2021 Annual General Meeting (via Zoom)

Posted on November 1, 2021 by ccacomm

The Camosun Community Association hosts its 2021 Annual General Meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, November 18 via Zoom.

On the agenda for the AGM is:

  • Guest speaker Gerald Harris, Friends of Bowker Creek Society Director, talking about the release of salmon into Bowker Creek
  • Executive reports and updates
  • Nominations and elections of select executive positions

The CCA requires all those interested in attending the virtual AGM to pre-register for the meeting by emailing camosunca@gmail.com with your first and last name. The link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to registered attendees the day before the AGM. Please ensure you have downloaded and tested Zoom (top menu, Resources->Download Zoom Client) before the meeting.

To be eligible to vote or become a board member, your membership must be paid by Thursday, November 11. Please visit the membership page on our website if you would like to purchase or renew a CCA Membership.

We hope to see you at our virtual AGM on November 18th!

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Survey on SD61 Land Sales

Posted on October 27, 2021 by ccacomm

The CCA has posted a survey on Facebook regarding the two recent land sales by School District 61 that directly affect school properties within the CCA boundaries.

The first sale of land at Lansdowne Middle School is to provide space for a new francophone school. The second sale of land at the south campus of Lansdowne Middle School – the grounds of the former Richmond Elementary school – is to provide a building site for the Victoria Hospice Society.

Both of these sales have been covered in local newspapers, and news of same has been posted on this site. See Lansdowne Middle School property: a new French school?, Info session: sale of 7.3 acres of land at Lansdowne Middle School, Deadline for Lansdowne Middle School land sale feedback: June 14, and Lansdowne Middle School south campus giving up land to Hospice.

Not a Facebook fan? The link to the survey is https://forms.gle/pRHMTfP4jWho3bHm7

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Lansdowne Middle School south campus giving up land to Hospice

Posted on October 17, 2021 by ccacomm

The Times Colonist newspaper has reported that the Greater Victoria School District has agreed to sell a portion of the Lansdowne Middle School south campus – formerly Richmond Elementary School – to the Victoria Hospice Society.

Although the TC states the parcel is separated from the larger school property by a stand of trees, they perhaps missed the fact that those trees are shading one of the exposed stretches of Bowker Creek as it wends its way to Oak Bay. A narrow foot bridge connects the to-be-sold parcel from the remaining school property. Let’s hope any future construction there respects, preserves and perhaps improves the area that makes up this waterway as we lose green space to a worthy cause.

For more information on Bowker Creek, please read about the Friends of Bowker Creek Society.

Approvals from further governing bodies have yet to be collected, but will no doubt be provided as requested.

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September 9, 2021 board minutes

Posted on October 17, 2021 by ccacomm

The minutes of the September 9, 2021 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here.

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June 10, 2021 board minutes

Posted on September 15, 2021 by ccacomm

The minutes of the June 10, 2021 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here.

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Grooming Bowker Creek for Salmon

Posted on August 15, 2021 by ccacomm

The local Times Colonist newspaper has a recent article on the efforts being made to have salmon return to Bowker Creek.

This initial effort won’t directly affect Bowker Creek within the CCA area of Saanich. But if the chum salmon eggs to be planted in prepared gravel beds of Bowker Creek result in hatched fish returning after their years at sea, there’s nothing to say they won’t head a bit further upstream seeking suitable spawning habitat.

The Friends of Bowker Creek Society has created a Bowker Creek Blueprint that spans 100 years.

Bowker Creek provides drainage for much of the Shelbourne Valley. Sadly, it has been covered for much of its length. See map below.

Map image from the CRD’s Natural Area Atlas tool. The daylighted parts of Bowker Creek are shown as light blue within the Bowker Creek watershed. The parts that join these daylighted parts run underground in culverts.
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Win with the CCA on Facebook!

Posted on June 13, 2021 by ccacomm

Interested in what’s happening in our Camosun community, and active on Facebook?

We are offering TWO chances to be entered into a draw to win a $25 Gift Card to our local Bolen Books!

  1. “Like” and “Follow” our Facebook page; and/or
  2. Become a member of the CCA (link is here to our online form – membership is only $10 for the whole year)

That’s right – two separate entries! The membership drive will close on June 30th, and the winners will be contacted on July 1st.

Thanks for supporting our community association run entirely by volunteers.

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Deadline for Lansdowne Middle School land sale feedback: June 14

Posted on June 13, 2021 by ccacomm

The June 14 deadline for feedback regarding the Lansdowne Middle School land sale to Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) for a future new school is upon us.

Here is the link for the feedback Lansdowne/CSF. Here is our earlier posting that gives the background on this topic.

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May 13, 2021 board minutes

Posted on June 13, 2021 by ccacomm

The minutes of the May 13, 2021 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here.

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Vicki Sanders talks about Camosun community heritage

Posted on May 15, 2021 by ccacomm

The Camosun Community Association (CCA) hosts former Saanich Councillor Vicki Sanders on May 26th (7 pm via Zoom) as she provides a ‘Heritage Talk’ about the Camosun community area.

To attend the CCA event, please e-mail camosunca@gmail.com for registration info.

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