The CRD has purchased two large parcels of property through the Land Acquisition Fund, which is dedicated to purchasing lands for regional parks and trails.

The CRD and CRHD Boards have approved the Financial Plan for 2019 at the March 20 Special Board meetings.

Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission (PARC) has adopted a 20 year Master Plan to prioritize infrastructure investments for Centennial Park.

The CRD Board has adopted a Corporate Asset Management Policy and Strategy and directed staff to report back on cost implications identified through the service planning process.

The CRD Board has approved two motions related to highway infrastructure development through CRD lands as an alternate route for the Malahat Highway.

The new South Island 9-1-1/Police Dispatch Centre officially opened today by B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, the Capital Regional District (CRD), local police agencies and E-Comm, Emergency Communications for British Columbia.

The CRD advises of an upcoming trail closure of the Brett Avenue Trestle on the Lochside Regional Trail. The temporary closure is anticipated to occur between March 18 and April 5, 2019.

The CRD Board has identified and approved priorities that will guide CRD operations over their 2019–2022 mandate.

The CRD Arts Commission has approved funding for 29 local not-for-profit arts organizations through the Arts & Culture Support Service.

Families and single people with low to moderate incomes will benefit from a new 132-unit affordable housing development just completed in Langford

Despite shifting world markets for much of Canada’s recyclable materials, Recycle BC has been able to ensure that plastic packaging, paper products, glass and metal containers collected in the capital region are still being recycled.

The preliminary 2019 Capital Regional District Financial Plan is available for public feedback online and via email as part of the annual financial planning process.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has received $460,000 in federal and provincial grant funding through the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) for the decommissioning of Gardom Pond dam on Pender Island.

​The CRHD has approved a Non-Traditional Project funding request by the Galiano Health Care Society, in the amount of $150,000, to contribute capital funding to the Galiano Health and Community Wellness Centre Renovation and Expansion Project.

The Wastewater Treatment Project has responded to residents’ concerns about the loss of trees and has found a way to construct the Residual Solids Conveyance Line that doesn’t require the removal of any trees on Grange Road.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has received the final results of an audit of its emergency management program by British Columbia’s Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG).

People in need of affordable rental housing in Langford and Sooke will have access to 494 new homes, with CMHC, the BC government and the CRD moving forward with four affordable housing projects as part of the Regional Housing First Program (RHFP).

The Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC), the City of Victoria and the Greater Victoria School District 61 (School District 61) have entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to support the redevelopment of an existing property and surrounding land located at 1211 Gladstone Avenue in Victoria.

The CRD, City of Victoria and District of Saanich are partnering with EfficiencyBC to offer up to $2,700 in rebates to residents who switch from a fossil fuel-powered home heating system to an electric heat pump.

Robert Lapham, Capital Regional District (CRD) Chief Administrative Officer is pleased to announce the Board of Directors for the CRD, the Capital Regional Hospital District (CRHD) and the Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC).