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Wednesday February 6,1991 40¢

A site has been chosen for a new
Saanich School District middle
school that doesn’t upset native
Indian bands, Central Saanich
council was told Monday.

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INE School board chairman Marilyn
EUS SS A21 Loveless said a 4.4-hectare (114
CALENDAR Al6 acre) site on farmland at West

Saanich Road and Keating Cross-
road will be the site of the $10
million school.

Native Indian bands have agreed
not to stand in the way of the new
proposed location, Loveless said.

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Plans were ready for the school

OPINION Al to be built on land adjacent to
ADA Tsartlip Band lands at Gowdy

SPORTS Road and Stellys Crossroad, but a
native land claim thwarted the

school board’s plans.

However, before the new site can
get the green light for construction
to go ahead, it must be cleared by

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ae sion.
GRENBY wal Council endorsed the school
HAMPSON A129 board’s request that it ask the land

commission to designate the site a

LANG A26 special use (ALR) zone.
The property is currently zoned
LENNOX : A10 A-2 Agricultural and is protected
by the Official Community Plan
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Ald. Jack Mar, a farmer and a
strong supporter of preserving
farmland, said the proposal is “a
good cause” and should be sup-
ported by the public.

Council voted unanimously to
Support the proposal but Ald.

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TIPPING FEES A 50 per
cent increase hurls
haulers and pays for

recycling. Page A4 Clarence Bolt showed concern that
the site is in the middle of a large
OUT OF AFRICA A area of agricultural land.

Traffic problems in the area
could result from building the
school at this particular location,
he added.

In an interview yesterday Ald.
Arlene Box, an outspoken advo-
cate of replacing an overcrowded

report by Review re-
porter Valorie Lennox
on her joumalist
exchange to
Zimbabwe. Page Al0

POACHERS They. area Mt Newton Middle School, said
problem on Vancouver she’s concerned that the Agricul-
tural Land Commission may reject

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“Hopefully this 1s a solution. It
MONEY SHOW Does still has to be acceptable to the

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land commission and that may be
a major obstacle to overcome,”
she said.

: “Tt is not an assured thing by
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view of the Royal B.C.

-Museumn‘s exhibit of the

artist's life. Page B23

Following is the second part of a
three-part news series about hous-
ing and accomodation on the

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according to Arihur ae ae
Black. Some of the Bae De Gr

dumbest crooks are
featured. Page A10

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Unless two of the Peninsula’s
three municipalities free up more
land for housing developments
over the next decade, a severe
housing shortage will send prices
climbing out of control.

That is one of the key findings
of a recently published Capital
Regional District study on
regional growth that was compiled
by regional information services
coordinator Jane Seright.

Such upward pressure on hous-
ing prices will dash all hopes for
affordable housing on the Penin-

Another site chosen for middle school

About a dozen animals were weighed
so members Can now concentrate on
beefing up their tet projects for judg-
1A next fall. ‘

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sula, argue proponents of an eas-
ing of development restrictions in
the area.

In fact, the CRD report predicts
North Saanich will face a single-
family housing shortage of up to
450 units by 2001 unless it
revamps its Official Community
Plan.

Also, Central Saanich must
allow the development of Tod Inlet
and Mt. Newton Heights unless it
too 1s willing to face a dire housing
shortfall, the report also said.

Already an existing land short-
age in Sidney has led to the
doubling in price of some housing
there since 1986, NRS Peninsula
Properties president Ron Kubek
said recently.

Indeed, such a bleak scenario
makes the need for affordable

Affordable housing — now or never

housing on the Peninsula even
more acute, argues Sidney devel-
oper Peter Kelley, who wants to
build a 24-unit low-income hous-
ing complex on MacDonald Park
Road.

His plans for the low-density
housing development in North
Saanich, using sewer, water and
frontage road service from the
Town of Sidney, were given favora-
ble consideration by Sidney coun-
cil, Jan. 28,

Also, Pemberton Holmes (Sid-
ney) plans to build a low-density
50-unit subsidized townhouse
complex, also on MacDonald Park
Road.

Slated for a five-acre plot of
land, the proposal will be brought
to council when the design phase

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