, 2022, the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board decided to advance the creation an elected body with a scope of authority over specified island-wide services for Salt Spring Island, known as a local community commission (LCC).

The Capital Regional District Board has approved the Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 2022-2032 (Strategic Plan) on an interim basis while engagement with First Nations continues over the upcoming year.

Presented at today's CRD Board meeting, the Arts & Culture 2021 Progress Report highlights the role of arts in promoting health and wellbeing, in addition to providing updates on the granting and strategic plan progress of the CRD Arts & Culture Support Service (Arts & Culture).

The Capital Regional District Board has agreed to purchase, in partnership with Salt Spring Solutions Society and a community collective of stakeholders, 75 acres of land and a Statutory Right of Way on Mount Maxwell for community park purposes, subject to community fundraising.

People of all ages and abilities have a new recreation space where they can meet, play and complete in Sooke. Yesterday marked the official opening of the sport box at 2430 Phillips Road.

Approaching housing solutions in the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area (SGI EA) is as unique as the islands themselves, and is the central theme to a new report prepared in consultation with Island residents and endorsed by the Capital Regional District (CRD).

On June 8, 2022, the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board received the Southern Gulf Islands Transportation Integration Plan, which presents a business case for a new transportation service for the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) Regional Water Supply Commission has released the 2022 Master Plan that includes a proposed infrastructure program to improve the water supply and transition system and add redundancy to critical components to address hazards and risks.