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Category Archives: Environment
February 12, 2026 board meeting minutes
The minutes of the board meeting held February 12, 2026 may be read below.
Posted in Association, CALC, Development, Environment, Shelbourne Valley
Tagged bowker creek, Camosun College, naloxone training, Save Our Saanich, Shelbourne Valley Plan, student housing
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January 8, 2026 board meeting minutes
The minutes of the board meeting held January 8, 2026 may be read below.
Posted in Association, Development, Environment, SCAN, Shelbourne Valley
Tagged bowker creek, car free building, creek flooding, Lansdowne Middle School, Nature Canada, Saunders Foundation, Shelbourne Valley Plan Feedback Report
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Saanich Tree Bylaw updates public engagement is now open!
Would you like to be part of the public engagement on updates to Saanich’s Tree Protection Bylaw? Saanich is conducting public engagement via a questionnaire open November 19 to December 15 and a digital open house on November 26, 5:00-6:00 … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged questionnaire, tree bylaw, tree protection bylaw
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Tree Inventory Workshop Nov. 8, 2025
The Camosun Community Association invites 12 participants to attend a Saanich Community Tree Inventory Workshop taking place at Browning Park on November 8th, 2025. This session is an invitation-only group, accommodating up to 12 participants, and registration is on a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Shelbourne Valley
Tagged community planning, Ryan Senechal, urban forest, Urban Forest Strategy
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Shelbourne Valley Plan, draft of July 2025 update
Saanich has published an update to the Shelbourne Valley Plan. This draft plan is open to public review. Public engagement activities will begin after the details of this process are revealed in August, and take place from August and into … Continue reading
Posted in Development, District, Environment, Municipality, Shelbourne Valley
Tagged bowker creek, Shelbourne Valley Plan, SVP
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CRD takes on Bowker Creek Blueprint 2.0
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has started to work on the next iteration of the Bowker Creek Blueprint. Considerable progress has been achieved in the more than ten years since the development of the Bowker Creek Blueprint. Meanwhile, new information, … Continue reading
Posted in District, Environment, Events, Municipality, Shelbourne Valley
Tagged bowker creek, Capital Regional District, CRD, SD61
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Towards Watershed Sustainability: A Cowichan Story
The Friends of Bowker Creek will be hosting the subject presentation on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 7 – 9 pm at Windsor Park Pavillion in Oak Bay. The presentation will be followed by their Annual General Meeting – a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events
Tagged bowker creek, FoBC, friends of bowker creek, Tom Rutherford, watershed sustainability
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Jane’s Walk along Bowker Creek
The Friends of Bowker Creek are hosting a Jane’s Walk that will take you along a stretch of Bowker Creek, starting at Oak Bay High School and ending at the Lansdowne South School field. Jane’s Walk is an annual festival … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events
Tagged bowker creek, FoBC, friends of bowker creek, oak bay high school, riparian zone
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Eco Education at Kings Park
On January 23, a small group of volunteers was assisted by two groups of grade six students from the Eco Education class at Lansdowne South Middle school, their teacher Lorraine Powell and Saanich Parks staff working at Kings Park, aka … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged bowker creek, invasive species removal, Kings Community Nature Space, Kings Road Nature Space, Lansdowne Middle School, parks, SD61
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Nov. 16, 2023 AGM minutes
The minutes of the November 16th, 2023 AGM, accepted at the most recent 2024 AGM, may be read here: The 2024 minutes will be reviewed and considered for acceptance at next year’s AGM. The required election of CCA officers was … Continue reading
Posted in Association, CALC, CCA Meetings and Minutes, Development, Environment
Tagged bowker creek initiative, chum salmon, shelbourne community kitchen, urban thrive
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