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).

The CRD is undertaking a project to identify areas with high natural values that represent the diversity of landscapes in the region and have the potential for connecting with existing parks and protected areas.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has awarded a $29-million contract to Don Mann Excavating Ltd. to construct the Residual Solids Conveyance Line (RSCL).

The CRD is pleased to announce the final results for the CRD local elections, which identify the 2019 – 2022 CRD Board members for Salt Spring Island, the Southern Gulf Islands and Juan de Fuca electoral areas.

The CRD Board took an important step forward this week in reaffirming its commitment to building trust and greater collaboration with First Nations governments by approving a set of recommendations from the First Nations Task Force Final Report.

The CRD's General Voting Day for local government elections is on Saturday, October 20, 2018.

The CRD is preparing management plans for both Mount Parke and Saint John Point regional parks on Mayne Island.

Victoria, BC— Many students will be getting to and from school next week by foot or wheel in celebration of the CRD’s second annual Walk and Wheel to School Week, running October 1—5 in 33 schools across the capital region.

A recent staff report to the Ganges Sewer Local Services Commission on Salt Spring Island confirms that the Ganges Wastewater Infrastructure Renewal Project is progressing well and is within budget and ahead of schedule.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has awarded a $30.9-million contract to Windley Contracting Ltd. to construct the Clover Forcemain.

The CRD released its 2017 Annual Report on Greater Victoria Drinking Water Quality this week, providing an overview of water quality testing conducted in 2017 across the Regional Water Supply System serving Greater Victoria.

In October, Saturna Island residents are invited to vote on the proposed establishment of a service to contribute to costs incurred by the Saturna Community Club in operating the Saturna Island Medical Clinic.

In October, south Galiano Island residents are invited to vote on whether to support borrowing of $2.4 million to construct a new fire hall which will serve participants in the South Galiano Fire Protection and Emergency Response service area.

The CRD Board has approved a management plan for Matthews Point Regional Park on Galiano Island. It will guide conservation, development, operations, and use of the park for at least the next 15 years.

The CRD has joined Canada’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign alongside several provincial ministries, local governments and retailers in an effort to decrease the amount of avoidable food waste that residents in our region produce.

The official nomination period for the 2018 general local elections has now closed.

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy presented the Capital Regional District with a Climate & Energy Action Award at the Union of BC Municipalities Convention.

The CRD Board has approved a preliminary Financial Plan for 2019, which incorporates the delivery of work and execution of priorities and initiatives that were identified in the fourth year of a planning cycle and as part of the strategic and corporate plans for the CRD.

Affordable rental homes for seniors, adults with disabilities and families in Saanich are now under construction, thanks to a partnership between the Government of British Columbia and the Capital Region Housing Corporation.

The CRD is currently upgrading the wastewater treatment plant in Ganges Village on Salt Spring Island and in order to complete the work a wastewater bypass is required between August 16 and August 28, 2018.