Residents in View Royal will only see a minor increase in taxes this year.

Property taxes are set to go up by 0.92 per cent for 2018, way below the eight per cent tax increase staff projected when it first presented the draft financial plan to council last month.

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Last yearB次元官网网址檚 tax increase was 0.42 per cent.

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