2024 (Oct) – Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner creates an FOI file against the District

For the second time, the District of Central Saanich’s ill-conceived plans to expropriate privately owned land on Hovey Road faces another financial hurtle. In both cases, the challenges have been launched by land’s previous owner, Park Place Seniors Living. In the first instance, Park Place successfully challenged the purchase price of $3.1 million that the […]

After repeatedly denying requests to view the secret Kasian report which, according to staff was the basis for deeming the current municipal building on Mount Newton Road inadequate, a formal Freedom of Information request for the report was sent to the District. A few weeks later an electronic reply from the District was received. By […]

To promote its plan of building a new municipal complex on secretly expropriate Hovey Road property, the District sponsored 3 public viewing events. At each viewing there was significant public opposition to the plan. Concerns included costs, road safety, traffic congestion and emergency vehicle proximity to the highly utilized Centennial Park play fields and a […]