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North Saanich voters: read this before Oct. 17.
“Approval of this application could undermine the integrity of the District OCP.” — North Saanich planning staff on the McDonald...
OCP or Province. Council or CAO.
Two 4–3 votes, one fault line. See how North Saanich council voted on the OCP and Officers Bylaw, and what's...
Public Participation Welcome. Terms and Conditions Apply.
On Monday, resident Lesley Gould raised a simple, documented question at North Saanich council. The planner behind the new zoning...
Every Candidate Has a Team. Only Some Put a Name on It.
People with shared priorities always find each other, with or without a label. A registered elector organization doesn't create an...
Change Our Zoning Without Us — and Answer for It in October
In February 2023, MODUS Planning walked away from North Saanich’s Official Community Plan, citing “an apparent misalignment of values about...
Comment: Don’t rewrite regional plan to fit questionable housing target
This commentary by a North Saanich resident originally appeared in the Times Colonist on July 29, 2026. North Saanich is...
“You Can’t Be a Little Bit Pregnant”: Why North Saanich Should Not Budge on Its Boundary
Few planning questions are more consequential for North Saanich, or for Canada, than where the line between urban sprawl and...
Another Langford? No, Thank You
Langford was supposed to be BC's housing success story: build fast, build big, solve the crisis. Instead, it's becoming a...
