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06/05/2024'Home sweet trailer': Saanich senior whose house was ransacked gets new home, thanks to donorsTimes Colonist

She and friend Nathalie Chambers from neighbouring Madrona Farm found the trailer for sale on the weekend. Chambers and others were determined to get it

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02/06/2012A video ethnography of organic farmersFarms - Harvesting Community

Madrona Farm and Chef Survival Challenge, Saanich It's not everyday you get to hang out with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, farming guru Harold Steves,

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10/17/2023‘Doxxing’: Saanich to stop forcing people to list address at council meetingsSaanich 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

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01/20/2019Behind Saanich’s EDPA bylaw, a question of scienceTimes Colonist

In a report to go to council on Monday, Coun. Nathalie Chambers says the municipality’s Environmental Development Permit Area bylaw was rescinded based on a

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08/17/2023Car dealership workers help to sway Saanich council on zoning for Douglas StreetTimes Colonist

The head of the GAIN auto group is crediting staff at Volkswagen Victoria with protecting the viability of the business. GAIN partner Peter Trzewik said

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05/09/2024Concerns raised over urban containment boundary as Saanich adopts new OCPTimes Colonist

Coun. Nathalie Chambers, who also voted against adoption of the OCP, said while she agrees with “density in certain areas at certain times,” she’s concerned

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03/26/2019Councillor wants to see concrete action after Saanich declares climate emergencyVictoria News

A councillor hopes Saanich’s declaration of a climate emergency will mean more than just words. “We all need to get on common ground so that

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03/26/2019Councillor wants to see concrete action after Saanich declares climate emergencyVictoria News

Coun. Nathalie Chambers doesn’t want declaration to be mere ‘lip-service’ A councillor hopes Saanich’s declaration of a climate emergency will mean more than just words.

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12/19/2024Cuts to Saanich police budget could result in loss of 17 ‘critical’ positionsSaanich 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

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04/24/2016Desecration and rebirth on Mount DougTimes Colonist

How white settlers undid centuries of productive farming in only a few years...

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03/07/2018Did Saanich's EDPA pose a threat to property values?Focus Magazine

Or was the battle fought over an invented crisis? IN THE KEYNOTE SPEECH at a recent conference on the value of nature in urban areas,

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06/02/2024Fundraising effort to help senior whose house was ransackedTimes Colonist

A fundraising page has been set up to help Anne Tolmie, whose Blenkinsop Road home was broken into several times and ransacked while she was

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06/09/2021Greater Victoria councillors visit Fairy Creek blockades, none were arrestedVictoria News

Elected officals were allowed to enter the exclusion zone, along with journalists.

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07/27/2019Head of Greater Victoria builders calls Saanich councillor ‘uninformed’Victoria News

The head of the association representing local builders said comments from a Saanich councillor are not helpful when it comes to relations between council and

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10/10/2020LETTER: Councillor wasn’t silencedSaanich 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

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12/09/2023LETTER: Housing targets undermine relationships with Vancouver Island First NationsSaanich 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

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12/16/2023LETTER: Nathalie Chambers has become the conscience of Saanich councilOak Bay News

Re: the letter Saanich councillor trying to justify a poor decision. Vic Derman, Vicki Sanders and Judy Brownoff – in their minority positions – were

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02/22/2018Letter: Reaffirm Saanich’s UCB before it is too lateOak 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

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03/01/2017Letter: Reaffirm Saanich’s UCB before it is too lateOak 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

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09/27/2020LETTER: Saanich councillor muzzledSaanich 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

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03/23/2020LETTERS: Saanich council right to hold line on taxesVictoria News

At the March 23 meeting Saanich council approved a core budget for 2020 with six for and three against.

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11/26/2019New Saanich bylaw to reduce cost to taxpayers for infrastructure upgradesSaanich 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

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10/24/2024New town hall format lets Saanich residents share views with councilSaanich 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

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02/01/2017Non-permitted uses threaten Blenkinsop farmsSaanich 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

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02/01/2017Non-permitted uses threaten Blenkinsop farmsSaanich 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

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