HereB次元官网网址檚 some of the stories that were making headlines in the Gazette 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week
2007
Penalties of up to $150,000 will soon be in place to deter View Royal landlords from ignoring drug laboratories and marijuana grow operations on their properties. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a pre-emptive tool,B次元官网网址� says Mayor Graham Hill.
The bylaw, which is expected to pass in the next couple of months, brings View Royal in line with other West Shore municipalities who have passed similar rulings.
Also making news the week of April 21, 2007:
Protesters took to the trees to stop the Spencer Road interchange in Langford. Members of the Coalition to Protect Goldstream Watershed say they are in for the long haul and have vowed to stay as long as it takes to stop the project.
One protester says the interchange is only being built for the benefit of Bear Mountain residents, a project he calls a B次元官网网址渉ideous example of mountain-top removal.B次元官网网址�
Mayor Stew Young says the protesters are misguided, pointing out that LangfordB次元官网网址檚 efforts to get rid of the stop light at Spencer Road date back 10 years, long before the Bear Mountain development was even conceived.
1997
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Maron also confirms that the company has looked at a location at Tillicum Mall, but that the Millstream Road application is the only active one the U.S.-based retail giant has in Greater Victoria.
Also making news the week of April 21, 1997:
Signs of a spring election are springing up all over the West Shore, even though a federal election has yet to be called. Electors should expect a call soon, says incumbent Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Keith Martin.
B次元官网网址淎ll signs are pointing to the election being called for June 2,B次元官网网址� the Reform party MP says. Martin is one of several candidates who have begun their unofficial campaigns; putting up sign boards, buying ads in local papers and knocking on doors.
1987
Residents are raising a stink over a proposal to relax sewage disposal standards for the Priory Hospital expansion.
The facility has applied to increase its effluent outflow by 2.5 times, but can only increase its septic field 1.9 times while tightening the distance between tile field pipes.
Colwood resident Terry Robinson claims the proposal will overburden an already faulty system and cause sewage to seep onto neighbouring properties, including the Royal Colwood Golf Course.
Also making news the week of April 21, 1987:
A youth centre will go ahead for the West Shore. Colwood alderman Ed Bradford, together with the fledgling Western Communities Youth Association, are making plans to create a youth drop-in centre, despite a lack of support from municipal and regional governments.
The association has its eye on a centrally located building in Colwood where youths ages 13 to 18 can gather, hold dances, learn job search skills or just rap over a pop.
- compiled by Joel Tansey
