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Shelbourne Valley Plan, draft of July 2025 update

Posted on July 25, 2025 by ccacomm

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 →

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CRD takes on Bowker Creek Blueprint 2.0

Posted on May 28, 2025 by ccacomm

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 →

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Towards Watershed Sustainability: A Cowichan Story

Posted on May 22, 2025 by ccacomm

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 →

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Jane’s Walk along Bowker Creek

Posted on April 28, 2025 by ccacomm

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 →

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Eco Education at Kings Park

Posted on January 28, 2025 by ccacomm

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 →

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October 10, 2024 board minutes

Posted on December 10, 2024 by ccacomm

The minutes of the October 10, 2024 meeting of the CCA board of directors may be found here. Or, read it below.

Posted in CALC, CCA Meetings and Minutes, Development, District, SCAN | Tagged AGM 2024, bowker creek, bowker creek biodiversity day, Capital Bike, music in the park, Saanich advisory committees, Saanich town hall, taxes, tree protection, university district master plan, UVic | Comments Off

The Strange Case of Dead Coho in Bowker Creek

Posted on November 14, 2024 by ccacomm

The local Times Colonist has a story regarding the puzzling appearance of two dead coho found recently in Bowker Creek. The chum salmon that were incubated in Bowker Creek for the past three years are expected to provide returning spawners … Continue reading →