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Work to decommission a dam at Carpenter Road Community Park to reduce the risk of flooding is expected to proceed this summer. (Rick Stiebe l- Sooke News Mirror)

Otter Point dam demolition draws criticism

Officials fear a breach of berm could result in flooding

Work to decommission a dam at Carpenter Road Community Park to reduce the risk of flooding is expected to proceed this summer. (Rick Stiebe l- Sooke News Mirror)
Unbuilders deconstruct a building on Fort Street in downtown Victoria. Crews are salvaging materials from the building as it’s torn down. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)

CRD to keep exploring options for construction waste as officials stress reuse

31,200 tonnes of buiding materials sent to Hartland annually

Unbuilders deconstruct a building on Fort Street in downtown Victoria. Crews are salvaging materials from the building as it’s torn down. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)
A CRD master plan proposed to secure the future of water in the region is pegged at $2 billion. (File - Sooke News Mirror)

Capital Region waterworks plan could top $2 billion

New filtration plant at Sooke Reservoir front and centre

A CRD master plan proposed to secure the future of water in the region is pegged at $2 billion. (File - Sooke News Mirror)
The Island Corridor Foundation’s business case for the return of rail on Vancouver Island shows this photo of trains on tracks in Vic West. (Courtesy Island Corridor Foundation)

Capital Regional District continues push to get trains moving again on Vancouver Island

CRD increasing advocacy for passenger, freight services on Island Rail Corridor

The Island Corridor Foundation’s business case for the return of rail on Vancouver Island shows this photo of trains on tracks in Vic West. (Courtesy Island Corridor Foundation)
A recommendation to increase the tipping fee for garbage left behind by cruise ships from $157 per tonne to $500 by 2024 was approved at the Capital Regional District committee level and must be ratified by the full CRD board. (Black Press Media file photo)

CRD committee supports increase in cruise ship garbage disposal fee

Fee could go up to $500 per tonne from $157

A recommendation to increase the tipping fee for garbage left behind by cruise ships from $157 per tonne to $500 by 2024 was approved at the Capital Regional District committee level and must be ratified by the full CRD board. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Capital Regional District is trying to work out who will be responsible for curbside recycling between 2024 and 2030. Recycling pickup in the CRD faced numerous issues early in 2022. Here, Victoria resident Rachelle Lamb, living in the Oaklands area, shows what a six-week build-up at her home looks like. (Courtesy of Rachelle Lamb)

CRD search for curbside collection trucks could include lower-carbon models

Capital Region currently hashing out its 2024 to 2030 recycling contracts

The Capital Regional District is trying to work out who will be responsible for curbside recycling between 2024 and 2030. Recycling pickup in the CRD faced numerous issues early in 2022. Here, Victoria resident Rachelle Lamb, living in the Oaklands area, shows what a six-week build-up at her home looks like. (Courtesy of Rachelle Lamb)
Western tent caterpillars in a cluster at the tip of a branch at ground level. The silky tents are often found high in trees, where the direct sunlight warms up the larvae. (Don Descoteau/News Staff)

Tent caterpillar season in Greater Victoria sees gardeners fight for their foliage

Manual removal method the easiest, but targeted natural insecticides available

Western tent caterpillars in a cluster at the tip of a branch at ground level. The silky tents are often found high in trees, where the direct sunlight warms up the larvae. (Don Descoteau/News Staff)
The booming Canada geese population on Vancouver Island has the Capital Regional District looking into how to mitigate the birds’ ecological and economic impact. (Black Press Media file photo)

Vancouver Island’s overabundant Canada goose population has CRD looking for solutions

Coordinated egg addling program pitched to slow growth, mitigate farm and ecology impacts

The booming Canada geese population on Vancouver Island has the Capital Regional District looking into how to mitigate the birds’ ecological and economic impact. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Koningsdam ship arrived in Victoria on April 9 and holds up to 2,650 passengers. The local landfill will once again be taking cruise ship waste now that they’re returning to Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)

As cruise ships return to Greater Victoria, so does their garbage

Ships offloaded 20 tonnes by the end of April

The Koningsdam ship arrived in Victoria on April 9 and holds up to 2,650 passengers. The local landfill will once again be taking cruise ship waste now that they’re returning to Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)
An agreement between the Capital Regional District and FortisBC will see the company purchase renewable natural gas created at the Hartland landfill. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)

CRD anticipates Hartland landfill natural gas facility to be operational by 2023

System will replace the site’s gas-to-electricity plant, operating since 2004

An agreement between the Capital Regional District and FortisBC will see the company purchase renewable natural gas created at the Hartland landfill. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)
The CRD watershed tour explores the surrounding forests and Rithet Creek – the main tributary to Sooke Lake Reservoir. (Courtesy CRD)

Greater Victoria tap water on tour from source to table

Capital Regional District Get to Know Your H2O tours return

The CRD watershed tour explores the surrounding forests and Rithet Creek – the main tributary to Sooke Lake Reservoir. (Courtesy CRD)
The CRD aims to reduce the amount of accepted waste at Hartland Landfill by a third over the next decade. (Black Press Media file photo)

CRD moves to divert waste from Hartland Landfill

Policies include more banned materials and increasing fees for mixed waste loads

The CRD aims to reduce the amount of accepted waste at Hartland Landfill by a third over the next decade. (Black Press Media file photo)
RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett, who died in 2016 in a drunk driving incident. (Black Press Media file photo)

Applications open for CRD’s $2,000 Const. Sarah Beckett scholarship

Aimed at students with interest in law enforcement with academic achievement, financial need

RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett, who died in 2016 in a drunk driving incident. (Black Press Media file photo)
Ecological protection is a key feature of the CRD’s plan to mitigate climate change. Pictured is Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Climate change causing high variability, shifting normals in CRD: report

Region has drafted an internal carbon price policy that’s under review

Ecological protection is a key feature of the CRD’s plan to mitigate climate change. Pictured is Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Funding eligibility, space and decision-making power were listed as barriers to arts service access in a 2021 report. (Courtesy of Intrepid Theatre)

CRD Arts and Culture Service implements equity lens to operations, budget

Recommendations in 2021 report aim to remove systemic barriers to arts supports

Funding eligibility, space and decision-making power were listed as barriers to arts service access in a 2021 report. (Courtesy of Intrepid Theatre)
Biosolids produced at the Hartland landfill, as well as construction waste that ends up there, could soon be thermally processed. (Black Press Media file photo)

CRD looks to gasification, other pilots as possible long-term waste solutions

Finding end use for biosolids, construction waste continues to pose challenges

Biosolids produced at the Hartland landfill, as well as construction waste that ends up there, could soon be thermally processed. (Black Press Media file photo)
From April 29 to May 2, the Capital Regional District and partners are hosting the Greater Victoria arm of the global City Nature Challenge – an opportunity to join a large community of local nature buffs who are helping to inventory and celebrate the capital region’s amazing flora and fauna.

Love exploring nature? Join the Greater Victoria City Nature Challenge today!

Explore the biodiversity in your backyard, get a chance to win awesome prizes

  • Apr 25, 2022
From April 29 to May 2, the Capital Regional District and partners are hosting the Greater Victoria arm of the global City Nature Challenge – an opportunity to join a large community of local nature buffs who are helping to inventory and celebrate the capital region’s amazing flora and fauna.
The CRD is offering grants of up to $3,000 for projects that reduce the amount of waste sent to the CRD’s Hartland Landfill. (Pixabay)

CRD grant program provides up to $3,000 for projects that reduce landfill waste

Rethink Waste Community Grant Program launched in honour of Earth Day

The CRD is offering grants of up to $3,000 for projects that reduce the amount of waste sent to the CRD’s Hartland Landfill. (Pixabay)
CRD employees are part of a mediation dispute that could result in a strike. (Nicole Crescenz/VICTORIA NEWS)

CRD seeks input on management plan for Mount Work Regional Park

Residents can submit feedback online until May 16, virtual presentation goes April 28

CRD employees are part of a mediation dispute that could result in a strike. (Nicole Crescenz/VICTORIA NEWS)
The Town of View Royal is looking to sell a pair of properties near Mill Hill Regional Park to the Capital Regional District as parkland, a sale that is subject to an alternate approval process giving residents the opportunity to oppose it. (Photo courtesy of Town of View Royal)

View Royal plans sale of parkland properties to CRD

Residents may submit their opposition to the sale by May 24

The Town of View Royal is looking to sell a pair of properties near Mill Hill Regional Park to the Capital Regional District as parkland, a sale that is subject to an alternate approval process giving residents the opportunity to oppose it. (Photo courtesy of Town of View Royal)
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