infrastructure

Tile work being done in December on Port Hardy’s indoor swimming pool. (Port Hardy Recreation Facebook photo)

District aims for soft opening of indoor swimming pool the first week of February

‘We’re really looking forward to it being ‘off the books’ so we can move onto another project’

 

Cargo ships anchored in water off the Cowichan Valley waiting to dock at Vancouver’s port will soon be directed elsewhere after 14 days. (Citizen file photo)

Anchored ships will soon have time limits off Vancouver Island shores: MP

Cargo ships awaiting space at the Port of Vancouver will be directed elsewhere after 14 days

 

Skilled trades workers are needed at the site of the new Cowichan District Hospital on Bell McKinnon Road. (Citizen file photo)

Qualified trades workers needed at new $1.45B Cowichan hospital site

Work is ramping up as more than 300 people expected to be working on site

 

Ann Kang (centre), the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, was in Lake Cowichan on Oct. 19 to announce that senior levels of government have committed more than $7 million to the second phase of the town’s $10.1-million wastewater infrastructure upgrades. Pictured on the left is Aaron Hamilton, the Ts’uubaa-asatx’s operations manager, and on the right is Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Finally: Lake Cowichan gets grant for $10.1M water treatment plant upgrade

Senior levels of government contribute more than $7 million

Ann Kang (centre), the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, was in Lake Cowichan on Oct. 19 to announce that senior levels of government have committed more than $7 million to the second phase of the town’s $10.1-million wastewater infrastructure upgrades. Pictured on the left is Aaron Hamilton, the Ts’uubaa-asatx’s operations manager, and on the right is Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)

Construction of Cowichan’s new high school hits major milestone

The facility’s final concrete pour was also prepared on Oct. 13

Workers at the new Quw'utsun Secondary School sign the last steel girder to be installed at the facility at an event on Oct. 13. (Submitted photo)
Kathy Gillies is fighting for better cellular phone coverage after being unable to communicate with a 911 dispatcher from Hammond Bay the night her husband Ken suffered a heart attack and died before help could arrive. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Man’s death underlines need for better cell coverage in Nanaimo

Widow lives with not knowing whether getting through to 911 could have saved her husband’s life

Kathy Gillies is fighting for better cellular phone coverage after being unable to communicate with a 911 dispatcher from Hammond Bay the night her husband Ken suffered a heart attack and died before help could arrive. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
The nominator took a chance photographing the Lansdowne Road walkway that captured the most votes in the #JankyJune contest. (Courtesy Walk on Victoria)

‘It looks like a curb’: Saanich sidewalk voted the worst in photo contest

#JankyJune second-place finisher is a slender slip of pavement wrapped around an Oak Bay tree

The nominator took a chance photographing the Lansdowne Road walkway that captured the most votes in the #JankyJune contest. (Courtesy Walk on Victoria)
Premier David Eby and other voices in B.C. are calling on the federal government to increase infrastructure spending in the province as its population grows. (Black Press Media file photo)

Province, municipalities ask feds to show them the infrastructure money

Demands include money for housing, physical infrastructure but also social services

Premier David Eby and other voices in B.C. are calling on the federal government to increase infrastructure spending in the province as its population grows. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report suggest Nanaimo will be water resilient for decades

Public Works department reports on water supply strategy meant to supplement city plan

Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)
The Macaulay Heights Parking Project was initiated to provide safer access into the park and parking for vehicles and horse trailers off the road. Photo supplied

Area residents celebrate completion of Macaulay Heights Parking Project

Macaulay Road and Area Neighbourhood Association (MRANA) held an afternoon celebration on…

  • Jun 21, 2023
The Macaulay Heights Parking Project was initiated to provide safer access into the park and parking for vehicles and horse trailers off the road. Photo supplied
Cedar Hill Road in Saanich was voted as the worst sidewalk in Greater Victoria through the 2022 #JankyJune contest held by Walk On, Victoria. (Courtesy of Walk On, Victoria)
Cedar Hill Road in Saanich was voted as the worst sidewalk in Greater Victoria through the 2022 #JankyJune contest held by Walk On, Victoria. (Courtesy of Walk On, Victoria)
Town of Port McNeill Community Planning Facebook photo

MP Blaney demands government wharf in Port McNeill be repaired and opened for use again

The wharf is a vital piece of infrastructure in Port McNeill, says Mayor James Furney

Town of Port McNeill Community Planning Facebook photo
Neil Merrick, a property owner in Youbou, watches work taking place at a new rock quarry owned by the Ts’uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan First Nation) near his home that is raising concerns in the neighbourhood. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Rock quarry in Youbou raising concern for neighbours; owners say misinformation running rampant

Ts’uubaa-asatx, owners of the quarry, say they are doing everything by the book

Neil Merrick, a property owner in Youbou, watches work taking place at a new rock quarry owned by the Ts’uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan First Nation) near his home that is raising concerns in the neighbourhood. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Vehicle traffic on the Nanaimo Parkway will be detoured over five nights March 26-30 to allow installation of a water pipeline. (City of Nanaimo image)

Overnight highway closures planned through Nanaimo for work on water project

Nanaimo Parkway drivers will have to detour between 7 p.m and 7 a.m. from March 26-30

Vehicle traffic on the Nanaimo Parkway will be detoured over five nights March 26-30 to allow installation of a water pipeline. (City of Nanaimo image)
From left are Campbell River RCMP Sgt. Kimberly Rutherford, Northern Development Initiative Trust CEO Joel McKay, North Island MLA Michele Babchuk and Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare announcing the new $75 million fund to expand cell service on B.C. highways. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Province announces funding for highway cell coverage

Funding will make B.C.’s highways safer — Citizens’ Services Minister

From left are Campbell River RCMP Sgt. Kimberly Rutherford, Northern Development Initiative Trust CEO Joel McKay, North Island MLA Michele Babchuk and Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare announcing the new $75 million fund to expand cell service on B.C. highways. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Port Hardy's indoor swimming pool has been under construction since July of 2021. (District of Port Hardy Facebook photo)

New liner finally arrives for Port Hardy’s dormant indoor swimming pool

Mayor Pat Corbett-Labatt said her fingers are crossed that the pool will be reopening by the summer

Port Hardy's indoor swimming pool has been under construction since July of 2021. (District of Port Hardy Facebook photo)
Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley has announced that the province will invest almost $21 million to the Cowichan Valley for infrastructure projects. (Citizen file photo)

Cowichan Valley to receive almost $21 million from province for infrastructure projects

Government distributing $1 billion across B.C.’s 188 municipalities and regional districts

  • Mar 8, 2023
Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley has announced that the province will invest almost $21 million to the Cowichan Valley for infrastructure projects. (Citizen file photo)
Construction on the Pat Bay Highway’s Keating Cross Road flyover could begin as early as this spring. (Province of British Columbia/flickr)

Construction on $77M Keating flyover in Central Saanich begins this spring

Overpass at Highway 17 and Keating Cross Road expected to be completed in spring 2025

Construction on the Pat Bay Highway’s Keating Cross Road flyover could begin as early as this spring. (Province of British Columbia/flickr)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tries his hand at driving an intelligent electric vehicle during a visit to the University of Trois-Rivieres, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 in Shawinigan, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Lack of vehicles and infrastructure hampers effort to switch federal fleet to EVs

Around 17,000 vehicles need converting

  • Feb 22, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tries his hand at driving an intelligent electric vehicle during a visit to the University of Trois-Rivieres, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 in Shawinigan, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Cowichan Tribes still frustrated that its companies are not working at the site of the new Cowichan District Hospital. (Ministry of Health graphic)

Still no Cowichan Tribes companies at hospital work site

First Nation says there’s no green light for members to work on project

Cowichan Tribes still frustrated that its companies are not working at the site of the new Cowichan District Hospital. (Ministry of Health graphic)