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Public consultation is underway as the Capital Regional District (CRD) considers long-term options and technologies to harness the benefits of biosolids, the nutrient-rich by-product from wastewater treatment.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD) is pleased to invite members of the public to an online information session about the 2024 Provisional Financial Plan.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD) has initiated a regional Alternative Approval Process (AAP) to seek elector approval to increase the borrowing authority through the Land Assembly, Housing and Land Banking service to $85 million.
Opinion editorial by Capital Regional District Board Chair, Colin Plant.
Yesterday, the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board unanimously directed staff to complete a service design and feasibility study to recommend changes to how the region delivers transportation initiatives. In this significant step forward, the CRD is taking action that will help guide long-term improvements to how people move around the region.
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Today, BC Housing announced the opening of a new purpose-built rental building at 2170 Charters Rd providing access to 75 below-market homes to Indigenous families, elders and people in Sooke.
The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved bylaw changes at Hartland Landfill, including new material bans, adjusted tipping fee structure, and increased bylaw fines. The changes to the Hartland Landfill Tipping Fee and Regulation Bylaw No. 3881 and Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw No. 1857 will come into effect in two phases in 2024.
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Effective January 2, 2024, GFL Environmental Incorporated (GFL) will begin delivering the Capital Regional District's (CRD) curbside blue box collection program which provides recycling collection services to 132,000 single family homes in the region.
Today, at the board meetings of the Capital Regional District (CRD), the Capital Regional Hospital District (CRHD) and the Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC), Directors elected the Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the upcoming year.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD) has purchased the former Royal Oak Golf Course - a 10.92-hectare (27 acre) parcel of land adjacent to Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park in the District of Saanich.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD) and Capital Regional Hospital District (CRHD) Boards are asking for feedback on the 2024 provisional financial plans which were approved following their deliberations during the October 25 Committee of the Whole and Board meetings.
The Capital Regional District's (CRD) Salt Spring Island (SSI) Parks, Arts, Recreation & Culture (PARC) department has received $561,748 in grant funding from Pacific Economic Development Canada (PEDC) to complete additional upgrades to Centennial Park.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD) Arts Commission has approved the distribution of $2,684,670 in funding this year to support the region's arts sector, a record-high amount.
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The Capital Regional District (CRD), in collaboration with Stantec Consulting Inc., has released its regional and local government Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories for the 2022 year.
The Capital Regional District (CRD) Traffic Safety Commission has awarded the seventh annual $2,000 Cst. Sarah Beckett Memorial Scholarship to Kendra Hamilton. Kendra is a graduate of Claremont Secondary School and is attending Wagner College in New York.
New wildfire exposure maps for the CRD Electoral Areas of Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands can help electoral area residents understand their wildfire risk profile.
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On September 30, known as Orange Shirt Day and now observed as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we pause to remember the profound and painful history of Canada's Indigenous residential schools.
Today, the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board received the 2022 Origin Destination Household Travel Survey results. The new data reveals a rise in active transportation with 29% of trips made by walking, cycling and transit use, up from the 2017 mode share of 26.6%.
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has acquired a 10-hectare (nearly 25 acre) parcel of undeveloped land that will be added to East Sooke Regional Park.
The Salt Spring Island Active Transportation Network Plan (ATNP) has a strong focus on making Ganges Village a walkable community that is easily accessible by cycling and connected by active transportation.
