2007

A $40-million seniors complex, condo and townhouse development finds cautious support from View Royal council. The project includes a 120-unit seniors assisted living building, a 44-unit condominium and 20 townhouses on the eastern portion of a seven-acre lot near Watkiss Way and Burnside Road West.

The buildings are four storeys and the condo building includes commercial space, which council stipulated cannot house fast food or drive-thru services.

Also making news the week of Feb. 15, 2007:

ItB次元官网网址檚 a happy day for Happy Valley elementary students who enjoy their first day of classes at their new school, built to replace the previous school which was destroyed in a 2004 fire.

1997

A pair of Dunsmuir junior secondary students tell the Western CommunitiesB次元官网网址� community policing advisory committee that students arenB次元官网网址檛 concerned about drugs and alcohol in school, but more about getting B次元官网网址渂eat on.B次元官网网址� Grade 10 students Andrea Christensen and Melissa Brown, president and vice-president of the student council, conducted a survey of their peers, which revealed that physical harm was at the top of most studentB次元官网网址檚 list of concerns. Colwood councillor Grace Holman says having the students sit on the advisory committee is providing insight the police might otherwise not be able to obtain.

Also making news the week of Feb. 15, 1997:

Drivers are going to have to ease up on the gas pedal in Colwood because photo radar is coming to the city after all. Colwood was one of only three B.C. municipalities to reject photo radar when members of the RCMPB次元官网网址檚 integrated traffic camera unit approached them last July, but it appears that their wishes have been overruled.

1987

Western communities residents enjoy the cheapest gas in Canada for a few brief days, but the Great Gas War ends with prices soaring back to the 41.9-cent a litre mark just before the weekend. Plummeting gas prices at the 50 Pay Less stations on Vancouver Island were owner Al VandekerkhoveB次元官网网址檚 reaction to what he terms his B次元官网网址渃ompetitorB次元官网网址檚 aggressive run at me.B次元官网网址� At one point, prices plunge to 16.9 cents per litre, less than the chainB次元官网网址檚 purchase price.

Also making news the week of Feb. 15, 1987:

An angler gets tangled up in Colwood politics after planning for the construction of a boat ramp and clubhouse at Esquimalt Lagoon. Jacob RushB次元官网网址檚 plan is put on hold, with Colwood mayor Geoff Dunn saying it never received approval. The problem appears to lie in RushB次元官网网址檚 note on his Expo 86 Legacy Fund application. It says he approached local community or municipality to support the project, when in fact he only consulted with council.

B次元官网网址� Compiled by Joel Tansey