Great News !!! - Saanich OKs $5.5M-Deal For Park Edging Royal Jubilee Hospital

“Saanich councillors have agreed to pay $5.5 million for 5.5 acres bordering Royal Jubilee Hospital, with the aim of turning the property into a park.

Councillors agreed on Tuesday to enter a conditional purchase agreement with B.C. Hydro, the owner of the green space in the 1800 block of Kings Road. The municipality is expected to take possession of the property in the fall.

The land, which locals have long called “Kings Park,” became the focus of community controversy about a year ago when residents learned B.C. Hydro had decided to sell it.

Residents organized and made the sale an issue in the last municipal election, gathering political commitments to buy it as a park.

Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes said Wednesday that councillors are living up to their commitment to save the land as green space.”

Read more here:

Times Colonist - Saanich OKs $5.5M-deal for park edging Royal Jubilee Hospital

Also read the articles in Oak Bay News:

Saanich In Agreement To Purchase Kings Road Land For $5.5 Million

Saanich Community Group Welcomes Purchase of Kings Park Lands

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Recycling News - South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association

Monthly Neighbourhood Recycling News

South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association operates a monthly recycling depot for assorted plastics and other materials not collected by the city, or for apartment dwellers who do not have curbside recycling.

Our depot is available for materials on the 2nd Saturday of every month - 10am – noon

Location - The Bank Street Art School, at the corner of Leighton & Bank Streets.

Our team of monthly recycling volunteers thanks you all for bringing your materials to our drop-off depot. We recently asked the company what happens to the material we collect, and how are we doing with the sorting. Here’s what Jason Adams, manager of reFUSE Resource Recovery said in his letter:

“Being part of Emterra Environmental, we have some of the best end-markets available, both domestically, and internationally.
For plastics, we benefit from a close partnership with Merlin Plastics. They accept all of our plastics. They wash them, grind them, and reform them into pellets that are marketed back to manufacturers that use them in the plastic extrusion processes. It’s a closed loop system. I can pass on praise to you that your customers, and volunteer sorters do an excellent job of preparing the materials to maintain their resource value.”

We wish to remind you of the following: 

  • SJNA pays for this material to be taken away, please remember to bring a donation to cover costs.

  • Please bring clean material only. 

  • Please drop off your materials only during our regular hours, 10am-noon, 2nd Saturday of every month

  • Bags left by our SJNA trailer outside of our normal hours attract rats and crows that make a mess.

  • We always welcome new volunteers! It’s fun and helps the planet.

  • For complete list of what we accept, go to http://www.southjubilee.ca


Make Emergency Preparedness a New Year’s Resolution – Attend a Free Workshop - (many dates throughout 2019)

CITY OF VICTORIA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT -

Are you and your family prepared for an emergency such as a power outage, winter storm, earthquake or tsunami? Your family needs to have enough food, water and supplies to cope for at least seven days without outside assistance, depending on the emergency.

Make emergency preparedness your family’s New Year’s Resolution and attend a free workshop offered by Emergency Management Victoria. Learn about the hazards that can affect Victoria, what to include in your emergency kits, what you can do to protect your home from an earthquake, and how to reunite with your loved ones after a disaster.

Register for a free workshop at emvic@victoria.ca or call 250.920.3373. The 2019 Emergency Preparedness

Workshop schedule is as follows: 

Wednesday, January 23 - 7 – 8:30 pm                                 

James Bay Community School Centre

140 Oswego Street 

Tuesday, February 5 - 1 – 2:30 pm         

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Tuesday, February 19 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone Avenue 

Tuesday, March 5 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Wednesday, March 27 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Wednesday, April 3 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Tuesday, April 16 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone

Tuesday, May 7 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Wednesday, May 22 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Thursday, June 6 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Tuesday, June 18 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

James Bay Community School Centre

140 Oswego Street

Tuesday, September 10 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Wednesday, September 25 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone Avenue

Wednesday, October 9 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Burnside Gorge Community Centre

471 Cecelia Road

Tuesday, October 22 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Victoria City Hall, Antechamber

Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue

Thursday, November 7 - 1 – 2:30 pm

Silver Threads Senior Centre

2340 Richmond Road

Tuesday, November 19 - 7 – 8:30 pm  

Cook Street Village Activity Centre

380 Cook Street

Free, customized emergency preparedness workshops for business, community groups, and housing complexes are available upon request. 

Emergency Management Victoria is the City of Victoria’s resource for helping our community prepare for an emergency. For more information and to sign up for Vic-Alert, the City’s emergency notification service, visit: VictoriaReady.ca.

For More Information:

Tanya Patterson

Emergency Program Coordinator

Emergency Management Victoria

Cellular: 250.888.3594