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Saanich Fire Hall #2 budget set at $26.5 M Municipalities across the Capital region such as Saanich are replacing or upgrading many of the 25 fire department facilities, a top…

Guest Column by Victoria Residential Builders Association Victoria council is planning to adopt a policy where 20% of units in new, large residential strata buildings must meet the city’s affordability…

BY CATHERINE HOLT, CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce I would like to add to the growing concern in this community about the populist tactics of City of…

OPINION BY BRUCE AND LAURIE KENNEDY Many on Saanich council included housing affordability in their election platforms and now seem unable to grasp how this sort of tax increase affects…

When you drive down the road, you shouldn’t have to go down the potholes, but that’s increasingly the case for residents of Greater Victoria. Roads scarred by spine-jarring potholes create…

Central Saanich stretch to Butchart Gardens judged ‘Bumpiest road in Greater Victoria’ winner The width, quality and condition of the Central Saanich road leading into Butchart Gardens received multiple entries…

JOIN US 10 Good Reasons to join Grumpy Taxpayer$ 1. Our approach works. We lead the opposition against the 2022 Commonwealth Games bid, what would have been an expensive $1.5…

BY JOHN TRELEAVEN, VICE-CHAIRPERSON, GRUMPY TAXPAYER$ The Climate Emergency Declaration recently passed by the 24 directors around the Capital Regional District board table will be severely hobbled by its fractured…

This interview was done Mar. 13, 2019 with Nicole Crescenzi , a reporter with Victoria News, Black Press regarding calls from Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins…