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| 05/08/2025 | Saanich seeks approval to borrow $150M to redevelop operations centre | Times Colonist | If more than 10% of eligible electors — 8,735 residents — submit votes against the initiative, the loan authorization bylaw cannot be adopted. | timescolonist.com |
| 12/01/2019 | VBRA warns of Saanich of negative consequences if new DCC bylaw approved | Saanich News | On November 25, Saanich council unanimously passed a new bylaw to increase DCC’s, which have not been increased since 1997. Chambers stated that everybody paying … | |
| 09/27/2020 | LETTER: Saanich councillor muzzled | Saanich News | “Me Too” highlights the abuses to women are not only physical. Men suppressing a woman’s right to speak counts as well. Thanks to an astute … | saanichnews.com |
| 06/16/2019 | Saanich sponsors Jeux de la Francophonie giving $50,000 for the French-language Games | Saanich News | The municipality will become an official sponsor of the 2020 after council voted 7-2 with Couns. Susan Brice and Nathalie Chambers opposed to give organizers … | saanichnews.com |
| 06/07/2019 | Saanich councillor calls Garry oak undergrowth clearing ‘heart-breaking’ | Saanich News | Coun. Nathalie Chambers made the comment as council moves forward to replace EDPA “The Garry oak ecosystem is endemic and contains many specialist species including … | saanichnews.com |
| 07/13/2019 | Saanich councillor warns of ‘torturous experience’ as they consider replacing EDPA | Saanich News | Fearing another “torturous experience,” in the words of Coun. Susan Brice, Saanich council postponed the ongoing process to replace the controversial Environmental Development Permit Area … | saanichnews.com |
| 10/10/2020 | LETTER: Councillor wasn’t silenced | Saanich News | Re: the letter Saanich councillor muzzled (Sept. 30 Saanich News). I listened and watched the entirety of the council meeting as they discussed the new … | saanichnews.com |
| 11/26/2019 | New Saanich bylaw to reduce cost to taxpayers for infrastructure upgrades | Saanich News | Bylaw governing development cost charges has not had a major update since 1998. Saanich council unanimously passed a new bylaw to increase development cost charges … | saanichnews.com |
| 02/01/2017 | Non-permitted uses threaten Blenkinsop farms | Saanich News | Farmland Protection Coalition organizing petition to ensure that the farmland in the Blenkinsop Valley is stewarded. The Blenkinsop Valley has some of our best farmland … | saanichnews.com |
| 02/01/2017 | Non-permitted uses threaten Blenkinsop farms | Saanich News | Farmland Protection Coalition organizing petition to ensure that the farmland in the Blenkinsop Valley is stewarded. The Blenkinsop Valley has some of our best farmland … | saanichnews.com |
| 06/13/2019 | Saanich councillor warns of ‘torturous experience’ as they consider replacing EDPA | Saanich News | Council postpones proposed Environmental Development Permit Area replacement until July 8. Fearing another “torturous experience,” in the words of Coun. Susan Brice, Saanich council postponed … | saanichnews.com |
| 05/18/2020 | Saanich councillors oppose development variance due to loss of trees | Saanich News | We cannot lose anymore biodiversity,’ councillor says. Two Saanich councillors stood alone opposing a development variance permit application that requires cutting down protected trees. On … | saanichnews.com |
| 12/18/2019 | Saanich council pauses updates to local area plans | Saanich News | Saanich council resolved to pause work on updating local area plans (LAPs) in the district during a council meeting Monday night. The topic created some … | saanichnews.com |
| 05/15/2020 | Saanich councillors oppose development variance due to loss of trees | Saanich News | We cannot lose anymore biodiversity councillor says. Two Saanich councillors stood alone opposing a development variance permit application that requires cutting down protected trees. On … | saanichnews.com |
| 10/17/2023 | ‘Doxxing’: Saanich to stop forcing people to list address at council meetings | Saanich News | Saanich Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff remembers when he used to speak before council before getting elected that he wouldn’t give his actual address. He used … | saanichnews.com |
| 12/09/2023 | LETTER: Housing targets undermine relationships with Vancouver Island First Nations | Saanich News | As a duly elected Saanich councillor, I am adding my name to the growing list of mayors and councils requesting a comprehensive value-for-money audit on … | saanichnews.com |
| 03/01/2023 | Saanich council passes controversial Swan Lake townhouses in narrow vote | Saanich News | The developer of a controversial townhouse project near Swan Lake has finally been able to get the green light from Saanich council. Tuesday’s public hearing … | saanichnews.com |
| 06/19/2024 | Saanich approves biodiversity strategy 7 years after rescinding EDPA | Saanich News | “What I really like about this is it's very comprehensive.” Coun. Nathalie Chambers said on Wednesday morning. “It's a very holistic view, it's a long … | saanichnews.com |
| 06/02/2024 | Online fundraising campaign launched after thieves pillage house in Saanich | Saanich News | Nathalie Chambers launched the campaign to help purchase a trailer for Tolmie to live in. | saanichnews.com |
| 03/14/2025 | Saanich councillor pushes for more transparency from local government | Saanich News | Coun. Nathalie Chambers proposed two motions to improve accessibility to town hall meetings and FOI requests | saanichnews.com |
| 10/24/2024 | New town hall format lets Saanich residents share views with council | Saanich News | Chambers added that with “a little creativity ingenuity, inspiration and community public backup,” Saanich could successfully safeguard its trees. Mayor Dean Murdock and Couns. Teale … | saanichnews.com |
| 12/19/2024 | Cuts to Saanich police budget could result in loss of 17 ‘critical’ positions | Saanich News | Although council was not expected to debate the nature of the police budget at the meeting, Coun. Nathalie Chambers mentioned being “very supportive.” “As a … | saanichnews.com |
| 03/20/2020 | Saanich farm converts vegetable stand into veggie drive-thru as COVID-19 spreads | Penninsula News | The vegetable stand at Madrona Farms in Saanich has been transformed into a drive-thru to hinder the spread of COVID-19. Saanich Coun. Nathalie Chambers and … | peninsulanewsreview.com |
| 02/22/2018 | Letter: Reaffirm Saanich’s UCB before it is too late | Oak Bay News | Farming is like playing poker with mother nature and she always has the ace up her sleeve. Every year at Madrona Farm we make mistakes … | oakbaynews.com |
| 03/01/2017 | Letter: Reaffirm Saanich’s UCB before it is too late | Oak Bay News | Farming is like playing poker with mother nature and she always has the ace up her sleeve. Every year at Madrona Farm we make mistakes … | oakbaynews.com |
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