Central Saanich council has granted a leave of absence with pay to a councillor who appears to have left for work in the Cayman Islands. Read the rest of this entry »

Is North Saanich ready for 30 houses per hectare (13.5 houses per acre)? That is the density that is being proposed at 9395 East Saanich Road, a 1.8 hectare triangular shaped piece of property bordered by East Saanich, Canora and Willingdon Roads, in the southeast quadrant of North Saanich. Read the rest of this entry »

Less than one year after being re-elected for a second term to Cen­tral Saanich council, Terry Siklenka has apparently ‘disappeared’ from the local scene. Read the rest of this entry »

After the cold, wet spring of 2012 spilled over into a chilly, drizzly summer, it seemed like the hot, dry bikini weather only put in a brief appearance before it was time to break out the long johns and woolly sweaters of fall and winter. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my earliest memories of being on the peninsula is a Saturday morning amble on West Saanich Road, stopping in for tea and snacks at a café. Read the rest of this entry »